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 Lions Of Punjab A comedy about life and other contests LOINS OF PUNJAB Tuesday 10 March [20.30] Watermans Directed: Manish Acharya Cast: Shabana Azmi, Ajay Naidu, Ayesha Dharkar
India: 88 mins, English, 2008
A ruthless philanthropist. A bhangra rapper. An over-protected prodigy. A reckless actress. A lovelorn businessman. An entrepreneurial yogi. And a Loin King. Enter a roller-coaster world of seven strangers whose lives collide during a singing contest in a small New Jersey town. Over three days, in a small New Jersey town, five Indian Americans 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. For seventytwo
hours, armed with a song, these seven strangers are going to war.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with actress Ayesha Dharkar (tbc). Book Tickets at Watermans Trailer - Loins Of Punjab |
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