My Son the Fanatic (film)

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.

According to Rachel Donadio, a New York Times writer and editor, the films theme is encapsulated in a pivotal sceneOne of the most revealing insights into Britains recent social history comes early in My Son the Fanatic, Hanif Kureishis tender and darkly prescient 1997 film. Its 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 collegeage 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 couldnt have been more right. ........

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