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BY VINAYAK CHAKRAVORTY
You know something’s wrong with a film when you’ve figured out the whole story from a few minutes of trailer. For a film that runs over 160-odd minutes, more so.
Mainstream sports movies narrating underdog stories are always predictable in the way the narrative graph begins, peaks and ends, so you really wouldn’t blame director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra if you figure out what’s going to happen next. The trouble with Mehra’s new film is it fails to give you the moments that might resonate. Despite bankable actors and a plot that promises drama in a fictional boxer’s life, the film struggles to hold attention.
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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.
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There’s something about sports movies that’s invariably so familiar: stories in this genre focus on individuals, teams, or even at times, coaches surmounting obstacles to win a sports competition, and thus, (obviously!) garner respect, adulation, and the title championships. In other words, every bit about their lead character is predictable!