Excerpt from my review in the DT.
The movie was something very close to beautiful. The message it conveyed was striking, compelling.
The movie gives you nice and warm feelings, at the end you indeed feel a sense of power. You have to believe in yourself and in whatever you do if you want to achieve something in your life. That's a must. #Goodlifelesson.
Salman was inconsistent through out the movie. Some scenesw, he was good..
I don't get when people say Salman's crying was hilarious. I didn't feel so. In fact, I cried when he cried. There was this connection.
Another fact, he is the only actor that can make me cry. It's so child-like. Maybe because that's how I cry too, and look just exactly like him when I see myself in the mirror😆😆
Kabir should have taken someone else. From the younger lot probably. Varun maybe. They could have done full justice to the role.
The movie dragged a lot. It was freaking 3 hours long! I was yawning. Kabir should and could have edited out some unnecessary scenes.
Why the movie isn't working?
Kabir khan is to blame. He shouldn't have taken Salman and compromised with the script as it never works. He took Salman as a money minting machine and let it be. He thought that maybe the audience is going to accept whatever Salman dishes out.
And this backfired, Salman has this macho man image which is hard to break plus he already played this kind of role before in Bajrangi, he was much saner there.
Infact, Tubelight is a rehash of Bajrangi Bhaijaan. The base of the story is same that there should be no war because of its adverse side-effects.
It was a similar kind of role for Salman and the kids. The girl played a Pakistani character and the boy played a Chinese role.
The audience has seen something like this before too, hence the movie doesn't interest them. People only are going to flock to the theatre if you every time bring something new what Aamir does.
Rehash stuff won't work now. It worked for Salman before but now it won't work for him too I guess. TL proves it.
Hence Salman shouldn't do that Remo movie at all if he wants to save himself from another disaster.
3.5/5 ***. The critics are way too harsh. Inspite of bad acting from Salman, it gives out a really strong message.
Special mention: SRK as Gogo Pasha🤣. The scene was so over-dramatic. Yes it was the turning point but Kabir could have tone it down.
When my mum saw him, she slowly whispered into my ears and was like "Kitna ganda lag raha hai"😆.
I personally thought he looked good there. Yet to show her, his without make-up pics.
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