A Conversation with Mira Nair, director of "The Namesake"

Mira Nair has been doing a lot of events around her highly-acclaimed new movie, but SAJA has asked her to a quieter event for us on Friday night. All are  welcome. No charge. She does have to leave at 7:15, so please be on time. We  will also be raffling copies a coffee-table movie about the book as well as its  soundtrack - we'll get Mira to sign them.

Please note a second newsmaker event next week below this event, with the Taiwan ambassador. Pass onto your friends in NYC.

South Asian Journalists Association, New York Chapter presents:

A Conversation with Mira Nair, director of "The Namesake," playing in NYC and  five other cities now - opening across the country over the next two weeks.

Friday, March 16, 2007 5:45-7:15 pm
Columbia Journalism School
116th St & Broadway, room 607B
Subway: #1 to 116th St/Columbia University
Ask for J-school when you enter the main campus

5:45-6:15: Networking
6:15-7:15: A conversation with Mira Nair, moderated by Aseem Chhabra + your Q&A
No charge. No RSVP required.

See SAJAforum.org coverage of "The Namesake"
Opening weekend box office numbers

Review Roundup

SAJAers Cover the Movie

Screenings later that night - perhaps a group can head downtown after...
Paris Theatre,4 West 58th Street
7:50pm | 10:20pm

AMC Theatres Empire 25,234 West 42nd Street
8:35pm | 11:35pm

Angelika Film Center,18 W. Houston Street
9:35pm | 10:20pm | 12:15am

THE NAMESAKE is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Though parents Ashoke and Ashima (Irrfan Khan, Tabu) long for the family and culture that enveloped them in India, they take great pride in the opportunities their sacrifices have afforded their children. Paradoxically, their son Gogol (Kal Penn) is torn between finding his own unique identity without losing his heritage. Even Gogol's name represents the family's journey into the unknown. Helmed by the Academy Award(r)-nominated Mira Nair, THE NAMESAKE is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri.

"A spellbinding exploration of love and belonging" - Elle

"Thoroughly engaging, terrifically moving" - Premiere

"A glory on a huge colorful canvas" - Wall Street Journal

*** Official Selection - Toronto International Film Festival ***

*** Official Selection - Telluride Film Festival ***

*** Official Selection - Dubai Film Festival ***

*** Official Selection - London Film Festival ***