Tubelight (2017) on Netflix
Neighbors call Laxman Singh Bisht Tubelight, taking him for feeble-minded. His brother Bharat defends him. In 1962, Chinese troops invade India; an army camp selects Bharat, and Laxman waits.
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Plot summary
Laxman Singh Bisht grows up in a village where the neighbors call him Tubelight and take him for feeble-minded, and his younger brother Bharat defends him as the two become close. In October 1962, Chinese troops invade India and the army opens recruitment camps. Bharat is the only man chosen from the village and is allotted to the Kumaon Regiment. Laxman waits for word of him, going from post to post. He meets a magician, Goga Pasha, who shows him a trick in which Laxman moves a bottle without touching it, and tells him the secret is faith. The village elder Banne says that faith moves a mountain.
Cast
- Matin Rey Tanguas Gu Won
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Tubelight (2017)
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- Pakistan's Central Board of Film Censors banned Tubelight in the country, with the stated aim of promoting Pakistan's own domestic film industry.
- Before using the title Tubelight, director Kabir Khan had to obtain a no objection certificate from the makers of the Kannada film Tubelight.
