Salman Khan: the star who has delivered a lot of commercial successes comes up with something different this time. Since this isn't usually what he delivers, I can't say that this film will turn out to be a big box office success. Largely because Indian audiences still don't understand what to expect from a film after seeing the trailer. The trailer already what kind of a film this one was going to. The negative reviews did make me doubt my choice of watching this film. But after I watched TUBELIGHT, I realized that it's indeed a very powerful and engaging film while it's entertaining too.

TUBELIGHT is not what one usually expects from a Salman Khan films, so obviously it might not impress everyone. But will definitely work for those who love emotional films. The emotional scenes are portrayed very well and almost every such scene brought tears in my eyes. Salman Khan is indeed the biggest strength of the film as it's hard to imagine someone else do the character he did. It's really commendable that he did something of this grade. Sohail Khan, the late Om Puri, Zeeshan Ayyub, Martin and Zhu Zhu give good performances and every character is very well written.

The story and screenplay of TUBELIGHT hold a lot of promise, and the film delivers on that front. The music is good. The action sequences are well filmed, and so are the locales captured. The editing is fine but could've been better towards the end as the pre-climax episode seems a little extended. But the film still holds your attention with the power of emotion and you leave your seat with a different experience. This must be enough to summarize how good the climax is.

Overall, TUBELIGHT is a different experience so it will definitely entertain those who love such kind of emotional war-action drama films. Salman Khan's name is enough to bring people to the theatres. And further, Kabir Khan's solid direction is enough to entertain them with something they'll love to take home.