![]() ![]() In the Boss's widescreen, romantic poetry, Javed finds an outlet for his own frustrations: the longing for escape from the daily grind, the heart-on-denim-sleeve refrains that seem to speak directly to his adolescent hopes and fears - his very own Springsteen angst. "A Pakistani into Springsteen - now that's got potential," says the school magazine editor, observing Javed's newfound fandom like some walking, high-concept movie logline.Īaron Phagura plays Roops, Javed's Springsteen-mad classmate and the only other South Asian high school student. Faster than you can say 'unlimited music rights' Javed is plunged into 24/7 Springsteen rapture, bedroom twirling to a lightning montage set to Dancing in the Dark and gushing out newly inspired poetry and lyrics - many of which find themselves scrawled across the screen, in one of those unfortunate formal tics of recent cinema. ![]() When Javed's Sikh school buddy, Roops (Aaron Phagura), passes him cassettes of Born in the USA and Darkness on the Edge of Town, it's a gateway to another world. We're meant to laugh at his foolishness, and the supposed shallowness of pop music next to Springsteen, who the film offers as a bastion of musical authenticity. "Synth is the future," says pretty-boy mulleted Matt, who gets mocked by his own Boss-loving, rock-n-roll dad (Rob Brydon, making an always-welcome cameo). ( Supplied: Universal Pictures/Nick Wall) ![]() Director Gurinder Chadha describes Blinded by the Light as the "spiritual companion" to her 2002 film Bend it like Beckham. ![]()
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