Directed by Mira Nair Written by Sooni Taraporevala   Jhumpa Lahiri   Cast Kal Penn ... Nikhil a.k.a. Gogol Tabu ... Ashima Irrfan Khan ... Ashoke Jacinda Barrett ... Maxine Zuleikha Robinson ... Moushumi Mazumdar Brooke Smith ... Sally Sahira Nair ... Sonia Jagannath Guha ... Ghosh Ruma Guha Thakurta ... Ashoke's Mother Sandip Deb ... Music Teacher Sukanya ... Rini Tanushree Shankar ... Ashima's Mother Sabyasachi Chakrabarty ... Ashima's Father Tamal Ray Chowdhury ... Ashoke's Father Dhruv Mookerji ... Rana Supriya Choudhury ... Ashima's Grandmother (as Supriya Devi) Stuart Rudin ... Homeless Man Heather MacRae ... Nurse Patty Sumitra ... Calcutta House Staff Kanti ... Calcutta House Staff Michael Countryman ... Mr. Wilcox Kousik Bhowal ... Dr. Gupta Rupak Ginn ... Uncle Soham Chatterjee ... Gogol (Age 4) Gargi Mukherjee ... Mira Mashi Pallavi Shah ... Kajol Mashi Jhumpa Lahiri ... Jhumpa Mashi Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias ... Baby Sonia Linus Roache ... Mr. Lawson Josh Grisetti ... Jerry Justin Rosini ... Marc Dan McCabe ... Bart Bobby Steggert ... Jason B.C. Parikh ... Mr. Mazumdar Sibani Biswas ... Mrs. Mazumdar Lakhan Das ... Baul Singer Kharaj Mukherjee ... Chotu Glenne Headly ... Lydia Daniel Gerroll ... Gerald (as Daniel Gerrol) Amy Wright ... Pam Christie Moreau ... Phone Operator Jo Yang ... Ms. Lu Krishna Dikshit ... Funeral Priest Kartik Das ... Boat Man Gary Cowling ... Hotel Manager Sudipta Bhawmik ... Subroto Mesho Gretchen Egolf ... Astrid Baylen Thomas ... Blake Jeb Brown ... Oliver Jessica Blank ... Edith Mia Yoo ... Viola Benjamin Bauman ... Donald Sebastian Roché ... Pierre Maximiliano Hernández ... Ben Partha Chatterjee ... Reformed Hindoo Mitali Bhawmik ... Singing Voice (voice) Uncredited Cast Marcus Collins ... Graham Sandi DeGeorge ... Moshumi's Friend Aaron Yoo ... Student in Gogol's Class Produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher   Lori Keith Douglas   Anadil Hossain   Yukie Kito   Yasushi Kotani   Mira Nair   Ronnie Screwvala   Zarina Screwvala   Taizo Son   Dinaz Stafford   Original Music by Nitin Sawhney

Additional Info Premiere: September 02, 2006 Theatrical Release: March 09, 2007 DVD Release: November 27, 2007 Countries: Distributor: Fox Searchlight Websites: Production Companies Searchlight Pictures Cine Mosaic Entertainment Farm (EF) Mirabai Films UTV Motion Pictures Distributors Searchlight Pictures   (2007) (USA) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2007) (USA) (DVD) HBO Max   (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.5 / 10 Our Rating 5.4 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 5.4 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #3,508 / 20,886 Ratings Breakdown Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #3,504 The Last Man On Earth (1964) #3,505 The Boss Baby: Family Business (2021) #3,506 The Gallows (2015) #3,507 Twisted Metal: Season 1 (2023) #3,508 The Namesake (2006) #3,509 The Devil's Candy (2015) #3,510 Midway (1976) #3,511 The Addams Family: Season 1 (1964) #3,512 The Addams Family: Volume 2 (2007)