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| TUBELIGHT |
Tubelight is a 2017 Indian Hindi period war drama film written and directed by Kabir Khan. The film is produced by Salman Khan and Kabir Khan. Set in the 1962 Sino-Indian War,[8] it stars Salman Khan in the lead role who plays a man from India.[9] Shah Rukh Khanappears in a cameo in the film.[10] Julius Packiam and Pritam scored the music of the film, with the former composing the film scoreand latter composing the songs.[11] It is an adaptation of the 2015 American film Little Boy.[1]The film released on 23 June 2017.[4]
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[hide]Plot
Laxman Singh Bisht (Salman Khan) a gullible, good-hearted person, sets out to find his brother Bharat (Sohail Khan) serving with the Kumaon Regiment during the 1962 Sino-Indian war.
Cast
- Salman Khan as Laxman Singh Bisht a.k.a. Tubelight
- Sohail Khan as Bharat Singh Bisht
- Matin Rey Tangu as Gu Won (Gu)
- Zhu Zhu as Li Leing (Gu's mother)
- Isha Talwar as Maya
- Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Narayan
- Om Puri as Banne Chacha [12][13]
- Yashpal Sharma as Major Rajbir Tokas
- Shah Rukh Khan as Magician Goga Pasha(Cameo)[10]
Production
The director obtained a no objection certificate from the makers of the Kannada film Tubelight.[14] The first schedule of filming started in July 2016 in Ladakh.[15] Chinese actress Zhu Zhu was finalised for the leading role.[16][17] She commenced shooting from 8 August 2016.[18] The first schedule lasted for a month and was completed in mid-August 2016.[19]
Critical reception
Manjusha Radhakrishnan of Gulf News rated 2.5 out of 5 stars, saying "one of those films that shamelessly attempt to emotionally manipulate viewers into being sentimental wrecks."[20] Arti Dani of Khaleej Times commented, "good intentions but hardly any plot," but noted, "The best part about the movie was the bonding between Sohail and Salman."[21]
Meena Iyer of The Times of India rated Tubelight Movie 3 out of 5 on grounds of values of family and strong bonding between brothers.[22] Harsha R Gatty of Daijiworld rated 6.5 out of 10 stars, saying "Salman Khan-starrer 'Bromance' is watchable emotional entertainer". "[23]
Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated only 1.5 stars out of 5, saying "The message is perfect, but when the main act isn't convincing, the film becomes just like the title: mostly flicker with a little late glow."[24] Raja Sen of NDTV commented while rating only 1 star out of 5, "Poor little superstar who doesn't know better, the film is rendered unwatchable because of the leading man."[25]
Box office
The film grossed ₹20.55 crore (US$3.2 million) on day 1 and became the 16th biggest domestic opener[26], but overall the film under performed at the box office, but still it grossed ₹200 crore (US$31 million) world wide at the end of 10 days with ₹152 crore (US$24 million) collecting from India itself.[7]
Soundtrack
| Tubelight | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Pritam | ||||
| Released | 23 June 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 2016–17 | |||
| Studio | YRF Studios | |||
| Genre | Feature film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 43:33 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Sony Music | |||
| Producer | Salman Khan | |||
| Pritam chronology | ||||
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Sony Music India released the soundtrack album of the film on 23 June 2017.[11][27][28] All music composed by Pritam.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Radio" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Kamaal Khan, Amit Mishra | 4:49 |
| 2. | "Naach Meri Jaan" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Kamaal Khan, Nakash Aziz, Dev Negi, Tushar Joshi | 4:47 |
| 3. | "Tinka Tinka Dil Mera" | Kausar Munir | Rahat Fateh Ali Khan | 5:02 |
| 4. | "Main Agar" | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Atif Aslam | 4:37 |
| 5. | "Tinka Tinka Dil Mera" (Film Version) | Kausar Munir | Jubin Nautiyal | 5:06 |
| 6. | "Main Agar" (Film Version) | Amitabh Bhattacharya | KK | 3:28 |
| 7. | "Kuch Nahi" | Kausar Munir | Javed Ali | 3:41 |
| 8. | "Kuch Nahi" (Reprise) | Kausar Munir | Shafqat Amanat Ali | 3:41 |
| 9. | "Kuch Nahi" (Encore) | Kausar Munir | Papon | 3:33 |
| 10. | "Radio" (Film Version) | Amitabh Bhattacharya | Kamaal Khan, Amit Mishra | 4:49 |

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