The Namesake (2007)

In this drama from filmmaker Mira Nair, a couple adapting to life in a new culture discovers that their problems are worsened by their son. Ashoke (Irfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) are a young couple who are forced to marry and leave Calcutta to pursue their fortune in America. As the couple becomes accustomed to one another, they learn to cope with the coolness and superficiality of New York life, while still appreciating the opportunities the city presents. Soon after, Ashima gives birth to a baby boy, and when they can't think of a name, they call him Nikhil, though he quickly adopts the nickname Gogol, after Ashoke's favourite author. When the child reaches school age, he insists on being addressed as Gogol at all times and shows little interest in his Indian heritage. Gogol has changed his name to Nick (and is now played by Kal Penn) and has become a thoroughly Americanized teenager, openly rebelling against his parents, smoking weed in his bed, and dating Maxine (Jacinda Barrett), a preppy blonde from a wealthy family, after several years. When Nick meets Moushumi (Zuleikha Robinson), a beautiful girl who also comes from an Indian expatriate family, Ashoke and Ashima are unsure how to cope with their son's attempts to cut himself off from their culture.