India Synopsis
“Two Worlds. One Journey.”
After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.
Audience Engagement
146 audience reviews — more than 95% of India films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among India films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Namesake. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2005–2007 India Window
The Namesake holds position #40 of 157 India films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s India Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in India, 454 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Namesake premiered alongside 45 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 2m runtime, production spent $98K per minute on screen and earned $167K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 45 other India films in 2006.
The 559th India title from India we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1913).
Our India catalog contains 1,983 titles in total (1,904 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Namesake, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- kolkata · 2
- immigrant experience · 1
- taj mahal · 1
- arranged marriage · 27
- new york city · 23
- based on novel or book · 288
- woman director · 246
- india · 84
- india · 84
- india · 84
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #681 of 1,983 India films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the India average of 6.4/10.
Among India Drama productions specifically: #463 of 1,132 (top 41%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | India |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | India, United States of America |
| Original Language | En |
| Spoken Languages | English, Bengali, French, Hindi, Czech |
| Production Companies | Fox Searchlight Pictures, Mirabai Films |
| Runtime | 2h 2m |
| Release Date | September 2, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0433416 |