Like any Eid release of Salman Khan, Tubelight had been riding high with stupendous expectations. Pouring cold water on all those expectations, the film released the other day turned out to be a damp squib. Opened to poor to mixed reviews all over, Salman’s performance as a developmentally disabled man is under fire. Few critics have dubbed it as Salman’s ‘worst’ performance in his career till date. This is not all.
In fact, everyone apart from Salman has received thumbs up for the performances but Salman’s straight face seems to have marred the film that is loosely a remake of 2015 American film Little Boy.
Set in 1962, Tubelight is an anti-war film which see Salman as Laxman Singh Bisht. His mission is to stop wars as his brother Bharat (Sohail) has gone across the border to fight in the Indo-Chinese war. Laxman is good at heart but he is laughed at for his disability. What are the changes that come in Laxman’s way and how they change the things swiftly form the story.
Another noted critic simply stated that the message of Tubelight is delivered right – love conquers all, but he pointed that the messenger has ‘failed’. The Bajrangi Bhaijaan duo Kabir-Salman this time has failed to recreate the magic.