Blinded by the Light：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Gurinder Chadha

Writing Credits

Sarfraz Manzoor
(screenplay by) &: Gurinder Chadha
(screenplay by) &: Paul Mayeda Berges
(screenplay by): Sarfraz Manzoor
(based on the book "Greetings from Bury Park - Race. Religion. Rock 'N' Roll." by): Bruce Springsteen
(inspired by the words and music of)

Cast

Billy Barratt
Matt (10): Ronak Singh Chadha Berges
Javed (10): Viveik Kalra
Javed: Lee Barnett
Foreman: Dean-Charles Chapman
Matt: Kit Reeve
Emma: David Hayman
Mr Evans: Kulvinder Ghir
Malik (Father): Nikita Mehta
Shazia (Sister): Rob Brydon
Matt's Dad: Meera Ganatra
Noor (Mother): Lorraine Ashbourne
Kathy: Tara Divina
Yasmeen (Cousin): Jeff Mirza
Mr Shah: Frankie Fox
Colin Hand: Nell Williams
Eliza: Aaron Phagura
Roops: Hayley Atwell
Ms Clay: Scott Folan
Alan: Abigail Carter-Simpson
Waitress: Joshua Grant
Lad 1: Tom Stocks
Lad 2: Marcus Brigstocke
Robert - Eliza's Dad: Olivia Poulet
Frances - Eliza's Mum: Leo Shirley
Alex: Daniella Bowen
Reporter at Mosque: Sally Phillips
Mrs Anderson: Kumiko Kaur Chadha Berges
Lilly: James Ballanger
Passport Official: Vincent Andriano
Billy: Kriss Dosanjh
Mr Singh: Sofia Abbasi
Local Resident: Asheq Akhtar
Butcher: Reece Alexander-Putinas
National Front Leader: Paulo Andre Aragao
Salt-N-Pepper: Kay Aujla
Family Wedding Guest: Raj Awasti
Luton Herald Newspaper Reporter: William Bale
Factory Worker: Neal Beagley
National Front Member: Kishore Bhatt
Mosque Protester: Paul Blackwell
NF March Goer: Lee Byford
NF Supporter: Ken Byrd
National Front Member: Amar Chadha-Patel
DJ: Peter Coe
NF Supporter: Bern CollaÃ§o
Mosque Protester: Nick Davison
Passerby: Ross Forder
Teacher: Sonia Goswami
Pedestrian: David Guinan-Browne
Estate Agent: Rishi Gupta
Club Goer: Dylan Handa
Protester: Manorma Joisi
Shopper in Gold Shop: Arun Kapur
Pedestrian: Nina Kumar
Wedding Guest: Dipali Limbachia
Club Goer: Ketan Majmudar
Teacher: Marco Mastrocola
Newspaper Reporter: Martyn Mayger
Protester: Kas Meghani
Alexa Jones: Bharat Mistri
Wedding Guest: Sandeep Mohan
Mosque Protester: Sri Moorthy
Mosque Protester: Riz Moritz
Club Goer: Paul O'Kelly
National Front: Esha Patel
Young Noor: Jag Patel
Luton Town Visitor: Nitin Harshad Patel
Mosque Protester: Brian Rodger
Dancing Market Customer: Robert Ryan
Protester: Stephen Samson
Riot Officer: Andrea Sandell
Teacher: Atul Sharma
Wedding Guest: Sam Shoubber
Mosque Protester: Gemma Simons
Teacher: Natacha Sleiman
Rock Student: Robert James Smith
National Front Supporter: Bruce Springsteen
Self: A.k. Steppa
Luton Resident: Margaret Thatcher
Self: Matt Tyzack
Estate Agent: Ramesh Vethanayagam
Market Stall Shopper: David Warren
National Front Member: Jo Wheatley
NF Member: Chris Wilson
Police Officer: Zain Zaman
Kaleem

Produced by

Jane Barclay
producer (produced by): Paul Mayeda Berges
executive producer: Gurinder Chadha
producer (produced by): Jamal Daniel
producer (produced by): Alice Dawson
co-producer: Alice Hunter-Vernazza
Producer Assistant: Hannah Leader
executive producer: Tory Metzger
executive producer: Tracy Nurse
executive producer: Stephen Spence
executive producer: Peter Touche
executive producer: Renee Witt
executive producer

