Kal Penn Recalls Landing The Namesake During the interaction, Kal Penn also spoke about how he got the role in The Namesake. “I had personally written to Mira Nair asking her to audition me.

In what will be a case of 'life coming full circle', Sooni Taraporevala, the scribe of Mira Nair's Salaam Bombay!, will write ...

4 stars Director: Mira Nair Stars: Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson Rated: PG-13 (for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language) ...