Nair directed ` ` Monsoon Wedding , '' ` ` Vanity Fair , '' `` Salaam Bombay ! '' Her film , `` Gogol '' , '' is based on Kal novel . Nair cast character of `` The Namesake after teenage son 's recommendation . He came to my office and auditioned and he was just so appealing , and Nair : American and Indian audiences `` not that different ''
Nair directed ` ` Monsoon Wedding , '' `` Vanity Fair , '' `` Salaam Bombay ! '' Her film , `` Gogol '' , '' is based on Kal novel . Nair cast character of `` The Namesake after teenage son 's recommendation . Nair : American and Indian audiences `` not that different ''