Express News Service
Farhan Akhtar lands 29 punches in two minutes in the opening fight sequence of Toofaan. None of them, however, happen within the ring. As a Mumbai street thug named Aziz Ali, he roughs up a local shopkeeper, then sends a picture of the man’s bruised face to his boss. Farhan—loose shirt, maroon trousers, gold watch—looks the part of an angry tough, but turns glum when a nurse details the exact nature of his trade. You can pretty much predict the next scene of him visiting an orphanage, full of luckless street kids like him. Aziz, the film must explain, has a serious case of gangster’s guilt.