Rediff | Spoof KKK review lands Namesake in hot water Daily News & Analysis - WASHINGTON, DC: Mira Nair?s film The Namesake, based on Pulitzer-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri?s eponymous novel, opens on Friday in several US theatres, and the last thing she would have wanted is a controversy. Kal Penn hopes Namesake will remake his reputation Kal Penn & the KKK |