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With The Namesake, Mira Nair found ways to link New York and Calcutta not only visually, but via sound as well. Like the story itself, the film's soundtrack traverses both time and cultures. 'I love Indian classical music and I wanted to link that classical sound with the pulsating New York sound of today,' comments Nair. 'So the soundtrack not only crosses 25 years of time but also moves from Bengali folk music, Geeta Dutt's '… MORE