After Bhag Milkha Bhag, actor Farhan Akhtar is returning with yet another sports drama based boxing. The film is titled Toofan, the will have its digital release on Amazon Prime Video India.
Helmed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the film star Farhan Akhtar as a national level boxer, the film also stars Mrunal Thakur and Paresh Rawal in the lead roles.
Farhan Akhtar just took to his social media and dropped the deeds on the project. He tweeted, “Toofaan Uthega! Catch the teaser on 12th March at @PrimeVideoIN this tweet to set a reminder for the teaser premiere. #ToofaanOnPrime. World premiere - May 21 @excelmovies @ROMPPictures @mrunal0801 @SirPareshRawal @hussainthelal @ritesh_sid @RakeyshOmMehra @urfvijaymaurya @jayoza257 @ShankarEhsanLoy @ZeeMusicCompany @Javedakhtarjadu #AnjumRajabali @J10Kassim @vishalrr”
In the film, Farhan will be seen as a national-level boxing player. The film has been shot across Mumbai at real locations like the Dongri slums and the Gateway Of India. The movie was originally scheduled to release in October 2020 but was delayed due to the ongoing corona-virus pandemic.
The forthcoming film will stream on Amazon Prime Video starting May 21, 2021. Produced by Ritesh Sidhwani (Excel Entertainment), Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (ROMP Pictures), and Farhan, the highly-anticipated sports drama.
Apart from acting in and producing ‘Toofan’, Farhan is also bankrolling the movie ‘Sharmaji Namkeen’. The film was stalled due to the unfortunate passing of actor Rishi Kapoor. Reportedly Paresh Rawal would replace the late actor in the film.
Farhan’s last on-screen outing was ‘The Sky is Pink’, where he worked with Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Zaira Wasim, and Rohit Saraf.
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