But Gurinder was like, ‘C’mon, we’ve got to give this guy a girl. So, the idea of having a girlfriend? I would have been slaughtered. Manzoor explained to Screen Rant: “In real life, I was literally not allowed to leave the house until I went to university at 18 – not just in the evenings I never, ever went out. One key way the movie, by director Gurinder Chadha, differs from real life: Javed’s girlfriend, who plays a pivotal role in the film, is made up. In the movie, Javed’s father tears up his tickets. However, unlike the movie, Manzoor didn’t first discover Springsteen’s music with a hurricane raging outside, and he actually went to the Springsteen concert. According to Screen Rant, Javed was a name Manzoor’s mother gave him before his father switched it to Sarfraz.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BLINDED BY THE LIGHT MOVIE
The movie deviates from the real story in a couple key ways. Me and Roops (the real one) went to see at a public screening in Luton this evening. The Movie Takes a Few Liberties With Sarfraz Manzoor’s Life Here’s what you need to know about the true story:
That night Bruce Springsteen changed my life.” Manzoor wrote in his memoir: “Having stumbled in the dark for so long, on that September night, I was blinded by the light. Although American, Springsteen’s odes to the working class, work ethic, fatherhood, and family speak to Javed and, eventually, to his dad, who turns up in his suit every day to a job centre that never seems to offer jobs. Enter Bruce Springsteen, whom Javed, a high school student, discovers when a friend hands him a cassette tape. In the movie, Javed chafes against the dictates of his traditional and conservative Pakistani father against the backdrop of 1987 small-town England (Luton), Margaret Thatcher’s politics, and far-right discrimination. In real life, Javed is a journalist named Sarfraz Manzoor (you can follow him on Twitter here.) The movie was based on Manzoor’s book, Greetings From Bury Park. In fact, the real story behind Blinded By the Light tracks closely with the Big Screen version, albeit with a few key changes. (Warning: There will be spoilers in this article.) At the end of the movie, it’s revealed that the story is a true one, and viewers are treated to photos of the real “Javed,” his friend, and The Boss. In Blinded By the Light, a Pakistani teenager named Javed finds his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen. Sarfraz Manzoor with Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen's wife, and the actor who plays him.
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