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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Loins of Punjab Presents<br />
| image = Lions of Punjab presents-poster.jpg <br />
| caption = Movie poster for ''Loins of Punjab Presents''<br />
| director = [[Manish Acharya]]<br />
| producer = Manish Acharya<br />
| writer = Manish Acharya<br />[[Anuvab Pal (comedian)|Anuvab Pal]]<br />
| starring = [[Shabana Azmi]]<br />[[Ayesha Dharker]] <br /> [[Ajay Naidu]]<br />
| music = Michael Cohen<br />
| country = India<br />United States<br />
| cinematography = Arvind Kannabiran<br />
| editing = [[Chris Dillon]]<br />
| distributor = Horn OK Please Entertainment<br />
| released = {{Film date|2007|09|21|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime =<br />
| language = English<br />
| budget =<br />
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'''''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.<ref name=NDTV>{{cite news<br />
|title=Manish Acharya dies after falling off a horse <br />
|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA <br />
|work=[[Press Trust of India]] <br />
|publisher=[[NDTV]] <br />
|date=2010-12-05 <br />
|accessdate=2010-12-26 <br />
|url-status=dead <br />
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101208060821/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?ID=ENTEN20100162222&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA <br />
|archivedate=8 December 2010 <br />
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/movies/12loin.html | title=Sociocultural Commentary...and Singing! | newspaper=The New York Times | date=11 September 2008 | last1=Lee | first1=Nathan }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/loins-punjab-159375/ | title=Loins of Punjab | website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | date=26 November 2007 }}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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."<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Shabana Azmi]] as Rrita Kapoor<br />
*[[Ayesha Dharker]] as Opama Menon<br />
*[[Ajay Naidu]] .as .. Turbanotorious B.D.G.<br />
*[[Manish Acharya]] as Vikram Jaiswal<br />
*[[Jameel Khan]] as Mr. Amit Bokade<br />
*[[Darshan Jariwala]] as Sanjeev Patel<br />
*Loveleen Mishra as Alpa Patel<br />
*[[Ishita Sharma]] as Preeti Patel<br />
*[[Kunaal Roy Kapur]] as Raghav White<br />
*Michael Raimondi as Josh Cohen<br />
*[[Samrat Chakrabarti]] as Trance Sen<br />
*[[Alexx ONell]] as Wesminton<br />
*[[Seema Rahmani]] as Sanya Rehman<br />
* [[Yusuf Hussain]] as Mr. Faiz Rehman<br />
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==Music==<br />
#"Dhol Beat" - Ajay Naidu, [[Samrat Chakrabarti]]<br />
#"Dhol Beat (DJ Suketu feat. Aks remix)" - Ajay Naidu, [[Samrat Chakrabarti]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*[http://www.loinsofpunjabpresents.com/ Loins of Punjab Presents] - Official Website of the film <br />
*{{IMDb title|id=1012757|title=Loins of Punjab Presents}}<br />
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