Tubelight is an upcoming Indian war drama film written, and directed by Kabir Khan. The film is produced by Salman Khan and Kabir Khan. Set in the 1962 Sino-Indian War,^[6] it stars Salman Khan in the lead role who plays a man from India.^[7] It is confirmed from the director that Shah Rukh Khan will play a cameo on the film.^[8] Julius Packiam and Pritam scored the music of the film, with the former composing the film score and latter composing the songs.^[9] The film is scheduled for release on 23 June 2017.^[4] It is an adaptation of 2015 American film Little Boy.^[1]

The director obtained a no objection certificate from the makers of the Kannada film Tubelight.^[12] The first schedule of filming started in July 2016 in Ladakh.^[13] Chinese actress Zhu Zhu was finalised for the leading role.^[14][15] She commenced shooting from 8 August 2016.^[16] The first schedule lasted for a month and was completed in mid-August 2016.^[17]