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UPCOMING SCREENINGS
Friday, May 3rd - New York, NY @ Tribeca Cinemas (NY Indian Film Festival)
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NICE WORDS ABOUT THE FILM
New York Magazine: "Sharply funny"
Interview Magazine: "Part No Reservations, part Big Brother, part something smarter,
with lots of laughs, something to learn, and - naturally, given the company - an amazing soundtrack"
BlackBook: "Five Out Of Five... Singh [has] the mark of a fanboy filmmaker not yet jaded by the Merchants Of Cool-hood of pop music."
Huffington Post: "Amrit Singh's freewheeling short film" is "a laid-back hipster's approach to Indian cuisine."
Hyphen Magazine: "Frankly, the peek at this brotherhood may be even more appealing than the food."
Times Of India: "‘Dosa Hunt’ is more than just a
search for New York’s best dosa. It’s a short film
about the Indian
community’s growth and search for
cultural roots in the US."
FROM THE PREMIERE
Billboard Magazine's Report on the Premiere Event // Pretty Photos Of Everyone All Dressed Up
MORE NICE PRESS
NPR: WNYC's Soundcheck with Amrit & Anand / Gothamist: On the project's backdrop. // FADER: On the poster and its artist.
Asian American Writers Workshop: Ashok Interviews Amrit
PRESS FOR THE TRAILER NYTimes // The Awl // Hipster Runoff // IFC // Gothamist // FADER // PAPER // BlackBook // Brooklyn Vegan // Stereogum // Videogum
Eater (x2) // NYMag (Grub Street) // Food Republic // Daily Meal // Food Is The New Rock // NY Street Food
Rolling Stone (Russia) // Triple J Radio (@ 24:30) // NPR (A Blog Supreme) // Absolute Punk
ELLE India // Mumbai Boss // The Wild City // Thamarai // MEX & The City
S! Clarín // NJ Underground // Mishka // City Paper
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CONTACTamritsinghproductions@gmail.com
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ABOUT DOSA HUNTDOSA HUNT is a short film by Amrit Singh featuring a diverse group of music-world friends -- Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij, Das Racist's Himanshu Suri and Ashok "Dapwell" Kondabolu, Yeasayer's Anand Wilder, Neon Indian's Alan Palomo, jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, and Stereogum's Executive Editor, Singh -- on a quest to find their hometown's best dosa. The delicious traditional South Indian crepe has earned this long-overdue cinematic closeup. But our our heroes' journey -- bantering in an Indian disco van, eating their way through the restaurants and grocery stores of Manhattan and Queens -- also explores the shared and respective cultures of this vibrant group of NYC artists in the wilds of their city. DOSA HUNT is a snapshot of a transitional generation in America's immigrant/art experience, in hot pursuit of good food.
ABOUT AMRIT SINGH
Amrit Singh has served as Executive Editor of Stereogum.com for seven years, writing and producing the website into a leading voice in independent music. His video journalism has appeared on ABC, MTV, and Fuse. (He also served as Editor of the University of Wisconsin International Law Journal, and is a NY State Bar certified attorney, but please don't remind his father of this.) DOSA HUNT is his directorial debut. (Full bio.)
Written, Directed & Produced by Amrit Singh
Directed, Edited & Produced by Sam Carroll
Edited & Produced by Zoe Schack
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This week’s podcast guest is…
Stereogum Executive Editor and “Dosa Hunt” Director Amrit Singh
He joins Chuck and Zach to talk about Dosa Hunt, the short film he made last year featuring members of Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer, Das Racist and more in a van looking for dosa in Manhattan and Queens. We talk about what it was like to grow up as a brown indie rock dude in America and more importantly how hot Anand from Yeasayer’s mom is.
Download the episode for free on iTunes or by putting our RSS FEED into a player of your choice. You can also stream the episode below through Stitcher:
This is a fun hour, this Food Is The New Rock podcast — in which Amrit spreads a lot of love for DOSA HUNT, NYC & LA, and in which Zach and Chuck (the hosts) say a lot about the things they love. LISTEN UP (above, in that player)!
Reminder to NYC: DOSA HUNT will screen at Tribeca Cinemas on Friday 5/3 as an official selection for New York Indian Film Festival. Come enjoy lower Manhattan with us!
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NYC, we’re screening again for you! On Thursday, February 7th at (le) poisson rouge in the Village, DOSA HUNT will play at around 8:30PM for Co-Lab, the earlier portion of DJ Rekha’s legendary Basement Bhangra dance party (which has just moved to LPR from S.O.B.’s). Arrive before 8PM and walk-up tickets are just $5. (Or buy them online now for $10; yes, you are paying a premium for insurance.) That gets you the screening, a DJ set from Dapwell, and the dance party that follows into the night. And if you don’t bhangra, don’t worry: There’s a free lesson that precedes the party. Info on the night’s other DJs and details at lepoissonrouge.com. This is going to be great.
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Last night on NPR, Amrit and Anand joined John Schaefer on his great WNYC programme Soundcheck. They discussed the film and straight up ate dosa ON THE AIR. It’s a good chat! You can hear it at the Soundcheck page, or you can stream it below, OR you can have this MP3 forever. As you like.
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“THE GREATEST HUNT FOR SOUTH INDIAN FOOD IN NYC EVER COMMITTED TO FILM!”
Here is the trailer for DOSA HUNT, A Film By Amrit Singh.
Starring: Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend), Vijay Iyer (Vijay Iyer Trio), Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist), Alan Palomo (Neon Indian), Amrit Singh (Stereogum), Himanshu Suri (Das Racist), Anand Wilder (Yeasayer)
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DOSA HUNT: An independent short film by Amrit Singh. Starring Anand Wilder (Yeasayer), Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist), Amrit Singh (Stereogum), Vijay Iyer, Alan Palomo (Neon Indian, Vega), Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend, Discovery), Himanshu Suri (Das Racist). Set in Manhattan, Queens, and a van decorated like an Indian disco.
COMING SOON.
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editing @ edit1, nyc
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DOSA HUNT First Look: Screen capture inside the dosa van with Vijay Iyer, Himanshu Suri, Rostam Batmanglij, Anand Wilder, Amrit Singh.
Official trailer coming soon to dosahunt.com.
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Vijay Iyer, Rostam Batmanglij, Himanshu Suri, Anand Wilder at the wrap of DOSA HUNT.
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At Dosa Hutt (via @dapwell)
![Photos from the DOSA HUNT Premiere @ Nitehawk Cinema on 10/5
[Img by Laura June Kirsch]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbk5vxTdbo1qcg8opo1_1280.jpg "http://dosahunt.com/post/33143361289/premiere-photos")
