Viveik Kalra
Javed
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Blinded by the Light (also known as Music of My Life) is a 2019 comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha. It was inspired by the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor and his love of the works of Bruce Springsteen. Manzoor co-wrote the script with Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges.
89% Tomatometer 263 Reviews. 91% Audience Score 2,500+ Verified Ratings. Javed is a Pakistani teenager who experiences racial and economic turmoil while living in Luton, England, in 1987. He ...
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- Gurinder Chadha
- PG-13
- Viveik Kalra
Aug 16, 2019 · Set in the 1980s in the small town of Luton, Javed's family struggles to make ends meet in the crushing recession of the late Thatcher era, battling economic strife, rising nationalism, and racist attacks. Javed's mother ( Meera Ganatra) works out of their home as a seamstress, and his father ( Kulvinder Ghir) works at a nearby factory.
Blinded by the Light: Directed by Gurinder Chadha. With Billy Barratt, Ronak Singh Chadha Berges, Viveik Kalra, Lee Barnett. In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
- Gurinder Chadha
- 2 min
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Aug 17, 2019 · "Blinded by the Light" director Gurinder Chadha talks about how she got Bruce Springsteen on board for a movie inspired by his music.
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Jan 28, 2019 · In “Blinded by the Light,” Javed (Viveik Kalra), a Pakistani British teenager living in a drab London suburb in 1987, discovers the music of Bruce Springsteen, and it jolts him alive.
