Loins of Punjab Presents

2007 Indian film
  • 21 September 2007 (2007-09-21)
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Loins of Punjab Presents is a 2007 Indian film directed by Manish Acharya. It stars Shabana Azmi, Ayesha Dharker and Ajay Naidu. The film marked Acharya's feature directorial debut.[1][2][3]

Plot

A New Jersey town catches Bollywood fever when five Indian-Americans and one Jewish Indophile compete in an amateur Indian Idol-style singing contest. Loins of Punjab Presents satirizes non-resident Indians and Bollywood fans as they vie for the title of "Desi Idol."

Cast

  • Shabana Azmi as Rrita Kapoor
  • Ayesha Dharker as Opama Menon
  • Ajay Naidu .as .. Turbanotorious B.D.G.
  • Manish Acharya as Vikram Jaiswal
  • Jameel Khan as Mr. Amit Bokade
  • Darshan Jariwala as Sanjeev Patel
  • Loveleen Mishra as Alpa Patel
  • Ishita Sharma as Preeti Patel
  • Kunaal Roy Kapur as Raghav White
  • Michael Raimondi as Josh Cohen
  • Samrat Chakrabarti as Trance Sen
  • Alexx ONell as Wesminton
  • Seema Rahmani as Sanya Rehman
  • Yusuf Hussain as Mr. Faiz Rehman

Music

  1. "Dhol Beat" - Ajay Naidu, Samrat Chakrabarti
  2. "Dhol Beat (DJ Suketu feat. Aks remix)" - Ajay Naidu, Samrat Chakrabarti

References

  1. ^ "Manish Acharya dies after falling off a horse". Press Trust of India. NDTV. 5 December 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2010.
  2. ^ Lee, Nathan (11 September 2008). "Sociocultural Commentary...and Singing!". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Loins of Punjab". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 November 2007.
  • Loins of Punjab Presents - Official Website of the film
  • Loins of Punjab Presents at IMDb


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