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      • Blinded by the Light follows a British Pakistani teen who falls in love with the music of Bruce Springsteen - and it's based on a true story.
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      Blinded by the Light: The True Story Behind the Movie

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  3. heavy.com › blinded-by-the-light-real-story-trueBlinded by the Light Real Story: Sarfraz Manzoor & Javed

    • 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...

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    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...

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    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...

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Blinded_by_the_Light_(2019Blinded by the Light (2019 film) - Wikipedia

    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 .

  6. www.thetimes.com › article › blinded-by-the-lightBlinded by the Light: the story behind the film - The Times

    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.

  7. www.refinery29.com › en-gb › 2019/08/240735Blinded By The Light True Story Real Javed Interview - Refinery29

    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...

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  8. www.popsugar.com › entertainment › is-blinded-byIs Blinded by the Light Based on a True Story? | POPSUGAR ...

    Aug 18, 2019 · 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...

  9. www.bustle.com › p › blinded-by-the-light-is-a-true‘Blinded By The Light’ Is A True Story That ... - Bustle

    Aug 12, 2019 · Based loosely on the life of journalist Sarfraz Manzoor, Blinded By The Light is a true story where the details and emotions are real, but the person is fictional.