TUBELIGHT - Bollywood has a great talent , they can take a 1hr 40min movie and remake it into a 2hr 30min film. Adding whole lot of songs , extra description , lengthy email conversations etc. At least away from his usual 'beat the bad guys' characters. That's something positive. Yes it surly is.
To declare first , I would be a wrong person to considered for telling you about this movie. The reason being I have already Seen 'LITTLE BOY' the movie from which TUBELIGHT has been copied (or officially remade , I don't know exactly) . Which I didn't liked much. So for me , TUBELIGHT is a remake of a Hollywood film which I think was not worth remaking. But they did it. And did it decently. It's better then it's original. But not great.
The storyline is very manipulative and convoluting. It's based on the message that "you can do everything if you have faith". But the message is given in a wrong way. And by wrong I mean that much wrong that parents would take care of their small children to make them understand that message correctly or they can take itin a wrong way.
Emotional moments were not that great as Bajrangi Bhaijaan . Yes I know , that's a high bar to achieve. But TUBELIGHT didn't even came close to it , even after being made by the same team. So I guess that's a valid comparison.
When it comes to performance , I don't actually have any complaint with Salmaan. He did an earnest job. But again , when I compare it to Amir Khan (Dhoom3 , Ajay Devgan(Main Aisa Hi Hoon) , Hritik Roshan (Koi Mil Gya) , SRK (My Name Is Khan) playing similar roles , Salmaan fall short.
Speaking of SRK , his cameo was really flat or I can say , nothing special with that.
Didn't liked the VFX , too many animated scenes were there , easily seen that it's done with computer.
Songs were too many. Radio , Tinka Tinka , Kuch Nai , all three stopped the flow. Only , nach Meri Jaan and Main agar add to the flow. I mean again , the length of the movie could have been short , really easy.
But yes , it's a passable film. Not bad. Jokes work. Salmaan's performance work . And I really liked two Chinese actors Zhu Zhu and Matin Rey Tangu. They both acted really good.
So yes , movie may work for hard core Salmaan fans. Or for those who have enough time for a long movie. Didn't quite worked for me. Check your requirements before watching it.
6.4/10 by ANuP APu KuMaR
To declare first , I would be a wrong person to considered for telling you about this movie. The reason being I have already Seen 'LITTLE BOY' the movie from which TUBELIGHT has been copied (or officially remade , I don't know exactly) . Which I didn't liked much. So for me , TUBELIGHT is a remake of a Hollywood film which I think was not worth remaking. But they did it. And did it decently. It's better then it's original. But not great.
The storyline is very manipulative and convoluting. It's based on the message that "you can do everything if you have faith". But the message is given in a wrong way. And by wrong I mean that much wrong that parents would take care of their small children to make them understand that message correctly or they can take itin a wrong way.
Emotional moments were not that great as Bajrangi Bhaijaan . Yes I know , that's a high bar to achieve. But TUBELIGHT didn't even came close to it , even after being made by the same team. So I guess that's a valid comparison.
When it comes to performance , I don't actually have any complaint with Salmaan. He did an earnest job. But again , when I compare it to Amir Khan (Dhoom3 , Ajay Devgan(Main Aisa Hi Hoon) , Hritik Roshan (Koi Mil Gya) , SRK (My Name Is Khan) playing similar roles , Salmaan fall short.
Speaking of SRK , his cameo was really flat or I can say , nothing special with that.
Didn't liked the VFX , too many animated scenes were there , easily seen that it's done with computer.
Songs were too many. Radio , Tinka Tinka , Kuch Nai , all three stopped the flow. Only , nach Meri Jaan and Main agar add to the flow. I mean again , the length of the movie could have been short , really easy.
But yes , it's a passable film. Not bad. Jokes work. Salmaan's performance work . And I really liked two Chinese actors Zhu Zhu and Matin Rey Tangu. They both acted really good.
So yes , movie may work for hard core Salmaan fans. Or for those who have enough time for a long movie. Didn't quite worked for me. Check your requirements before watching it.
6.4/10 by ANuP APu KuMaR