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Manish Acharya (written by)
Anuvab Pal (written by)
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21 September 2007 (Indonesia) more
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A comedy about life and other contests.
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A ruthless philantrophist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman... more | add synopsis
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sweet desi story, amateurish but good-hearted fun more (7 total)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Shabana Azmi | ... | Rrita Kapoor |
 | Ajay Naidu | ... | Turbanotorious B.D.G. |
 | Ayesha Dharker | ... | Opama Menon |
 | Michael Raimondi | ... | Josh Cohen |
| Seema Rahmani | ... | Sania Rehman |
| Jameel Khan | ... | Mr. Bokade |
| Darshan Jariwala | ... | Sanjeev Patel |
| Ishitta Sharma | ... | Preeti Patel |
| Manish Acharya | ... | Vikram Tejwani |
 | Kunaal Roy Kapur | ... | Mr. White |
| Loveleen Mishra | ... | Alpa Patel |
| Kory Bassett | ... | Otto |
 | Samrat Chakrabarti | ... | Trance Sen (Judge) |
| Sanjiv Jhaveri | ... | Chris G. (Judge) |
| Avantika Akerkar | ... | Ashwini (Judge) |
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88 min (original version)
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LOINS OF PUNJABS PRESENTS... gives the viewer some nice characters trying their best to realize their dreams in a New Jersey-based "Desi Idol" contest.
The Gujarati family (Patels, naturally) is mined for much hilarity... the writer-director obviously knows the scene well, and most of the laughs come out of their bumpkin hi-jinx. Several other characters (especially Ajay Naidu's) are nicely drawn, while some (including, surprisingly, Shabana Azmi's) fall very flat.
Production values are well below what one would expect from a Tisch/NYU film school product, but obviously funds were at a premium.
That having been said, ensemble comedy movies are among the toughest to pull off, and Manish has redeemed himself well in making the various story lines work. The audience I saw it with in Bombay was definitely appreciative of his efforts.
All in all, nothing great or earthshaking, but a creditable and unassuming first feature which leaves 95% of Bollywood movies with 20 times the budget well in the dust...