Toofaan

TOOFAAN is the story of a street brawler’s transformation into a top-class boxer. Farhan Akhtar's story idea and Anjum Rajabali's story is clichéd. Anjum Rajabali's screenplay (additional screenplay by Vijay Maurya) is decent but also predictable. The writing is peppered with lot of interesting moments. Vijay Maurya's dialogues are simple and sharp. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's direction is first-class. TOOFAAN’s first half is fair. The second half has a lot of unexpected developments and it takes a while to process. Farhan Akhtar is in a superb form. He looks very convincing as a boxer but even in dramatic and emotional scenes, he rocks big time. Mrunal Thakur is the surprise of the film. Paresh Rawal is terrific and pulls off a challenging role with ease. Hussain Dalal is lovely as the sidekick. Vijay Raaz doesn’t have much to do surprisingly especially since his character seemed unhappy with Aziz’s decision. Darshan Kumaar is great as the baddie. But it seems he’s getting typecast. Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy's music is disappointing and this is also one of the weak points of the film. Jay Oza's cinematography is spectacular and elevates impact in several scenes. Rajat Poddar's production design and Abhilasha Sharma's costumes are straight out of life. Alan Amin's action is raw. Cinegence and Futureworks' VFX is appropriate. Meghna Manchanda Sen's editing is neat but should have kept the duration in check. On the whole, TOOFAAN boasts of powerful performances along with some heart-touching and dramatic moments. But the film’s lengthy runtime, poor soundtrack, clichéd plot and the predictable narrative diminishes the impact to a great extent.