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Plot. In 1987, Javed Khan and his family – Pakistani migrant parents Malik and Noor and sisters Yasmeen and Shazia – live in Luton, England, during the premiership of Margaret Thatcher. Javed likes contemporary rock music, which Malik disapproves of.
Aug 20, 2019 · Learn about the real story behind the movie Blinded by the Light, in which the true tale of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor becomes the story of teenage Javed.
The real Javed is journalist Sarfraz Manzoor, and Blinded by the Light is based on his book Greetings From Bury Park (a spin on Springsteen's album title Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.), which was published in 2007 and recounts Manzoor's formative years and his discovery of Springsteen's music.
Aug 16, 2019 · Edit. In 1987 Britain, Javed Khan is a British-Pakistani college arts student in Luton in a family with a domineering father. Depressed by his oppressive family life and feeling he has no future in a hostile community, a newfound friend introduces Javed to the music of Bruce Springsteen.
- (27K)
- Comedy, Drama, Music
- Gurinder Chadha
- 2019-08-16
In 1987 Britain, Javed Khan is a British-Pakistani college arts student in Luton in a family with a domineering father. Depressed by his oppressive family life and feeling he has no future in a hostile community, a newfound friend introduces Javed to the music of Bruce Springsteen.
Aug 15, 2019 · Viveik Kalra stars as a student who discovers Bruce Springsteen’s music in the film “Blinded by the Light,” a dream of inclusion in which the universal solvent turns out to be celebrity and ...
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Aug 15, 2019 · Blinded by the Light is the earnest, exuberant story of a British Pakistani boy who finds inspiration in the American icon.
