Nair directed ` `` Gogol '' , '' ` ` Vanity Fair , '' `` Salaam Bombay ! '' Her film , `` The Namesake , '' is based on Gogol novel . Mira Nair : I happened to read `` The Namesake '' on a plane in early 2004 , when I traveled from New York to Jo'berg to finish the filming of `` Vanity Fair . '' Nair cast character of ` Monsoon Wedding after teenage son 's recommendation . Nair : American and Indian audiences `` not that different ''
Nair directed ` `` Gogol '' , '' `` Vanity Fair , '' `` Salaam Bombay ! '' Her film , `` The Namesake , '' is based on Gogol novel . Nair cast character of ` Monsoon Wedding after teenage son 's recommendation . Nair : American and Indian audiences `` not that different ''