Farhan Akhtar's gruelling training for Toofaan is awe-inspiring - watch video

Makers of Farhan Akhtar's upcoming film Toofaan on Friday shared a video that gives a glimpse about the struggle behind the training he underwent for his role of a boxer in the upcoming film Toofaan.

Hyderabad: The Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra directorial Toofaan stars Farhan Akhtar as a boxer, alongside Mrunal Thakur, Paresh Rawal, Supriya Pathak Kapur and Hussain Dalal. Akhtar underwent intense training to prep for the role of Aziz Ali aka Ajju Bhai, a goon who goes on to become a national-level boxer, for his second film with director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, following another sports-based movie, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag in 2013.

To get into the skin of the character Farhan underwent rigorous training with a team comprising of a fitness trainer, boxing trainers and a physiotherapist who helped him in making his boxing journey real. In a video shared on Excel Movies' official YouTube channel, Farhan, Rakeysh, Ritesh Sidhwani, former world kickboxing champion Drew Neal, fight coordinator and co-executive producer Darrell Foster share how the team worked for months and reached a point where the actor found his rhythm in the boxing ring.

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Sharing what went behind attaining the boxing skills, Farhan has said he "didn't train for the film but to be a boxer." Darrell also seconded the actor when he said that his task was to teach Farhan how to "take a punch and not fake a punch."

Earlier, the 47-year-old actor had said that the physical aspect of learning a new discipline like boxing was "very challenging", the preparation for which tested his mental strength to the point that he wanted to throw in the towel.

Toofaan, produced by Akhtar and his work partner Ritesh Sidhwani of Excel Entertainment and Mehra's ROMP Pictures, is slated to be released digitally on Amazon Prime Video on July 16.