A very cheeky title but true!
I was very excited about watching the movie Toofan because of its marketing and seeing Farhan Akhtar after a fairly long period. But, to be honest it’s not that great.
The plot of the Toofan movie is very identical to Salman Khan’s ‘Sultan’. I am not giving out the story but do compare it yourself with Sultan and you will find that they just moulded the same story into a new one.
Toofan film is set in Mumbai, so it had this ‘Gully Boys’ style/tone. I don’t know comparing it with Gully Boy is the right thing to do but unconsciously I did it and I am pretty sure you will feel it too, especially with the actor playing Farhan’s friend.
And it is a long movie, 2h 40 m is the total duration of the movie! Again, the blame goes to the multiple songs included in the movie and I don’t understand why the Bollywood movies feel so stretched?
Like instead of showing the whole history of how he became a boxer, one could have used short flashbacks. It would have drastically reduced the total watch time.
Plus, they have used this Hindu-Muslim, Love-Jihad like controversial topic. The motive is to educate people but again each one of us is different and would see this differently!
The good thing about Toofan is Farhan Akhtar & Mrunal Thakur. The chemistry between them is great and I really admire the efforts Farhan put in this movie building that sports body! And, Mrunal is flawless with this cute Doctor role played by her. And her smile is OHH MY GOD (maybe a new national crush) but again a movie needs to have a good plot, that is like the most basic thing ever!
Overall, I am disappointed and felt like I have watched an alternate version of Sultan while watching Toofan! I would rate it a 5- 5.5 out of 10 and if you’re not a Farhan Akhtar’s fan you can actually skip it.
That’s my review for the Toofan film and if you have watched it let’s discuss it in the comment section below.