
It's also over-long at nearly 2 hours and 30 minutes, and excruciatingly slow and boring in parts." But Tubelight is body beautiful, minus soul." Rajeev Masand of News 18 gave the film 1.5 out of 5 stars and said, "Tubelight is well intentioned but overtly manipulative and doesn't so much tug at your heartstrings as it punches you in the face demanding that you care. Taran Adarsh wrote "Solid star power Salman Khan. The good intentions and lectures on yakeen don’t translate into a gripping narrative." Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express rated it 1.5/5, saying "The message is perfect, but when the main act isn't convincing, the film becomes just like the title: mostly flicker with a little late glow." Raja Sen of NDTV rated it 1/5, commenting "Poor little superstar who doesn't know better, the film is rendered unwatchable because of the leading man." Which makes the film flat and emotionally unconvincing. Īnupama Chopra gave 2.5 out of 5 stars and said "Basically, Tubelight is cinema as a sermon. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film is rated is 27% based on 15 reviews, with an average rating of 5.02 out of 10. The film received mostly negative reviews. Sequences were shot in Ladakh, Kashmir and Manali, Himachal Pradesh.

The first schedule lasted for a month and was completed in mid-August 2016. Chinese actress Zhu Zhu was finalised for the role, and she commenced shooting from 8 August 2016. The first schedule of filming started in July 2016 in Ladakh. Kabir Khan obtained a no objection certificate from the makers of the Kannada film Tubelight. Shah Rukh Khan as magician Gogo Pasha (Cameo Appearance).Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub as Narayan Lal Tiwari.Jason D'Souza as young Laxman Singh Bisht.Salman Khan as Laxman Singh Bisht (Tubelight).At the medical camp, Laxman is reunited with his brother who is able to recognize Laxman, possibly restoring his memory.

They receive the news that Bharat is still alive but has lost his memory. Laxman, still having little faith in him, learns of the mistake in identifying corpses due to the interchanged shoes. Leing and Gu comforts Laxman as they bid farewell to return to Calcutta. As the friends celebrate the end of the war, Leing's lost father returns. Laxman is grief-stricken and believes that people were right about him now that Bharat has been killed. They find a dead body, with Bharat's shoe-tag and declare him dead. With ceasefire declared, the Army begin bringing back corpses. As Laxman tries to explain his belief in 'faith', Narayan challenges him to move a mountain Laxman apparently succeeds as an earthquake is felt. He attempts to convince Laxman to not befriend Chinese people or he will lose Bharat forever Leing tearfully tells them that they are Indians too. Laxman's friend, Narayan tries to attack Won, considering him to be Chinese, but is stopped by Laxman. Laxman learns of his brother's capture and becomes heartbroken, but Leing consoles him and encourages his faith. The other guy however gets killed as well. Having no hope of survival, he exchanges his shoes with another soldier who has torn his, to give him a chance to escape. He too is shot and finds himself unable to move. Meanwhile, Bharat's escape plan fails and his fellows are killed. After some attempts, he succeeds in befriending them and learns that are Assamese and not Chinese. Banne gets angry, and advises him to follow the wisdom of Gandhi, and befriend the woman and boy. Judging them by their appearance, he considers them to be Chinese and tries to report them to the authorities. Laxman observes a woman Le Leing and a boy Gu Won, take a home nearby.

He makes a plan with other prisoners to escape.

Meanwhile, Bharat, while being evacuated after an injury, is ambushed and taken prisoner. A village elder, Banne says "Faith moves a mountain" and explains how Laxman will find his faith. Oblivious to it, he tries to repeat the trick to his villagers but fails. Pasha tells Laxman that the secret is 'faith', and that faith can do anything. He meets a magician, Gogo Pasha, who shows him a magic trick by making him move a bottle without touching. Laxman anxiously waits for his brother to come back, running from post to post to find out about him. As they reach their post, war is declared and they come under heavy attack. From their village, only Bharat is selected and allotted the Kumaon Regiment. In October 1962, the Chinese invade India, following which the Indian Army begins to set-up recruitment camps. A montage shows them grow up, showing the time when Gandhi visits their school, India's independence in 1947, Gandhi's assassination and the death of their parents, which brings them closer as they grow up. In pre-independence India, Laxman Singh Bisht is a mentally-challenged child, who, although defended by his younger brother Bharat is bullied by his friends, who call him "Tubelight".
