Mumbai: Farhan Akhtar shared his first look from his upcoming boxing drama Toofan on Thursday.
The actor looked absolutely ripped in the photo, taken from the ringside and shared on Twitter.
"When life gets harder, you just get stronger. Iss saal #Toofan uthega. Releasing on 2.10.2020," Akhtar captioned the photo.
To fit into the shoes of the character, Farhan has undergone a major body transformation and is also undertaking special boxing lessons to essay his role with perfection. In October last year, The actor had also suffered a hairline fracture while shooting for Toofan.
Earlier, Farhan had doled out few details from the flick and said Toofan "is not just about boxing."
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Asked about if choosing sports films is a conscious decision, Farhan said: "The film Toofan is not just about boxing. It is about human relationships and boxing is an important part of it. I think it was the same with my film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag. That story was of Milkha Singh as a person, who comes to terms with his past, and there were a lot of races as part of the narrative because he was a sprinter. So the emotional layers have to always be there as part of the story."
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Toofan also features veteran actor Paresh Rawal and Mrunal Thakur.
The project marks second collaboration for Akhtar and Mehra, post Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, the 2013 biopic on legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh.
Toofan is co-produced by Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani's Excel Entertainment and ROMP Pictures. The film is scheduled to be released on October 2 this year.
With inputs from PTI
