Toofaan’s title track reminds that of Bhaag Milkha Bhaag but rest of the tracks don’t stay with you for long. Music director trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy reunites with them too. The reunion works perfectly fine in Toofaan. Akhtar and Mehra last created the mammoth biopic Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013). His hair (Avan Contractor) and makeup (Shrikant Desai) deserve a special mention here. Photos: Kriti Sanon oozes maximum oomph in a tan dress as she is ready for Mimi promotions, see pictures!Īkhtar has gone through a huge transformation but thankfully that doesn’t overshadow the narrative. They also spare us from the high-speed moments of sport (in this case boxing) which are done and dusted in sports dramas. His shadow is bigger than him, and the camera keeps pulling up and up. I particularly liked the sequence where he is practicing his first punch at night on a building’s terrace. Farhan Akhtar’s transformation and progression sequences are done quite cinematically. Aziz Ali is a man rather than an untamable ‘Hero’. There’s dialogue rather than dialogue-baazi.

The treatment is quite realistic and understated.

This is what screenwriter Anjum Rajabali, director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and DOP Jay Oza do differently. We have seen endless body transformation montages to not care to see one now. There are so many films made in sports-dramas or biopics that it’s a huge challenge to come up with something new. Whichever songs are there, except one Begaani Shaadi Mein Abdullah Deewana, take the story forward. It’s good that there aren’t many songs (something mainstream theatrical releases can’t do without). Toofaan was made for a theatrical release which eventually landed directly on Amazon Prime Video because of the pandemic. Also read: Haseen Dillruba review: Bizarre and boring This is again at the same time when there are groups who protest against anything that they don’t like and want it banned. Audience is now much more open to see a variety of storytelling. The age-old ‘leave your brains at home’ sensibility has significantly changed. During the lockdown since March 2020, the Indian audience has been exposed to a lot of quality content. Toofaan has all the elements to become another masala potboiler. The guy is Muslim and the girl is Hindu – a social issue which will never get resolved in this country because it’s a goldmine for vote bank politics. Paresh Rawal plays the coach Nana Prabhu. He finds inspiration in a girl, Ananya (Mrunal Thakur). He’s aware that people from his ‘area’ bowing down in front of him is definitely not ‘respect’.

Aziz Ali (Farhan Akhtar) is a street gangster from Dongri who gets inspired by watching Mohammad Ali’s videos and decides to become a boxer. It is a classic rise-fall-redemption story of a hero. It’s difficult to form an opinion about Toofaan. Story and Screenplay: Anjum Rajabali, Vijay Maurya (additional screenplay and dialogue)Ĭast: Farhan Akhtar, Mrunal Thakur, Paresh Rawal

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