Loins of Punjab Presents posts

‘Loins’ on Friday (updated)

Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi.At last we will have our revenge.
Loins of Punjab Presents is finally getting its U.S. premiere this Friday in NYC. Director Manish Acharya will apparently be shuttling between both locations for a post-screening Q&A at every Friday showtime. Mention Ultrabrown for $3 off at the Quad and […]

Turbanotorious in da house

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Check out the kickass bhangra track ‘Dhol Beat’ from Loins of Punjab Presents, courtesy of director and buddy Manish Acharya. The track is so catchy, I went to the filmmakers after the first screening and demanded an Mp3, which you can buy on iTunes. But it was over a year before Acharya decided to release […]

‘Loins’ coming stateside

Friday, August 8th, 2008

Great news in pork futures: Loins is finally getting a U.S. release, beginning with NYC on September 12th:
Loins Of Punjab Presents will make its U.S. theatrical premiere on September 12 at New York City’s Quad Cinema (34 West 13th St.) and the ImaginAsian Theater (239 E. 59th Street)…
The #1 English language comedy ever to […]

Being Josh Cohen

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

People in my hood suffer opera singers practicing scales, late-night subway trains rumbling underfoot and loud Italian neighbors making 6 am phone calls to their desh. But sometimes little moments make it all worth it.
I was walking through a stamp-sized public park the other day when I overheard two Harlem locals wondering aloud who a […]

SAIFF house

Friday, October 5th, 2007

My friends’ film Loins of Punjab Presents had its U.S. film festival premiere at SAIFF Wednesday night in a huge Lincoln Center theater adorned with a lotus flower and elephants, as if for the occasion. It was a riot: a small red carpet, a big happy audience. The whole thing […]

Snake eyes

Friday, September 21st, 2007

Here’s a still of the hilarious Jameel Khan (Cheeni Kum) playing Bokade, the oily contest organizer from Loins of Punjab Presents. Next to it is a painting titled ‘Bokade’ which I just stumbled across on my friend Dhruvi Acharya’s site:

The tender ‘Loins’ theme (updated)

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

This 2:20 theatrical trailer for Loins of Punjab is the longest one yet, and it’s set to Ajay and Samrat’s kickass theme song: