This Month’s Films: Shakespeare Wallah & The Namesake
Cuisine: Indian

This film made the film festival circuit in early 2007, around the same time that it premiered in theaters. It even screened at Cinequest, however I was not issued a press copy of the film to pre-screen for review. Since then, I’ve been keen to see it, as I am already a fan of Mira Nair’s work. Here is the NetFlix synopsis:

“While he respects his immigrant parents (Irfan Khan and Tabu) and their decision to rear him in his United States birthplace, Gogol Ganguli (Kal Penn) is torn between Indian traditions and the modern Bostonian lifestyle. Jacinda Barrett and Zuleikha Robinson also star in director Mira Nair’s thought-provoking coming-of-age drama, which explores first-generation Americans’ delicate dance between culture and identity.”

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