Shabana Azmi, Ajay Naidu, Ayesha Dharker, Michael Raimondi, Manish Acharya, Seema Rahmani, Darshan Jariwala. Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007 by Horn OK Please Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. A foreign film (India). Special features disc 1. Writers & critics audio commentaries; disc 2. Behind the scenes: "Below the Lion : the serious business of making a funny film" (31 min.), "Fly on fake wall" (7 min.), "Da bomb" (7 sec.); deleted scenes; 2 short films by Manish Acharya: "The driver" (6 min., 2001) and "Partner" (10 min., 2001) ; theatrical trailer, music videos.
Summary:
"Over three days, in a small New Jersey town, five Indian-Americans and one Jewish Indophile participate in the first Desi Idol, a Bollywood-style singing contest sponsored by a pork millionaire. These six people are pitted against each other in a singing and dancing extravaganza presided over by the wily contest promoter Sudarsh Bokade, a man with a strong preference for Gipsy Kings music. For seventy-two hours, armed with a song, these seven strangers are going to war"--http://www.loinsofpunjab.com.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)632491361
Locations:
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)
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