Music by

A.R. Rahman

Cinematography by

Ben Smithard
director of photography

Editing by

Justin Krish

Casting By

Susie Figgis
: Kirsty Kinnear

Production Design by

Nick Ellis

Art Direction by

Grant Bailey
supervising art director: Owen Mann
on set art director

Set Decoration by

Lucy Howe

Costume Design by

Annie Hardinge

Makeup Department

Laura Allen
additional crowd hair stylist / additional crowd makeup artist: Maddy Berg-Allan
make-up and hair trainee daily: Liv Birmingham
additional crowd hair stylist / additional crowd makeup artist: Laura Blount
hair & make up daily: Jenny Hammond
hair stylist / makeup artist: Francesca Hissey
trainee crowd hair & makeup daily: Samantha Kininmonth
additional crowd hair stylist / additional crowd makeup artist: Kathy Kneller
additional crowd hair stylist / additional crowd makeup artist: Sarah Jane Marks
make-up and hair: dailies: Angela Oxley Evans
daily hair & make up: Gemma Peace
makeup and hair daily: Rebecca Robinson
crowd hair and makeup trainee daily: Fiona Rogers
crowd hair supervisor / crowd makeup supervisor: Sarah Rowland
crowd hair trainee / crowd makeup trainee: Lucy Rowley
daily hair & makeup trainee: Sally Tynan
hair supervisor / makeup supervisor: Ellie Vacher
crowd hair and makeup trainee daily: Martine Watkins
junior hair stylist / junior makeup artist: Sally Watterston
hair stylist / makeup artist: JoJo Williams
makeup and hair designer (as Joanne Williams): Karleigh Williams
makeup artist: Katie Du'Mont
crowd hair and makeup artist: daily (uncredited): Stefanie Kemp
makeup & hair artist: dailies (uncredited)

Production Management

Katie Bullock-Webster
post-production supervisor: Felix Pyne
unit manager: Beth Timbrell
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Kapil Bagul
work experience assistant director: Lydia Currie
first assistant director: Lauren Gallagher
floor runner: Lynsey Muir
2nd assistant director: Josh Northover
additional third assistant director

Art Department

ClÃ©a Beccucci
daily props (as Clea Beccucci): Nat Bocking
daily props / dressing props: Carolyn Boult
assistant set decorator: Wendy Marie Butterworth
storeman: Beatrice Caltabiano
art department assistant: Richard Caron
standby greens: Matthew Clark
lead graphic designer: Amy Diamond
petty cash buyer: Sam Farr
daily props / set dresser: Gemma Louise Field
standby props (as Gemma Louise Etherington): Michelle Field
lead standby prop: Jason Fitzpatrick
technical props: Dalia Gellert
production buyer: Max Grant
daily props: Elliott Haimes
props: Joey Hodges
greens stand-by: Dina Karklina
assistant construction manager: Verena Khan
additional graphic designer: Zahid Malik
daily standby props/dressing props: Katerina Michail
construction coordinator (as Katerina Michael): John Moolenschot
construction manager: Jackson Pritchard
Construction Buyer: Steve Register
property master: George Roberts
painter: HOD: John Rook
props: Mark Scruton
visual consultant: Daniel Surridge-Smith
props: Amaya Valentina
assistant art director: Sam Wells
carpenter: HOD: Maddy Westaway
graphic designer: Lucy Williams
draughtsperson: James Wright
standby carpenter: Rebecca Rose Carey
graphic designer: daily (uncredited)

Sound Department

Adam Bourne
foley editor: Peter Burgis
foley artist: Curt Cash
marketing re-recording mixer: Gillian Dodders
supervising dialogue editor: Mike Dowson
re-recording mixer: Glenn Freemantle
sound designer / supervising sound editor: Rebecca Heathcote
foley artist: Mark Heslop
sound design editor: Harry Jones
adr recordist: Guido Lerner
second assistant sound: Ryan McCabe
marketing re recording mixer: Caitlin McDaid
assistant foley mixer: Joe Nattrass
boom operator: Johnathan Rush
re-recording mixer: Adam Scrivener
re-recording mixer: Mike Tehrani
adr mixer: David Turner
sound facility head of department: Marie Valentino
sound facility producer: Lottie Wade
adr recordist: Sam Walsh
foley mixer: Hannes Wannerberger
sound mix technician: Josh Robinson Ward
first assistant sound (as Josh Ward): Will Whale
sound recordist: Paul Wrightson
adr editor: Sam Day
post production runner (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Barney Hayman
special effects technician: Peter Kersey
senior special effects technician: Alister Reynolds
special effects technician: Chris Reynolds
special effects supervisor: Neil Reynolds
special effects technician

Visual Effects by

Charine Bederar
visual effects coordinator: Chiara Finello
visual effects producer: Connor Guyler
visual effects artist: Ivaylo Marinov
visual effects compositor: Molinare VFX: Karol Mazur
digital compositor: Dolores McGinley
visual effects supervisor: Daniel Mark Miller
digital compositor: David Singer
compositor: Adam Tennant
compositor: Molinare: Marios Theodosi
flame artist: Justin Tillett
digital compositor: Andy Tusabe
visual effects supervisor: Molinare VFX: Mark Wellband
visual effects producer: Connor Guyler
motion graphics artist (uncredited)

Stunts

Abbi Collins
stunt coordinator: Steve Jehu
stunt performer: Xavier Lake
stunt performer: Ian Songhurst
stunts: Roy Taylor
stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department

John Antill
rigging gaffer: Jeremy Braben
aerial director of photography: Alex Coverley
key grip: Charlie Doe
trainee electrician: Tobias Eedy
first assistant camera: "a" camera: Harry Elvidge
electrical rigger: Alan Robert Hopkins
digital imaging technician and dailies colourist: Richard Jakes
first assistant camera: "b" camera: James Kelly
lighting technician: main unit: Mathew Lester
video trainee: Nathan Lloyd
camera trainee: Michael McDermott
gaffer: Vince McGahon
camera operator: "b" camera / steadicam operator: Charlie Paddock
rigging electrician: Jack Sands
second assistant camera: "a" camera: Nick Wall
still photographer

