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Malik tells Javed that if he leaves, he will not be allowed to return. Javed initially declines, knowing his father will disallow him, but changes his mind. Clay tells Javed his Springsteen essay won him attendance to a lecture at Monmouth College in New Jersey, near where Springsteen grew up. Javed stuns his parents by telling them he does not want to be their son.Īt school, Eliza chastises Javed for abandoning his family and using them as an excuse to stop seeing her. Upset that Javed withheld money from the family, Malik rips up the tickets. Before his parents arrive at the wedding, National Front members assault Malik. Javed uses the money to buy tickets for a Springsteen concert on Yasmeen's wedding day. Amid more racist intimidation, Eliza invites Javed to meet her parents Javed tries to hide his discomfort.Īt the Herald, Javed gets paid after an article he wrote about racism is chosen for the front page. Javed and Roops lock themselves in the school radio station and play Springsteen, briefly getting in trouble. Clay enjoys his poems and arranges an unpaid internship at the Herald. The two kiss, and Javed gives Eliza a poem, which she loves. Javed asks out Eliza, steeling his nerves with Springsteen songs. Matt's father helps Javed impress Eliza by singing Springsteen songs. Javed takes a job with Matt's father, also a Springsteen fan, at his flea market. Meanwhile, Malik becomes aggravated over mounting bills and Yasmeen's upcoming wedding. Javed submits a piece about Springsteen to the newspaper. Evans sympathizes with Javed's feelings and calls the poem brilliant, but Javed's parents are less appreciative. Evans, recovers one of Javed's poems that decries the National Front, who are planning a local march. Inspired to continue writing, he submits his poetry to Ms. At school, Javed excitedly tells Roops that Springsteen knows exactly how he feels. After listening to the Springsteen tapes, the lyrics immediately speak to him, and he recovers his poems. Frustrated by racism and Malik's inability to understand him, Javed discards his poems on the night of the Great Storm of 1987. At the same time, Vauxhall Motors lays off Malik. Javed is rejected as a writer by the school paper. During lunch Roops approaches him and gives him two Bruce Springsteen ]s, calling Springsteen "the direct line to all that is true in this shitty world." Javed faces constant racism from his peers and neighbours, and Malik forbids him to socialise, insisting he "follow the Jews" in his school because of their success as a people. Clay after class about his poetry and diaries. Clay's writing class, Javed develops a crush on a student activist named Eliza and becomes interested in the writing assignments. Javed feels out of place at his new school, where he is one of two South Asian students the other, Roops, is a fan of " The Boss". Javed writes poetry and lyrics for his best friend Matt's band, but Matt critiques Javed's work for being depressing. Javed likes contemporary rock music, which Malik disapproves of. In 1987, Javed Khan and his family – Pakistani migrant parents Malik and Noor, and sisters Yasmeen and Shazia – live in Luton, England. Blinded by the Light received positive reviews from critics, and also received nominations for Best Film and Best Actor (for Kalra) at the 2019 SIFF Awards.
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The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Entertainment One in the United Kingdom on 9 August 2019, and by Warner Bros. Viveik Kalra stars in the lead role, along with Hayley Atwell, Rob Brydon, Kulvinder Ghir and Nell Williams in supporting roles.
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Set in the town of Luton in 1987 Thatcherite Britain, the film tells the coming-of-age story of Javed, a British-Pakistani Muslim teenager whose life is changed after he discovers the music of Springsteen. It is based on Manzoor's memoir Greetings from Bury Park: Race, Religion and Rock N’ Roll. Manzoor co-wrote the script, with Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges. It was inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen.
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$18.1 million Read the transcript īlinded by the Light is a 2019 British comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha.