TUBELIGHT Movie Review : Salman Khan moves mountains, the film doesn't!
Cast of Tubelight - Salman Khan, Sohail Khan, Late. Om Puri, Mohammad Zeeshan Ayyub, Zhu Zhu, Matin Rey Tangu.
Director of Tubelight - Kabir Khan
Duration of Tubelight - 2 hr 16 mins
Genre of Tubelight - Drama
Rating of Tubelight - 2/5
Plot of Tubelight - Set in September 1962, the story revolves around Laxman Singh Bisht (Salman Khan) whose brother Bharat (Sohail) has gone across the border to fight in the Indo-Sino war. Laxman Singh Bisht (Salman) is given an epithet "Tubelight" by his neighbours because he is frail-minded. Notwithstanding being special, Laxman lives by one life-lesson; keep your faith alive and you can do almost anything, even stop a war.
Review of Tubelight - At the beginning, one must warn people that Tubelight is a deviation from your regular Salman Khan's mass entertainers. Salman plays Laxman Singh Bisht, a child-man who doesn't takes off his shirt or flex his biceps. So the audience going in for this one, must first invest belief in this age of innocence offering from director Kabir Khan, whose past outings with Salman Khan - "Ek Tha Tiger" and "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" were more commercially unearthly.
Tubelight is adapted from Hollywood flick "A Little Boy" directed by Alejandro Monteverde. Set in Jagatpur, a pretty North-Indian town, during the Indo-Sino war, the locals are mostly hangers on, who have little to do except laugh at Laxman's amusing behaviour or rebuke him. Banne Chacha (Late. Om Puri) , his uncle mentors him, imparting Gandhian gyaan at every given opportunity. Narayan (Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub) is the local brow beater who slaps the hero around without provocation, making the slaps sting less, but annoys more. Things light up a bit when the stunning Liling (Zhu Zhu) and the cheerful Guo (Matin Rey Tangu), who are Chinese immigrants move to Jagatpur. But even this track seems conveniently-placed just to recall the Hindi-Chini bhai bhai sentiments.
The war sequences are indigently mounted and fails to awake emotions because the filmmaker hasn't invested in it either through evocative writing or extreme-intense montages. Infact, Tubelight is a film that propagates the usefulness of family, faith and patriotism but it doesn't manage to take a complete leap of belief because somewhere someone couldn't pull this one off convincingly. In fact, everything is so sickeningly sweet that you start feeling you've strolled into a sermon rather than a Salman Khan entertainer. Atif Aslam's "Main Agar" is mystical, as is Shah Rukh Khan’s cameo as magician - Go-Go Pasha. The camera work deserves a special mention - Breathtaking. The climax is predictable, but the weak storyline lacks emotional connect.
Salman delivers a nice performance but this is not one of his best. Everyone besides Salman is good here. Ofcourse, his bromance with his real life brother Sohail is endearing. Salman’s act in the last scene brings a comatose person to sense. While Salman Khan couldn't pull off a Forest Gump, Tubelight is even worse than Koi Mil Gaya. Tubelight is the story of a mentally disabled man whose superpower is making constipated sounds. Salman acts and cries unselfconsciously, unraveling the lesser-seen side of his macho image. In fact, he is inable to move mountains with his performance but he manages to keep the faith alive while Sohail is sincere. Bright Chinese actress Zhu Zhu delivers a fine performance and, most memorably, moon-faced child Matin Rey Tangu, who should have swiftly replaced the lead, entertains alot . Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub is particularly good and impresses, it's great to see Om Puri one last time. He was one of the very finest actors our country ever produced, and Kabir Khan's Tubelight marks his last filmed performance. Shah Rukh Khan as magician - Go-Go Pasha creates excitement!
Final Words for Tubelight - Go for it! Only if you are a die hard fan of Salman Khan.
In Depth Analysis -
Direction - 3/5
Story - 2.5/5
Dialogues - 2.5/5
Music - 3/5
Visual Appeal - 3.5/5
Director of Tubelight - Kabir Khan
Duration of Tubelight - 2 hr 16 mins
Genre of Tubelight - Drama
Rating of Tubelight - 2/5
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Plot of Tubelight - Set in September 1962, the story revolves around Laxman Singh Bisht (Salman Khan) whose brother Bharat (Sohail) has gone across the border to fight in the Indo-Sino war. Laxman Singh Bisht (Salman) is given an epithet "Tubelight" by his neighbours because he is frail-minded. Notwithstanding being special, Laxman lives by one life-lesson; keep your faith alive and you can do almost anything, even stop a war.
Review of Tubelight - At the beginning, one must warn people that Tubelight is a deviation from your regular Salman Khan's mass entertainers. Salman plays Laxman Singh Bisht, a child-man who doesn't takes off his shirt or flex his biceps. So the audience going in for this one, must first invest belief in this age of innocence offering from director Kabir Khan, whose past outings with Salman Khan - "Ek Tha Tiger" and "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" were more commercially unearthly.
Tubelight is adapted from Hollywood flick "A Little Boy" directed by Alejandro Monteverde. Set in Jagatpur, a pretty North-Indian town, during the Indo-Sino war, the locals are mostly hangers on, who have little to do except laugh at Laxman's amusing behaviour or rebuke him. Banne Chacha (Late. Om Puri) , his uncle mentors him, imparting Gandhian gyaan at every given opportunity. Narayan (Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub) is the local brow beater who slaps the hero around without provocation, making the slaps sting less, but annoys more. Things light up a bit when the stunning Liling (Zhu Zhu) and the cheerful Guo (Matin Rey Tangu), who are Chinese immigrants move to Jagatpur. But even this track seems conveniently-placed just to recall the Hindi-Chini bhai bhai sentiments.
The war sequences are indigently mounted and fails to awake emotions because the filmmaker hasn't invested in it either through evocative writing or extreme-intense montages. Infact, Tubelight is a film that propagates the usefulness of family, faith and patriotism but it doesn't manage to take a complete leap of belief because somewhere someone couldn't pull this one off convincingly. In fact, everything is so sickeningly sweet that you start feeling you've strolled into a sermon rather than a Salman Khan entertainer. Atif Aslam's "Main Agar" is mystical, as is Shah Rukh Khan’s cameo as magician - Go-Go Pasha. The camera work deserves a special mention - Breathtaking. The climax is predictable, but the weak storyline lacks emotional connect.
Salman delivers a nice performance but this is not one of his best. Everyone besides Salman is good here. Ofcourse, his bromance with his real life brother Sohail is endearing. Salman’s act in the last scene brings a comatose person to sense. While Salman Khan couldn't pull off a Forest Gump, Tubelight is even worse than Koi Mil Gaya. Tubelight is the story of a mentally disabled man whose superpower is making constipated sounds. Salman acts and cries unselfconsciously, unraveling the lesser-seen side of his macho image. In fact, he is inable to move mountains with his performance but he manages to keep the faith alive while Sohail is sincere. Bright Chinese actress Zhu Zhu delivers a fine performance and, most memorably, moon-faced child Matin Rey Tangu, who should have swiftly replaced the lead, entertains alot . Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub is particularly good and impresses, it's great to see Om Puri one last time. He was one of the very finest actors our country ever produced, and Kabir Khan's Tubelight marks his last filmed performance. Shah Rukh Khan as magician - Go-Go Pasha creates excitement!
Final Words for Tubelight - Go for it! Only if you are a die hard fan of Salman Khan.
In Depth Analysis -
Direction - 3/5
Story - 2.5/5
Dialogues - 2.5/5
Music - 3/5
Visual Appeal - 3.5/5
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