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HOME | SCOOP!! & NEWS | HAPPENINGS 'The Namesake' to open Cinequest film festival in San Jose10th Feb 2007 14.29 IST By Agencies Mira Nair's The Namesake , featuring Bollywood actors Tabu and Irrfan Khan , will be the opening night spectacular at this year's Cinequest Film Festival on February 28 in San Jose. An adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Namesake", the festival organisers have described the movie as one of the most exhilarating films of the year, by one of the most provocative filmmakers of modern times.
It is the tale of an immigrant couple, Ashoke and Ashima, who escape the chaos of Calcutta (Kolkata) in the seventies for a new life in the United States with the wife finding it especially difficult to adjust to American customs. It is their son, Gogol, played by Indian-American actor Kal Penn, who struggles most. As a young man, Gogol rebels against everything that makes him different, including his family's expectations. Mira Nair 's brilliant adaptation of the novel powerfully captures the hold of family traditions and expectations among Indians in America, resulting in an intensely stirring film. During the 12 days from February 28 to March 11, the festival will screen 160 films from around the world, drawing more than 70,000 attendees. Related The Namesake Tabu Irrfan Khan Mira Nair | CRICKET ZONE Live Cricket Coverage Song Lyrics ALSO READ scoop ~ Brazilian bombshell denies having affair with Salman Khan ~ Three 'Rang De Basanti' stars team up again ~ Riya Sen's Turkish sojourn ~ Kareena Kapoor looking forward to work with Aamir Khan ~ Genelia D'Souza reviving her career again ~ Aishwarya Rai and her fond Cannes memories ~ The Bachchans dazzle at Cannes Film Fest ~ Shah Rukh Khan smiles at Aamir's jibe ( more in scoop ) happenings ~ Madhuri Dixit turns 41 ~ Amitabh Bachchan goes down memory lane ( more in happenings ) AKC HOT INDEX ECARDS > New Year, Diwali, Birthday, Valentines, Love, Christmas MOVIES Bhoothnath, Jimmy, Anamika, Mr. White Mr. Black, Tashan, U Me Aur Hum, Race, Jodhaa Akbar, Taare Zameen Par, Krazzy 4, Sarkar Raj , Jannat , Woodstock Villa , Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic MUSIC Tashan , U Me Aur Hum celebs» the celeb A-Z who's in » Katrina Kaif | Rani Mukherjee | Aishwarya Rai | Gayatri Joshi | Mallika Sherawat | Bipasha Basu | Preity Zinta | Priyanka Chopra | Kajol | Neha Dhupia | Kareena Kapoor | Shahrukh Khan | Salman Khan | Aamir Khan | Hrithik Roshan | Akshay Kumar | Vivek Oberoi | Sameera Reddy | Juhi Chawla | Sneha Ullal | John Abraham | Karisma Kapoor | Zayed Khan | Saif Ali Khan | Madhuri Dixit | Zeenat Aman | Payal Rohatgi | Abhishek Bachchan | Lisa Ray | Dimple Kapadia | Ayesha Takia | Dia Mirza | Sushmita Sen | Amisha Patel | Esha Deol | Amitabh Bachchan | Meghna Naidu | Amrita Rao | Arjun Rampal | Mahima Chaudhary | Amrita Arora | Vidya Balan | Raima Sen | Riya Sen | Rekha | Rakhi Sawant | Rimi Sen | Bhumika Chawla | Nigar Khan | Tanushree Dutta | Yana Gupta | Deepal Shaw | Shilpa Shetty | Celina Jaitley | Deepika Padukone | Ranbir Kapoor | Sonam Kapoor | more... |
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