Plot
In 1987 Britain, Javed Khan is a British-Pakistani college arts student in Luton in a family with a domineering father. Depressed by his oppressive family life and feeling he has no future in a hostile community, a newfound friend introduces Javed to the music of Bruce Springsteen. Touched by the rock star's powerfully eloquent affinity of his own feelings, Javed is inspired to reach out for his own dreams with his own talents. However, although Javed finds friends he never expected in this personal quest, he also finds himself butting heads with his newly unemployed father who stubbornly refuses to understand his son's new aspirations. In this conflict of values in a troubled time, Javed must decide what is truly important to him while his family struggles to understand what has changed and what remains with a new generation feeling born to run.
Written by
Sarfraz Manzoor, Gurinder Chadha, Paul Mayeda Berges
Directed by
Gurinder Chadha
Crew
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Warner Bros. Pictures, Entertainment One, Rakija Films, Levantine Films, Ingenious Media, Bend It Films, New Line Cinema
Languages
English
Awards
2 wins & 8 nominations total