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Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to. But when a classmate introduces him to the music of Bruce Springsteen, Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in the powerful lyrics. Javed is a British teen of Pakistani descent growing up in 1987 England. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. The official synopsis reads: “The film tells the story of Javed (Viveik Kalra), a British teen of Pakistani descent growing up in the town of Luton, England, in 1987.
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While its cast is full of newcomers for American audiences, its storyline driven by the music of Bruce Springsteen gives the film major breakout potential. 'Blinded by the Light' Review: An Ecstatic Story About the Power of Springsteen - Sundance 'Viceroy's House' Trailer: Gillian Anderson Stars In Gurinder Chadha's Very Personal Historical Drama. We have to wait until AUGUST for it to come out, so why not use that time constructively and make a compilation cassette for whoever you fancy.After receiving some of the best reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Gurinder Chadha’s “ Blinded by the Light” is heading to theaters this summer where it could become one of the season’s biggest crowdpleasers.
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The movie stars Viveik Kalra as Javed, Hayley Attwell as Javed’s teacher Ms Clay, Aaron Phagura as Roops, and Nell Williams as Eliza. Nell Williams, Aaron Phagura, and Viveik Kalra in Blinded by the Light (2019. This is a gorgeously bouncy and joyous trailer though it doesn’t shy away from bullying and racism, at school and on the streets.īlinded By The Light is directed by Gurinder Chadha ( Bend it Like Beckham, Viceroy’s House) and written by Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder Chadha, and Paul Mayeda Berges – the story is based on Manzoor’s memoir, Greetings From Bury Park. Blinded by the Light: Directed by Gurinder Chadha.
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Until his friend Roops introduces him to Bruce Springsteen, who speaks to everything Javed is feeling – even if everyone else dismisses the Boss’s music as “Springsteen. He lives in Luton and is struggling to reconcile his Pakistani-British identity at home with his conservative immigrant parents, and his dreams of being a writer. Not that we really used the word dork then. New Line has released the first trailer for Blinded by the Light, the Sundance sensation from Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha.Based on the memoir 'Greetings from Bury Park' by. In Blinded By The Light it’s 1987 and Mrs Thatcher is in power, while record players and Walkmans hum with Wham! and Bananarama (when it comes to the 80s, if you never tried to wind a cassette back on using a pencil you weren’t really there.) Directed by Gurinder ChadhaWritten by Paul Mayeda Berges, Gurinder Chadha & Sarfraz Manzoor based on a true story and the memoir 'Greetings from Bury Park: R. Blinded by the Light In 1987 during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen. (Possibly the latter helped cause the former.) The 80s were a crazy decade – awesome music, terrible politics.