The Namesake 2007  PG-13, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mira Nair
Cast: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Brooke Smith, Sahira Nair, Glenne Headly, Mura Guha Thakurta, Sabyasachi Chakravarthy, Tamal Sengupta, Dhruv Mookerji, Michael Countryman, Heather MacRae, Stuart Rudin
Ashima (Tabu) leaves her home in Calcutta and arrives in New York for her arranged marriage to Ashoke (Irrfan Khan). The couple misses the culture of India but live the good life in Queens. As time passes, they have a son and a daughter, but as their son (Kal Penn) grows up he has problems dealing with the two cultures. After graduating from Yale, he even changes his name from Gogol to Nick and becomes involved with a WASP princess (Jacinda Barrett). But, a family tragedy convinces Nick to reconsider his decisions, and he sets off in a different direction with a new appreciation for his past.
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No Looking Back 1998  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edward Burns
Cast: Edward Burns, Lauren Holly, Jon Bon Jovi, Blythe Danner, Connie Britton, Jennifer Esposito, Kathleen Doyle, Nick Sandow, Kaili Vernoff, Stuart Rudin
Waitress Claudia (Lauren Holly) lives happily with her boyfriend Michael (Jon Bon Jovi) UNTIL ex-flame Charlie returns after a three-year hiatus.
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| 1. The Namesake (2007)
2. No Looking Back (1998)
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