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.

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."

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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

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Music

"Dhol Beat" - Ajay Naidu, Samrat Chakrabarti

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

References

External links

Loins of Punjab Presents - Official Website of the film

2007 films

English-language Indian films

Films scored by Anu Malik

Films about Indian Americans

2007 directorial debut films

2000s English-language films

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