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Loins Of Punjab Presents

Loins Of Punjab Presents

By Manish Acharya

India 88 minutes 2007 English
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Awards
  • Audience Award (Winner) - 2007 Indian Film Festival of LA (Los Angeles, United States)
  • Best Feature Film (Winner) - 2007 First Run Film Festival (New York, United States)
  • Best Narrative Film (Winner) - 2007 Asian American Film Festival of Dallas (Dallas, United States)
Festivals
  • Asian American Film Festival of Dallas 2007 (Dallas, United States)
  • First Run Film Festival 2007 (New York, United States)
  • Indian Film Festival of LA 2007 (Los Angeles, United States)

Synopsis

The battle is on and the laughs begin when a small New Jersey town is caught in the grips of Bollywood fever! Five Indian-Americans and one Jewish Indophile step up to the mic for a no-holds-barred fight on and off the stage to crown the one and only DESI IDOL! Invoking the comedic styles of Christopher Guest and Woody Allen, Loins Of Punjab lampoons non-resident Indians and reality game shows in a laugh-out-loud romp for anyone who ever wanted to be a star.
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  • 80.0/5 Stars.

And the Next Desi Idol izzzzz...

by Alessandro on Jul 12th, 2011
Who knew that there could be so many silly, lovable, and down-right outrageous Indian characters staying in an indistinct, boring, middle-grade hotel in Jersey? Loins of Punjab Presents is a laugh-out-loud farce right from the start. The "Desi Idol" contest brings together Indian performers (along with one white male) to battle it out for the top prize of $25,000. The 'Idol' judges and directors include a couple eccentrics, one being a track-suited-gold-chain-wearing man with a penchant for The Gypsy Kings simply because, "it makes the gehhhrls sooo horny!" The contestants themselves include an array of pseudo-typical characters, but are luckily spun in just a way that the entertainment value isn't spoiled. A proudly gay man does his Bhangra meets b-boy shtick, a nerdy, insecure man sings just for the love, and a hapless Saddam Hussein is in the mix along with a few other contestants that carry the sub-plots. The meat of the humor comes from a few particular scenes with some witty dialogue coming from some satisfyingly stereotypical Indian-Americans taking themselves far too seriously. Just take it, embrace it, then move on.
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