Farhan Akhtar & Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Team Up For 'Toofan'
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra will reteam with his Bhaag Milkha Bhaag actor Farhan Akhtar in Toofan, a boxing drama with an endearing love story at its centre.
Filmmaker
Rakeysh
Omprakash
Mehra
is
set
to
reteam
with
his
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag
actor
Farhan
Akhtar
in
Toofan,
a
boxing
drama
with
an
endearing
love
story
at
its
centre.
Mehra
plans
to
begin
shooting
the
film
by
the
year
end.
"I
am
most
excited
for
the
film.
I
can't
talk
much
because
we
haven't
even
started
shooting.
We
are
planning
to
go
on
floors
by
the
end
of
the
year.
Both
Farhan
and
I
are
getting
to
work
with
each
other
after
six
years.
We
have
always
been
looking
and
bouncing
ideas
at
each
other," Mehra
told
PTI.
The
Rang
De
Basanti
director
says
Toofan
isn't
a
real
life
story
but
is
rooted
in
a
very
believable
setting.
"Anjum
Rajabali
has
written
this
very
endearing
love
story
of
a
boxer,
it
not
a
real
life
figure
but
a
fictitious
character.
What
I
liked
the
most
about
it
(the
story)
was
that
it
has
a
new
voice.
It's
set
in
the
lower
middle
class.
Boxing
is
not
a
rich
man's
sport,
anywhere
in
the
world."
For
the
film,
just
like
his
Bhaag
Milkha
Bhaag,
Frahan
will
undergo
a
body
transformation
and
Mehra
says
the
actor
is
a
"rockstar,
when
he
gets
into
something,
he
goes
full
throttle."
Mehra
is
currently
awaiting
the
release
of
his
next,
Mere
Pyare
Prime
Minister,
scheduled
to
be
released
on
March
15.