The Namesake: A Conversation Between Mira Nair and Jhumpa La

A special THE NAMESAKE conversation between the director Mira Nair and the novelist Jhumpa Lahiri.

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[jerkosome]

i loved the line "culture is like oxygen to calcutta"

[adisher]

jhumpa lahiri is really hot

[mymindsays]

It is nice to hear the novelist and the director in conversation.Find it lacks the spontaneity.

[RinaLam93]

What is the music that begins playing at 3:04?

[RinaLam93]

I love Jhumpa Lahiri's voice. She is so beautiful too. Her books are amazing. I'm a Bangladeshi-born Australian and I feel like she has lived my life and that I have lived hers and what she has expressed of life through her characters. Mira Nair's films are great. I love her style of imagery and how it connects with the reality of whatever the story is.

[landcommander1981]

@Youtubist007 Definitely. The book is far far deeper than the film - granted the film is really well done, but it just skips and misses so many good points.

[mindtree2003]

you are the man, stream on Movie Watcherus really works!!!

[Youtubist007]

Film is very superficial compared to the book, does not depict the intricacies and insights, turmoils and sufferings of the characters especially the mother's. Could be done in a much better way.

[lilze96]

I would give anything to have a father like gogol...smh he didn't know how good he had it.

[TheShirls36]

This movie is so awesome...I loved it...

[anniedear]

I agree with the Sonia thing, but I like how her writing consists of little dialogue. Most good books have very little.

[anniedear]

Interpreter of Maladies is better, but I liked the Namesake. I was good and well written. I love Lahiri's style of writing. Unaccustomed Earth is good, as well.