Loins of Punjab Presents

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]

Loins of Punjab Presents
Movie poster for Loins of Punjab Presents
Directed by	Manish Acharya
Written by	Manish Acharya Anuvab Pal
Produced by	Manish Acharya
Starring	Shabana Azmi Ayesha Dharker Ajay Naidu
Cinematography	Arvind Kannabiran
Edited by	Chris Dillon
Music by	Michael Cohen
Distributed by	Horn OK Please Entertainment
Release date	21 September 2007 (2007-09-21)
Countries	India United States
Language	English

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