March 12, 2007

The Namesake

by Guy Brighton

200703120921We went to the screening of the emotionally stirring new film by Monsoon Wedding Mira Nair. Mire has moved on from the fun and frenzy of the film that made her famous to paint a more intimate portrait of Diaspora and the the changes and challenges an immigrant Bengali couple face when they move from Calcutta to New Jersey. The Namesake is a fine adaptation of the novel by Pulitzer prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri and Nair explained at the Q&A after the screening that the way the movie looks was inspired by a number of photos currently on show at Sepia Gallery NYC. Very beautiful and moving.

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  1. Disha
    Posted from: 203.115.81.180

    March 14th, 2007 at 6:29 am

    Hi, just wanted to point out a small mistake. The book talks about a bengali immigrant couple and so does the movie. and not a bangladeshi couple. pls rectify this. thanks

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