The Namesake

9:00pm Tuesday, December 14 on F4

Mira Nair’s family drama stars Kal Penn as Gogol, a young Indian American whose name, chosen by his parents Ashoke and Ashima (Irrfan Khan and Tabu) after the Russian writer, causes him to question his identity. Is he first generation American or from a long line of Bengali ancestors? As he and his parents try to make sense of his problems and, indeed, their places in the contemporary world, this is a moving, thought-provoking examination of the immigrant experience.