“Toofan” is a sports film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehera, under the joint banner of ROMP Pictures and Excel Entertainment. The movie casts Farhan Akhtar along with the marvelous Paresh Rawal, the “Batla House” actress Mrunal Thakur and Isha Talwar in the lead roles .This movie would be the 2nd Venture of Farhan Akhtar with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehera after “Bhaag Milkha Bhaag” (2013).

As already discussed, the film narrates the story of a national level Boxer which is played by Farhan Akhtar. Akin to playing “Milkha Singh” in “Bhaag Milkha Bhag”, the multi-talented actor, Farhan had to undergo rigorous practice sessions to build up his body for the role of an athlete in movie “Toofan”. The 45-year-old went through a complete physical transformation for the film. He got extensively trained in boxing to ace his role in the film. Paresh Rawal, who was last seen in “URI: The Surgical Strike”, will be seen as Farhan’s coach in the film.

The complete distribution of the film is done jointly by AA Films and Zee Studios International. The principal photography of the film began on 24th August, 2019.The story of the movie is written by the famous Anjum Rajabali, who has made his unique contribution in many Bollywood movies like “Ghulam”(1998) , “The Legend of Bhagat Singh” (2002) , “Raajneeti”(2010) and many more to name in. The producers of the movie are Ritesh Sidhwani, P. S. Bharathi , Rajiv Tandon along with the actor Farhan Akhtar and the also the producer Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra. The sensational Shankar-Ehsaan -Loy has done the music of the film while Raju Singh is behind the background score. Jay Oza is the cinematographer with Anand Subaya as the Editor of the movie.The narration is done by Vijay Raaz.