Casting Department

Amarjeet Kaur
casting assistant: Nicola Chisholm
casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Milly Barter
daily: Hannah Campbell
assistant costume designer: Ursula Crocker
costume assistant: dailies: Rosa Diamond
set costumer: Harriet Dyson
costume daily: Yannick Gondran
daily costume assistant: Jasmin Ada Knox
costume assistant: Christina McConnell
crowd costume: Jenna McGranaghan
costume supervisor: Lara Newman
costume buyer: Vanessa Preuss
principal costume standby: Hannah Elizabeth Richards
costume assistant: Nell Rogers
costume daily: Jackson Soar
costume fitter

Editorial Department

Gabriel Athanasiou
epk colorist: Karl Barnes-Dallas
digital intermediate coordinator: Nigel Bunyan
first assistant editor: Samuel Cabrera Marquez
assistant on-line editor: Lisa Clifford-Owen
first assistant editor: Theresa Crooks
junior colourist: Marie Fernandes
digital intermediate producer: Michael Hall
Dolby Vision engineer: Richard Ketteridge
additional editor: Priya Minhas
post-production assistant: Otto Rodd
conform editor: Danny Salas
first assistant editor: Gareth Spensley
digital intermediate colorist: Ami Verge
post-production coordinator

Location Management

Marialucia Apicella
location marshal: Dillon Beagley
location assistant: Andrew Michael Buckley
location scout: Elliott Caen
assistant location manager: Hannah Cole
location marshall: Alex Daniels
location marshall: Charlotte Hemsley
location manager: Vinnie Jassal
supervising location manager: Tom Marshall
location scout: Ariel Murray-Simmons
location marshal: Toni Nordli
location marshal: dailies: Sam Pickering
assistant location manager: Umberto Schramm
location manager: london: AilÃs Smith
locations: Charles Joseph Smith
location assistant: David Brotsky
location manager: NY/NJ (uncredited)

Music Department

Rianjali Bhowmick
songwriter: ZoÃ« Ellen Bryant
music supervisor: Gary Clark
lyrics / music producer / singer: Rupert Coulson
additional engineer: Karthik Deavraj
musician: piano: Roland Fernandes
musician: guitars: Keba Jeremiah
musician: guitars: Kamalakar
musician: flute: Asad Khan
musician: sitar: Amory Leader
music editor: Yann McCullough
source music arranger: Rene Osmanczyk
Trailer: Score Composer: CeCe Sammy
vocal coach: Pete Saville
music supervisor: Pradvay Sivashankar
Music Mix: Background Score / Music Mix: Song - "For You My Love": U. Vignesh
soloist: violin: Jerry Silvester Vincent
music programmer: Dhruv Visvanath
musician: guitars: David Yousefi
composer: Trailer Score and Sound Design

Script and Continuity Department

Rory Herbert
script supervisor

Transportation Department

Milton Holman
action vehicles coordinator: Stewart Homan
action vehicles coordinator: Stephen Inwood
camera truck driver: Leon Keegan
facilites captain: Emma Sudall
action vehicles coordinator: Chris Nuttall
tech trucks project manager: Translux International (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Camrin Agin
attorney: Stewart Allen-Smith
key set pa (as Stewart Allen): Chris Besseling
head of uk marketing: eOne: Kuldeep Kaur Channa
assistant: director: Ellie Coverdale
assistant coordinator: Helen de Winter
completion guarantor: Cyril Fischer
work experience floor runner: Ann-Marie Fitzgerald
financial controller (as Ann Marie Fitzgerald): Agar Forjan
for Ingenious Media: Amanda Fox
post accountant: Matthew J. Fox
production legal: Sacha Fox
Set Director's Assistant: Alain Gales
e.p.k. director: Sartaj Garewal
adr loop group: Pietro Greppi
For Rakija Films Ltd: Freddie Hatchett
For Rakija Films and Ingenious Media: Joseph Hill
catering manager: Paul Hillier
insurance: Ruth Hodgson
completion guarantor: Mick Hurrell
health and safety advisor: Kennie Jones
security: Edward Kahn
production assistant (as Edd Kahn): Simon Lam
production assistant: Martin Lisius
Footage: Ellen Lister
For Ingenious Media: Nadine Luque
for Ingenious Media: Joanne Michael
director of marketing: Andy New
production accountant: Michelle Pennington
unit medic: Ronak Singh
Crowd AD Dailies: Stephen Sorby
head of security: Amelia Southgate
production coordinator: Trudie Stottor
chaperone: James Taylor
security: Jonathan Wayre
video projection & tv playback: Lina Gabari-Singh
adr (uncredited): Richard Jackson
props department - vintage computers (uncredited)

Thanks

Barbara Carr
special thanks: Stephen Dixon
thanks to: Metropolitan Police Film Unit: Jon Landau
special thanks: Elizabeth Middleton
special thanks