The Namesake

After an 8 month wait, my family and I finally got to see the newest Mira Nair film, "The Namesake." I had seen the preview for this movie a while ago on my sister's blog, but by the time it aired at the Toronto Film Festival, I had school. Nonetheless, it was worth the wait. For starters, the movie is pretty funny. It doesn't seem like it from the previews. And the cast was excellently chosen - everyone fit the part and played their role really well. It was good to see Kal Penn in a serious role, he did a good job, had a lot of emotion playing the main character, Gogal Ganguli. Tabu was my favourite, she was so funny, I pretty much laughed at everything she said.

The Namesake was released today but is only playing at one theatre in Toronto: Varsity Cinemas down on Bloor Street. The theatre was packed but I was able to find a seat beside my sister. We laughed the whole way through the movie - it's hard to explain what was so comedic (is that a word?) about it....I think it was moreso being able to relate everything and everyone in the movie to our own life. Our parents say a lot of the dialogue that's recited by Irfaan & Tabu (Mr. and Mrs. Ganguli), especially the line where Ashima is over the phone with Gogol and says, "I want you to come home next Saturday?" My mother says that to me all the time! It's more of a command than a question.

ahhh I hope you see the movie. The music is amazing, there's some awesome Indian classical raags being sung. It's a good movie to see with the parents aside from the two sex scenes that the director could've done without. The trailer is below. Enjoy :)