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* FakeNationality: Creator/ZuleikhaRobinson, a Briton with [[MixedAncestry Indian, Burmese, English]], [[HeinzHybrid Scottish and Iranian]] ancestry plays an Indian-American, Moushimi.

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* FakeNationality: Creator/ZuleikhaRobinson, a Briton with [[MixedAncestry Indian, Burmese, English]], English, [[HeinzHybrid Scottish and Iranian]] ancestry plays an Indian-American, Moushimi.
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** Tabu herself, who was 37 when cast as the 20 year old Ashima, though this is later justified as she continues to play Ashima as the character ages.

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** Tabu herself, who was 37 when cast as the 20 year old Ashima, though this is later justified as she continues to play Ashima as the character ages.ages.
* FakeNationality: Creator/ZuleikhaRobinson, a Briton with [[MixedAncestry Indian, Burmese, English]], [[HeinzHybrid Scottish and Iranian]] ancestry plays an Indian-American, Moushimi.
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* DawsonCasting: Kal Penn is Gogol/Nikhil in high school and throughout his life. Kal Penn in in his thirties and is in fact only 7 years younger than Tabu, the actress who plays Ashima, Gogol/Nikhil's mother.
** Tabu herself, who was 37 when cast as the 20 year old Ashima, though this is later justified as she continues to play Ashima as the character ages.
* PlayingGertrude: Combined with DawsonCasting with 37-year-old Tabu playing a young adult Ashima and an older woman Ashima. In fact, Tabu is only 7 years older than Kal Penn.

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* DawsonCasting: DawsonCasting:
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Kal Penn is Gogol/Nikhil in high school and throughout his life. Kal Penn in in his thirties and is in fact only 7 years younger than Tabu, the actress who plays Ashima, Gogol/Nikhil's mother.
** Tabu herself, who was 37 when cast as the 20 year old Ashima, though this is later justified as she continues to play Ashima as the character ages.
* PlayingGertrude: Combined with DawsonCasting with 37-year-old Tabu playing a young adult Ashima and an older woman Ashima. In fact, Tabu is only 7 years older than Kal Penn.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Gogol/Nikhil is played by Kal Penn from the ''Harold and Kumar'' movies. Ashoke is played by Irrfan Khan, who some may recognize as the policeman from ''SlumdogMillionaire''. Also, if you really pay attention, you will notice that Sonia's actress, Sahira Nair, was a young Meena in the movie ''Mississippi Masala'', also directed by Mira Nair.
** [[Series/LawAndOrder Mike Cutter]] plays a high school English teacher.
** Looks like [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Catherine Martin]] recovered from her kidnapping ordeal quite nicely.
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** Looks like [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Catherine Martin]] recovered from her kidnapping ordeal quite nicely.
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** [[Series/LawAndOrder Mike Cutter]] plays a high school English teacher.
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* DawsonCasting: Kal Penn is Gogol/Nikhil in high school and throughout his life. Kal Penn in in his thirties and is in fact only 7 years younger than Tabu, the actress who plays Ashima, Gogol/Nikhil's mother.
** Tabu herself, who was 37 when cast as the 20 year old Ashima, though this is later justified as she continues to play Ashima as the character ages.
* HeyItsThatGuy: Gogol/Nikhil is played by Kal Penn from the ''Harold and Kumar'' movies. Ashoke is played by Irrfan Khan, who some may recognize as the policeman from ''SlumdogMillionaire''. Also, if you really pay attention, you will notice that Sonia's actress, Sahira Nair, was a young Meena in the movie ''Mississippi Masala'', also directed by Mira Nair.
* PlayingGertrude: Combined with DawsonCasting with 37-year-old Tabu playing a young adult Ashima and an older woman Ashima. In fact, Tabu is only 7 years older than Kal Penn.

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