Edition: Widescreen.

Description:

• 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• polychrome
• digital
• optical
• video file
• DVD video

Target Audience Note: CHVR: 14A

Notes:

• Based on the novel: The namesake / by Jhumpa Lahiri.
• Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
• Special features (53 min.): optional audio commentary by Nair; 3 deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Nair (3 min. total); "The anatomy of 'The namesake'" a class taught by Nair at Columbia University's School of the Arts' Film Division (32 min.); "In character with Kal Penn" (4 min.); "Kolkata love poem" montage (4 min.); "Photography as inspiration" featurette (8 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.).
• Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson.
• In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
• Closed-captioned.

Publisher or Distributor Number: 2245608

Control Number: 530893

UPC:

• 024543456131
• 024543456087
• 024543456155

Subjects:

• East Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
• East Indians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
• Families -- Drama.
• Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama.

Genre:

• Drama.
• Feature films.
• Video recordings.

Other Authors:

• Barrett, Jacinda, actor.
• Elmes, Frederick, director of photography.
• Johnson, Allyson C., 1959- editor.
• Khan, Irrfan, 1967-2020, actor.
• Lahiri, Jhumpa.
• Nair, Mira, producer, director.
• Penn, Kal, 1977- actor.
• Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977- actor.
• Sawhney, Nitin, 1964- composer.
• Tabu, 1970 November 4- actor.