Movie version of Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘The Namesake’ due this fall
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Just spotted this over at Angry Asian Man. I had no idea there was a movie in the works! Or that Kal Penn had nabbed the part! (Penn is best-known for playing Kumar in Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Here’s the trailer for the movie adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Namesake : A Novel
. Directed by Mira Nair, and starring Kal Penn. You might recall that Kal Penn was blogging his experiences last year while shooting the film. I haven’t read the book (I know, I know—I’ll try to pick it up this summer), but the movie looks pretty good. It’s scheduled to open in theaters on November 3rd.
Brad wrote:
Kal Penn is also in “Superman Returns” as Lex Luthor’s own personal Renfield!
Posted 30 May 2006 at 7:35 pm ¶
Adrianna wrote:
The trailer look great. I can’t wait to see it. I love Mira Nair’s movies.
Posted 30 May 2006 at 8:32 pm ¶
mtevc wrote:
i absolutely love lahiri’s book the interpretor of maladies…short stories, and some are just so lyrical and fabulous…
hey, and i also love harold and kumar go to white castle…that is priceless…talk about a wonderfully funny take on college life…a very typical one, yet it speaks to the stereotypes so well…love it…watched it three times and can’t stop laughing…
Posted 31 May 2006 at 8:35 am ¶
Jammu wrote:
I didn’t like “The Namesake.” Character problems for me. Mainly, Gogol was unlikable and didn’t ring true. I thought the mother was the most endearing. So, hopefully, the movie will correct these and be a good watch.
As for “Maladies” it was okay. I was expecting much more from her.
Posted 02 Aug 2006 at 10:41 pm ¶