My View - Tubelight (Hindi - 2017)



My View
Movie: Tubelight (Hindi - 2017)
Genre: Drama / Action
Runtime: 136 minutes

Tubelight is an adaptation of the 2015 American film Little boy. Director Kabir Khan has changed the script with a Sino-Indian war backdrop. Laxman (Salman Khan) is an innocent, good-hearted person who will be called as Tubelight by his friends and the villagers due to his low IQ levels. In this processes he will loose self-confidence and his brother Bharath (Sohail Khan) is the only one who believes in him. Laxman sets out to find his brother who will be fighting at Sino-Indian war.

Salman khan tried his best to be in the character of Laxman. Most of the time his character will be filled with emotions and to an extent he executed well. His character has lot of comparisons with that of Bajrangi Bhaijaan. Om Puri excels in his role of Banne Chacha and Sohail khan was ok as Laxman’s Brother. Little to talk about rest of the cast, as there are no strong characters in the movie.

With wafer thin story line scriptwriter cum director Kabir Khan has failed to showcase film in a bright manner. One will doubt the director’s capability (he is the same director who made movies like Ek tha Tiger, Bajrangi Bhaijaan and New York). Direction and Screenplay was poor as there were no engaging sequences, which make audiences to cheer about. Even the war sequences were looking dull. Dialogues were not appealing; after some time you feel your watching a television serial on a large screen.

Ladakh locations were captured well by Asheem Mishra. Thanks to the editor for restricting the movie to 2 hr 16 mins. Background score by Julius Packiam was impressive. Radio Song by Pritam was good, actually it was best part of the movie and other songs were ok. Artwork was simple as whole movie was shot with single set. Production values are ok.

Overall, Tubelight was big disappointment from Salman khan. If the makers concentrated on the screenplay aspect and characterizations there would be huge difference in the movie output. You can miss this flick.

Verdict: 2 / 5

By Trinath Kishore Damera

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