![]() ![]() ![]() In other words, he wants to change his clothes, his hair, his face. As pressure mounts on all sides, Javed begins to wish he were someone else, somewhere else. On top of dealing with all of the fiscal and discriminatory struggles such a situation entails, Javed must also contend with his own father’s expectations - namely, for him to put down his beloved poetry and focus on a ‘real’ education like economics. Protagonist Javed Khan (played with genuine charm by newcomer Viveik Kalra) is a repressed teenager living with his Pakistani family in Thatcher-era England. ![]() Like the Bruce Springsteen song from which it takes its name, the picture has some passages that are thrilling in the moment - but seem hazier the second you turn away. Gurinder Chadha’s new film “Blinded by the Light” is marked by an artificial joyfulness that is infectious in the same way that the common cold is.
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