He wanted to set it in the 1970s. But Om Shanti Om beat him to it. So now Loins Of Punjab Presents director Manish Acharya wants to make an action –drama in Hindi set in the 1980s.

Says Manish, "To me the 1980s was the archetypal decade of filmy happenings. The suspense action and stunts were all so cinematic.

Today the car chase sequences look so hi-tech. I want to shoot those famous car chases from the 1980s on Fiats and Ambassadors screeching down dusty roads. I want the cars, trousers, hairstyles and shoes from that decade. To me that's the era of true Hindi cinema, the era of Amitabh Bachchan."

Acharya who shot to fame with his first film says he was flooded with offers in Mumbai after he shifted base from the US. "But most producers offered me films without seeing Loins Of Punjab. I found that peculiar. Ironically my made-inAmerica NRI film got acceptance in India and is now being recognized abroad."

The film was recently a huge hit at the Dubai Film Festival.

Now Manish is happy to be on home ground. "I'm now in Mumbai and looking forward to making my very filmy flick from Bollywood.

Of course it'd be in Hindi. The only reason Loins Of Punjab Presents.... was in English was because the NRI contestants at the film's music reality show would speak in that language."