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Aug 18, 2019 · 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.
- Hannah Shaw-Williams
- The Movie Takes A Few Liberties with Sarfraz Manzoor’s Life
- Springsteen Read Manzoor’s Book in Real Life
- Sarfraz Manzoor Has Found Success as A Writer & Broadcaster
The movie deviates from the real story in a couple key ways. According to Screen Rant, Javed was a name Manzoor’s mother gave him before his father switched it to Sarfraz. 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. In the movie, Javed...
The Hindu explainsthat Bruce Springsteen, in real life, read Manzoor’s book. Manzoor was writing for the Guardian but his contract was not renewed, so he focused on turning his memoir into a screenplay and then sent it to Springsteen, asking to use the songs. Springsteen gave the go ahead, showed up at the premiere, and once even handed Manzoor his...
According to the Guardian, Sarfraz Manzoor has lived out his fictional version’s dreams of becoming a journalist. “Sarfraz Manzoor is a journalist, author, documentary maker and broadcaster,” his Guardian author page explains. His BBC biography reports, “Sarfraz Manzoor has presented many documentaries for Radio 4 as well as contributing to program...
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 .
Blinded by the Light Is Based on a Heartwarming and Hilarious True Story. By Amanda Prahl. Published on Aug 17, 2019 at 8:30 PM. Everett Collection. The latest jukebox musical is...
Aug 16, 2019 · That is the true story of Blinded By The Light, a film based on Sarfraz Manzoor's autobiographical novel, Greetings From Bury Park. In it, Manzoor describes growing up and struggling to...
- Kelsea Stahler
Blinded by the Light: the story behind the film. It is a story that begins with a boy who had dreams he feared would never come true. The dream was to get out of Luton and become a writer, and the boy was me.
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.
