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After Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, Farhan Akhtar teams up with director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra again for new sports drama, Toofaan. During an 18 to 19 month filming period, the actor trained his body to gain weight and later rebuild muscle to do justice to his fictional character Aziz Ali’s journey back into professional boxing.
Watch this exclusive video on IMDb for an inside peek at his routine here.
Below are excerpts from actor Farhan Akhtar, director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, and trainer Drew Neal detailing Akhtar’s physical transformation in the film.
“It is not easy to plan a film where your hero has different looks, and it is not just a haircut or a beard trim, it’s the whole physicality. There is a method to this madness which I don’t understand”, says Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra.
This Is How Did Farhan Akhtar Trained For Toofaan
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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.