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My Son the Fanatic is a 1997 British drama film directed by Udayan Prasad. It was written by Hanif Kureishi from his short story My Son the Fanatic.

My Son the Fanatic
Directed byUdayan Prasad
Written byHanif Kureishi
Produced byChris Curling
Starring
CinematographyAlan Almond
Edited byDavid Gamble
Music byStephen Warbeck
Production
companies
Miramax Films
BBC Films
Distributed byFeature Film
Release dates
  • 21 October 1997 (1997-10-21) (France)
  • 1 May 1998 (1998-05-01) (UK)
[1]
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£2,134,800[2]
Box office£123,000[2]

Plot


The plot of the film revolves around Parvez, a Pakistani-born taxi driver and a tolerant, secular Muslim. His life takes an unexpected dark turn when his son Farid converts to fundamentalist Islam, leading to a family breakdown and social conflict.

According to Rachel Donadio, The New York Times writer and editor, the film's theme is encapsulated in a pivotal scene:

One of the most revealing insights into Britain's recent social history comes early in My Son the Fanatic, Hanif Kureishi's tender and darkly prescient 1997 film. It’s morning in an unnamed city in northern England, and Parvez, a secular Pakistani immigrant taxi driver brilliantly portrayed by Om Puri, watches Farid, his increasingly devout college-age son, sell his electric guitar. "Where is that going?" Parvez asks Farid as the buyer drives off. "You used to love making a terrible noise with these instruments!" Farid, played by Akbar Kurtha, looks at his father with irritation. "You always said there were more important things than 'Stairway to Heaven'" he says impatiently in his thick northern English accent. "You couldn't have been more right".[3]


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References


  1. "British biz at the box office". Variety. 14 December 1998. p. 72.
  2. Alexander Walker, Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984-2000, Orion Books, 2005 p. 278-279.
  3. Donadio, Rachel (8 August 2008). "My Beautiful London". The New York Times Magazine.





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