Gogol returns home to help Ashima pack the house when he finds the book Ashoke gave him as a graduation present. Gogol divorces her, while Ashima blames herself for pressuring Gogol to marry a fellow Bengali. However, the marriage is short-lived as Moushumi, bored with being a wife, starts having an affair with an old boyfriend from Paris. They begin dating and soon after get married. Gogol rekindles a friendship with Moushumi ( Zuleikha Robinson), the daughter of family friends. He grows distant from Maxine and eventually breaks up with her. Grieving, Gogol tries to be more like what he thinks his parents want him to be and begins following cultural customs more closely. Shortly after, while Gogol is on vacation with Maxine's family, Ashoke dies. Gogol gets along with Maxine's family and feels closer to them than he does his own family.īefore he goes to Ohio for a teaching apprenticeship, Ashoke tells Gogol the story of how he came up with his name. They are hesitant and guarded when meeting her. Gogol falls in love with Maxine and introduces her to his parents, who struggle to understand his modern, American perspectives on dating, marriage and love. He works as an architect and dates Maxine ( Jacinda Barrett), a white American woman from a wealthy background, who is clueless about their cultural differences. After a summer trip to India before starting college at Yale, Gogol starts opening up to his culture and becomes more accepting of it.Īfter college, Gogol uses his "good name" Nikhil (later shortened to Nick). He resents many of the customs and traditions his family upholds and doesn't understand his parents. Gogol becomes a lazy, pot-smoking teenager indifferent to his cultural background. The story chronicles Gogol's cross-cultural experiences and his exploration of his Indian heritage, as the story shifts between the United States and India. Through a series of miscues, their son's nickname, Gogol (named after Russian author Nikolai Gogol), becomes his official birth name, an event which will shape many aspects of his life. The story begins as Ashoke and Ashima leave Calcutta and settle in New York City. The film takes place primarily in Kolkata, New York City, and suburbs of New York City. The Namesake depicts the struggles of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli ( Irrfan Khan and Tabu), first-generation immigrants from the East Indian state of West Bengal to the United States, and their American-born children Gogol ( Kal Penn) and Sonia (Sahira Nair).
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