Tubelight (2017 Hindi film)

Not to be confused with Tubelight (2017 Tamil film).

Tubelight
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKabir Khan
Written byScreenplay:
Kabir Khan
Alejandro Monteverde
Pepe Portillo
Parveez Sheikh
Dialogues:
Manu Rishi Chadha
Story byKabir Khan
Alejandro Monteverde
Pepe Portillo
Based onLittle Boy
by Alejandro Gómez Monteverde[1][2][3]
Produced bySalman Khan
Kabir Khan
Salma Khan
StarringSalman Khan
Sohail Khan
Om Puri
Matin Rey Tangu
Zhu Zhu
CinematographyAseem Mishra
Edited byRameshwar S. Bhagat
Music byScore:
Julius Packiam
Songs:
Pritam
Production
companies
Distributed byNH Studioz (India)
Yash Raj Films (International)
Release date
  • 23 June 2017 (2017-06-23)[4]
Running time
136 minutes[5]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹100 crore[6]
Box officeest. ₹211.14 crore[7]

Tubelight is a 2017 Indian Hindi-language war drama film[8] written and directed by Kabir Khan. Produced by Salman Khan and Kabir Khan, it is set in the 1962 Sino-Indian War.[9] It stars Salman Khan and Sohail Khan in the main roles, with Zhu Zhu (in her Bollywood film debut), Matin Rey Tangu, Om Puri and Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub in supporting roles.[10] Shah Rukh Khan appears in a cameo in the film.[11] Julius Packiam and Pritam scored the music of the film, with the former composing the film score and latter composing the songs.[12] It is an adaptation of the 2015 American film Little Boy.[1]

The film released on 23 June 2017.[4] The film grossed an estimated ₹211.14 crore against a budget of ₹100 crore and received mostly negative reviews from critics.[13]

  1. ^ a b Subhash K. Jha (8 May 2017). "Kabir Khan ADMITS 'Tubelight' is adapted from 'Little Boy'". DNA India.
  2. ^ "Salman Khan's Tubelight is remake of Jakob Salvati's Little Boy, director Kabir Khan confirms". Firstpost. 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ "Tubelight Based on Hollywood Film Little Boy; Salman Khan Plays a 'Gifted' Character". News18. 5 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Tubelight (@TubelightKiEid) – Twitter". Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ^ "Tubelight". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  6. ^ "Tubelight: Has Salman's film earned a profit of Rs 100 crore even before its release?". India Today. 12 April 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Box Office: Tubelight Vs Jab Harry Met Sejal – Which movie grossed more worldwide?". Bollywood Hungama. 25 August 2017.
  8. ^ "TUBELIGHT – British Board of Film Classification". www.bbfc.co.uk.
  9. ^ Sarkar, Prarthna (1 July 2016). "Revealed: Interesting details about Salman Khan's 'Tubelight'". IB Times India. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Here's why Salman Khan's character is called 'Tubelight' in Kabir Khan's next". 25 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  11. ^ Tubelight: Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan are Karan-Arjun once more on Kabir Khan's sets, see pic. The Indian Express. Retrieved on 4 April 2017.
  12. ^ "Tubelight: Pritam comes on board for the Salman Khan – Kabir Khan film". Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  13. ^ "Tubelight (2017)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 15 September 2020.