Loins of Punjab Presents explained

Loins of Punjab Presents
Director:	Manish Acharya
Producer:	Manish Acharya
Starring:	Shabana Azmi Ayesha Dharker Ajay Naidu
Music:	Michael Cohen
Country:	India United States
Cinematography:	Arvind Kannabiran
Editing:	Chris Dillon
Distributor:	Horn OK Please Entertainment
Language:	English

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

External links

• Loins of Punjab Presents - Official Website of the film

Notes and References

1. News: Manish Acharya dies after falling off a horse . . . 2010-12-05 . 2010-12-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101208060821/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA . 8 December 2010 .
2. News: Sociocultural Commentary...and Singing! . The New York Times . 11 September 2008 . Lee . Nathan .
3. Web site: Loins of Punjab . . 26 November 2007 .