Farhan Akhtar trains hard to become a boxer for ‘Tofan’; shares throwback video on social media

Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar took to Instagram on Tursday to post a throwback boxing video of himself. The clip is from his training days for his upcoming film sports drama film ‘Toofan’.

He captioned the video: “Let’s start at the very beginning .. Throwback to March 2019 and still early days of training in the ring with @drewnealpt who pointed out that I’m still not relaxed in the shoulders and still not moving my feet to good effect.. I’m actually just trying to not sit down between sets (didn’t tell Drew that though) .. Work in progress with progress being the work.” In the video, Akhtar could be seen packing a punch in the boxing ring with his trainer.

Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and produced by Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan and Mehra, the film also features Mrunal Thakur, Paresh Rawal, Vijay Raaz, Mohan Agashe and Darshan Kumar in key roles.

This is the second time that Farhan is being directed by Mehra. They had earlier collaborated for veteran Indian sprinter Milkha Singh’s biopic  titled ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ in 2013. ‘Toofan’ will stream on 21 May 2021 on Amazon Prime Video.

Apart from ‘Toofan’, Farhan is producing films such as ‘Phone Bhoot’, ‘KGF – Chapter 2’, ‘Hello Charlie’, ‘Yudhra’ ‘Fukrey 3’ and web series such as ‘Made In Heaven 2’, ‘Inside Edge 3’, ‘Mirzapur 3’ under his production house Excel Entertainment.

Instagram link of Farhan Akhatr’s boxing video – https://www.instagram.com/p/CM1Ky8QBHfi/