The previously released teaser of Farhan Akhtar’s upcoming film Toofaan has left netizens in awe of his ever-dynamic transformations for his characters. Giving us a glimpse into his preparation for this role, he shared a video from his early days of training with his Boxing coach – Drew Neal. Practicing to perfection, leave it up to the multi-faceted Farhan to ensure he delivers a good sports-drama.
Farhan Akhtar took to his Instagram account to share the video, in which he can be seen training with complete focus and dedication. In his caption, Farhan mentioned that the video was from back in March 2019. Sharing about it, he wrote, “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 ..#ToofaanUthega #21stMay.”
Fans were in awe and while one fan wrote, “Just awesome.. @drewnealpt coach has worked beautifully on you...”, another fan wrote, “You are mind-blowing man you give 100 % justice to any sportsmen character you play on screen.” Watch his throwback video of training rigorously here –
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the upcoming summer blockbuster, Hindi sports drama –also stars Mrunal Thakur, Paresh Rawal, Supriya Pathak Kapur and Hussain Dalal in pivotal roles. The film is presented by Amazon Prime Video in association with Excel Entertainment and ROMP Pictures.
Toofaan releases globally only on Amazon Prime Video on May 21.
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