Loins of Punjab Presents
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In a small New Jersey town, the lives of seven strangers collide over three days as they take part in a Bollywood-style singing contest. They are a motley lot: a ruthless philanthropist, a gay bhangra rapper, an over-protected prodigy, a reckless actress, a lovelorn businessman, an entrepreneurial y
Cast & Crew
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Manish Acharya
Director
Shabana Azmi
Ajay Naidu
Ayesha Dharker
Seema Rahmani
Darshan Jariwala
Film Details
Also Known As
Loins of Punjab
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Foreign
Game Show
Music
Musical
Reality
Satire
Release Date
2008
Production Company
Prime Focus Vfx; Soundfirm
Distribution Company
Emerging Pictures; Front Row Filmed Entertainment (UAE); Pvr Pictures
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 28m
Synopsis
In a small New Jersey town, the lives of seven strangers collide over three days as they take part in a Bollywood-style singing contest. They are a motley lot: a ruthless philanthropist, a gay bhangra rapper, an over-protected prodigy, a reckless actress, a lovelorn businessman, an entrepreneurial yogi and a Loin King.
Director
Manish Acharya
Director
Cast
Shabana Azmi
Ajay Naidu
Ayesha Dharker
Seema Rahmani
Darshan Jariwala
Loveleen Mishra
Ishitta Sharma
Jameel Khan
Kunaal Roy Kapur
Michael Raimondi
Kory Bassett
Manish Acharya
Pravishi Das
Shabnam Vadhera
S M Sivakumar
Alexander O'neil
Tapan Bhatt
Taral Munshi
Kamlesh Oza
Robert Carr
Jinx Akerkar
Major Bikramjeet
Uday Chandra
Avantika Akerkar
Samrat Chakrabarti
Sanjiv Jhaveri
Alpa Joshi
Ranvir Kapadia
Madhav Apte
Anuvab Pal
Vijay Gokhale
Marijana Rodonjic
Dhruv Singh
Rani Bansal
Yusuf Hussain
Neeraj Khetarpal
Olivia Augustine
Karim Troncelliti
Jay Dugar
Susham Bedi
Gurjeet Singh
Nikita Bhatt
Sanyogita Bhave
Veena Dhandia
Shilpa Mehta
Gargi Patel
Sheetal Shah
Vincent Madero
Caroline Conway
Alex Basil
O¿neil D¿souza
Xavier Gomes
Anthony Machado
Kishore Makwana
Hemant Chaturvedi
Kaarthik Kirubhakaran
Harry Shah
Ravi Kishan Shankar
Vatsala Tyagi
Nishant Radhakrishnan
Ebenezer Irving Forbes
Nakul Kamte
Pradeep Patkar
Drishti Parekh
Michael Cohen
Performer
Crew
Dhruvi Acharya
Painter
Manish Acharya
Producer
Manish Acharya
Screenplay
Poornima Ajayan
Adr
Javed Akhtar
Song
Maqsood Ali
Lighting Technician
Sajid Ali
Music
Sarika Ali
Digital Effects
Abhishek Amane
Makeup
Joe Anderson
Assistant Camera
Sony Antony
Film Lab
Michael Arisohn
Gaffer
Sameer Arya
Director Of Photography
Abdul Aziz
Generator Operator
Shabana Azmi
Song Performer
Ramesh Babu
Visual Effects
Harivanshrai Bachchan
Song
Anand Bakshi
Song
Raju Balasubramanium
Production Accountant
Vicky Banwell
Adr
Kory Bassett
Song Performer
Mangesh K Bhalerao
Line Producer
Lara Bhalla
Wardrobe Assistant
Tarun Bhandari
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Sanjeevan Bhosle
Film Lab
Shyam Bimbavnekar
Construction
Eman Bose
Art Assistant
Arti Buxi
Adr
Samrat Chakrabarti
Song Performer
Samrat Chakrabarti
Song
Sanjay Chaturvedi
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Sajjain Chowdhary
Foley Artist
Michael Cohen
Music Composer
Noel D'souza
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Sunita Dabholkar
Accountant
Katie Dainson
Assistant Camera
Balaram Dawande
Lighting Technician
Mahesh Deshpande
Visual Effects Editor
Vasant Dev
Song
Lakshmipriya Devi
Assistant Director
Anil Deviah
Assistant Camera
Phagun Dhakka
Titles
Phagun Dhakka
Graphic Designer
Christopher Dillon
Editor
Bobby Duggal
Music
Kumaravel Elango
Casting Assistant
Jude Fernandes
Production Coordinator
Helen Field
Sound Department
Baylon Fonseca
Sound Mixer
Baylon Fonseca
Sound Effects Editor
Baylon Fonseca
Foley Editor
Baylon Fonseca
Supervising Sound Editor
Baylon Fonseca
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Rohit Ganju
Assistant Designer
Kanti Godhania
Carpenter
Amol Gole
Photography
Chris Goodes
Sound Effects Editor
Chris Goodes
Sound Mixer
Jason Hicks
Adr
Sandeep Hiraskar
Film Lab
Virginia Holmes
Makeup
Virginia Holmes
Hair Stylist
Zakir Hussain
Wardrobe Dresser
Raju Indulkar
Accountant
Hamsika Iyer
Song
Mahalaxmi Iyer
Song Performer
Bharat Jadhav
Lighting Technician
Kailash Jadhav
Line Producer
Bipin Jani
Manager
Craig Johnson
Assistant Director
Melissa Jones
Production Assistant
Sanjay Joseph
