Tubelight Review

Tubelight? Who names a movie like that? For those who haven't watched the movie, read and decide for yourselves and the rest kindly bear with my pain.

After playing a simpleton in Bajrangi Bhaijaan and a wrestler in Sultan, Salman Khan returns to the silver screen in the role of an overgrown child. The story of the movie is quite short and #silly . It is of two orphaned brothers aiming to join the Indian Army. One of them qualifies, fights a war, is captured by the enemy and then conveniently returns home while the other is left behind praying desperately for his brother's return. Surprisingly, with such a short story line, the movie drones for close to three hours, #slowPaced.

Like most (all) Salman Khan movies, Salman Khan is the main focus. He contorts and twists his face, trying desperately to convey emotions. Where Shah Rukh Khan plays a similar kind of role in My Name is Khan effortlessly, Salman fails. The rest of the cast has negligible screen time and screen presence. Om Puri is the only good thing about the movie.

The movie has two centers of action, the village and the battlefield; both displaying barely an action. The songs are mediocre. Dialogues can be safely concluded to be monotonous when we find multiple characters using the phrase "mujhe yakin hai" multiple times on multiple occasions.

In conclusion, this tubelight is better when switched off.