Claim: Tubelight is produced by a director.

Tubelight is an upcoming Indian historical 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 , it stars Salman Khan in the lead role who plays a man from India . It is confirmed from the director that Shah Rukh Khan will play a cameo on the film . Julius Packiam and Pritam will compose the music of the film , with the former composing the film score and latter composing the songs . The film is scheduled for release on 23 June 2017 during EID Festival . The end credits in the teaser revealed that the story of the film is based on the 2015 movie Little Boy . .