Music
Amit Kadam
Accountant
Nakul Kamte
Sound Effects Editor
Nakul Kamte
Sound Mixer
Nakul Kamte
Supervising Sound Editor
Nakul Kamte
Sound Designer
Arvind Kannabiran
Director Of Photography
Aditya Kanwar
Art Assistant
Bharat Katwa
Lighting Technician
John Kauffman
Adr
Matt Kerr
Key Grip
Ashraf Khan
Boom Operator
Sameer Khan
Boom Operator
Amit Khanna
Song
Amit Khobragade
Assistant Art Director
Vilas Kholap
Assistant Art Director
Karan Kiran
Production Assistant
Kaarthik Kirubhakaran
Associate Producer
Mohan Kotankar
Carpenter
Kiran Kumar
Colorist
Vijay Kumar
Foley Editor
Vijay Kumar
Foley Recordist
Shabana Latif
Makeup Supervisor
Shabana Latif
Hair
Aaron Levinski
Grip
Vithal Londhe
Painter
Robert Mackenzie
Sound Department
Captain Manoj
Transportation Coordinator
Vimal Margassery
Digital Effects
Prakash Mehra
Song
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Song
Gauri Mehta
Props
Gauri Mehta
Costumes
Gauri Mehta
Adr
Tanvi Mehta
Adr
N Mishra
Song
Kuber Mistri
Construction
Shridhar Mitke
Film Lab
P Mohan
Other
Arun Kumar Mohanty
Film Lab
Urmilla Lal Motwani
Wardrobe Supervisor
Mayur Mulam
Assistant Art Director
Jean Na-kyum
Makeup
Ajay Naidu
Song Performer
Ajay Naidu
Song
Vishad Nair
Film Lab
Sasikant Narayana
Lighting Technician
R Narayanan
Consultant
Arun Narayane
Best Boy Electric
Natasha Nischol
Makeup
Sigrid Owen
Adr
Jay Oza
Assistant Director
Namrata Pai
Graphic Designer
Anuvab Pal
Screenplay
Arvind Pandey
Lighting Technician
Vivek Kumar Pandey
Lighting Technician
Kishan Kumar Parwa
Generator Operator
Farah Pavri
Choreographer
Ravi Pawar
Wardrobe Dresser
Sudhir Pawar
Coordinator
Mike Perry
Adr
Daniel Peter
Film Lab
Ayesha Punvani
Production Designer
Sayeed Quadri
Song
Nishant Radhakrishnan
Titles
Nishant Radhakrishnan
Post-Production Supervisor
Rajiv Raghunathan
Producer
Kishan Rahate
Construction
Dinesh Rai
Lighting Technician
Michael Raimondi
Song Performer
Bharat Raj
Song Performer
Cauvery Rajagopal
Casting
Shubha Ramachandra
Script Supervisor
Archana Ramaswamy
Casting Assistant
Aroosha Rana
Adr
A R Rathnam
Cashier
Janani Ravichandran
Assistant Director
Shyam Reddy
Makeup
V. R. Narasimha Reddy
Assistant Camera
Hina Saiyada
Editor
Sachin Salekar
Assistant
Natalie Salunke
Adr
Sameer
Song
Raju Sardar
Music
Vaibhav Satham
Scenic Artist
Roger Savage
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Hafiz Shah
Lighting Technician
Rajesh Shah
Production Manager
Abdul Jabbar Shaikh
Tailor
Anwar Shaikh
Lighting Technician
Hamid Shaikh
Gaffer
Kamlesh Chand Sharma
Lighting Technician
Chandrakant Shenoy
Digital Effects
Kamlesh U. Shinde
Makeup
Rohit Shinkre
Production Designer
Ajit Singh
Other
Arvind Singh
Film Lab
Jiten Singh
Driver
Karnail Singh
Foley Artist
Prashant Singh
Assistant Director
Prashant Singh
Script Supervisor
Rajesh Singh
Driver
Ranjeet Singh
Generator Operator
Pallavi Singhal
Adr
Lisa Smith
Adr
Ashwin Srinivasan
Music
Christine Stewart
Adr
Pia Sukanya
Adr
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Song
Michelle Sun
Assistant Camera
Bharat Surve
Carpenter
Rabindranath Tagore
Song
Travis Tips
Best Boy Electric
Serina Tixeira
Makeup
Andrea Todt
Adr
Uma Tonati
Accountant
Rabiah Troncelliti
Costume Designer
Victoria Tzykun
Props
Victoria Tzykun
Wardrobe
Uday Vartak
Carpenter
Aman Mohan Vidhate
Construction
Bhushan Vidhate
Construction Manager
Pradeep Vishvakarma
Carpenter
Pravin Wala
Carpenter
Eric Walendzinski
Boom Operator
Larry Woodruff
Adr
Nicola Wright
Adr
Virendra Yadav
Carpenter
Victoria S Yoffie
Executive In Charge Of Production
Film Details
Also Known As
Loins of Punjab
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Foreign
Game Show
Music
Musical
Reality
Satire
Release Date
2008
Production Company
Prime Focus Vfx; Soundfirm
Distribution Company
Emerging Pictures; Front Row Filmed Entertainment (UAE); Pvr Pictures
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 28m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States Fall September 12, 2008
Released in United States November 7, 2008
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 25-October 10, 2008.
Feature directorial debut for Manish Acharya.
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival (Cinema of Our Time) September 25-October 10, 2008.)
Released in United States Fall September 12, 2008
Released in United States November 7, 2008 (Los Angeles)
