BLINDED BY THE LIGHT Trailer Premiere Here is the first BLINDED BY THE LIGHT trailer! The film, directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bride & Prejudice, Bend It Like Beckham), stars Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra, and Hayley Atwell. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT will be released in theaters on August 14. In 1987 during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of Bruce Springsteen.