Dinesh Kamath's column 'New movie released in Navi Mumbai' (Tubelight) that was published in Newsband

New movie released in Navi Mumbai

By Dinesh Kamath

Tubelight

Tubelight is an Indian 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, it stars Salman Khan in the lead role who plays a man from India. It is confirmed from the director that Shah Rukh Khan will play a cameo on the film. Julius Packiam and Pritam scored the music of the film, with the former composing the film score and latter composing the songs.

The film is a story depicting how people get affected when their countries go to war. Particularly it is the journey of a character called Laxman Singh Bisht (Salman Khan) a gullible, good-hearted person who sets out to find his brother Bharat (Sohail Khan). It is set in the backdrop of 1962 Sino-Indian war, where a disputed Himalayan border served as the main pretext for the war. It isn’t a political saga. It’s more a human drama.  The film has political backdrop. 'Tubelight' tells us the story of a small-town simpleton Laxman (Salman Khan) who is waiting for his brother Bharat (Sohail Khan) to come back home safely as he is braving the war at the Indo-China border. The movie, as mentioned earlier, is set in the background of the 1962 Sino-Indian war. We follow Laxman's journey in finding his faith even when everyone in his village makes fun of him. The villagers call him tubelight because it takes time for Laxman to register normal feelings, just like a tubelight flickers before it lights up. His uncle, wonderfully played by the late Om Puri, teaches him about following Mahatma Gandhi's principle of having faith in your belief. Laxman also forms a great friendship with Guo, played by child actor Matin Rey Tangu, and his mother who are Indians but have a Chinese background.

The film has Salman Khan as Laxman Singh Bisht, Sohail Khan as Bharat Singh Bisht, Matin Rey Tangu, Zhu Zhu, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub, Om Puri and Shah Rukh Khan in a cameo appearance.

Sony Music India will release the soundtrack album of the film. All music composed by Pritam. The film has songs like "Radio", "Naach Meri Jaan", "Tinka Tinka Dil Mera", "Main Agar" and "Tinka Tinka Dil Mera" (Film Version).