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"It's Mira's Stamp On My Story"

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author on the film versus the book, her characters, her connections with her Bengali family, her relationship with Nair, and her new work.

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As
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, the film made by Mira Nair, based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, opened to critical as well as box-office acclaim in the West last week, Vibhuti Patel spoke to Jhumpa in New York about the film versus the book, her characters, her connections with her Bengali family, her relationship with Nair, and her new work. Excerpts from their conversation:
Patel: What made you sell the film rights of The Namesake?
Lahiri:
Weren't you nervous to give up control?
Had you thought this novel would be made into a film?
The film leaves out a lot, too...
So, has The Namesake turned out as you visualised it?
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She's had some misses...
What was it like to see your characters come to life? To hear them speak Bengali?
How were you, who are so camera shy, persuaded into appearing in the film?
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It's a memento for your family...
What's your next book? Will you be open to filming that?
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