Loins of Punjab presents /
"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...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
IndiePix Films,
[2010]
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| Edition: | 2-disc special ed. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced as a motion picture in 2007. 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. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 2 videodiscs (88 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (1.78:1); Dolby digital stereo 2.0 and surround sound 5.1. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Arvind Kannabiran; music, Michael Cohen; editor, Christopher Dillon. |