Toofaan

2021 [HINDI]

Action / Drama / Sport

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 31% · 17 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 31%
IMDb Rating 6.1/10 10 53184 53.2K

bollywood

Plot summary

An inspiring story about an orphan boy from the streets of Dongri, who grows up to become a local goon of his area and how his life changes after he meets the young and compassionate Ananya, who guides him towards the right path and makes him realize his true calling i.e boxing.

Director

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Photo
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Top cast

Mrunal Thakur Photo
Mrunal Thakur as Ananya
Paresh Rawal Photo
Paresh Rawal as Nana Prabhu
Vijay Raaz Photo
Vijay Raaz as Jafar Bhai
Farhan Akhtar Photo
Farhan Akhtar as Ajju / Aziz Ali
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MuviFan73 7 / 10

Trailer misleads, while movie excels!

Story: From the corners of Dongri rises a boxer who once worked as an extortionist. His love story gets challenged because of caste differences. For his family he plays foul in boxing and gets banned. The further story lights up the content where his love dies and past reoccurs. Additionally it shows of whether his paste will give up & if he will come back as a champion.Cinematography & Direction: Justified. The boxing ring, the slum, the hospital, the life after marriage, the characters, etc work well.Acting (& music): The proven cast of Paresh Rawal & Farhan Akhtar and others did prove themselves once again. The music is average. It goes well with the movie but there is none in particular that would struck your mind.Final Verdict: The movie ends on a respectable note from what one could imagine just by the introduced trailer. It avoids irritating twists & turns which prove out to be nothing less of horror for critics like me.The small things the tapori picks up & boasts in beginning of movie is shown well. His growth in a sensible person is captured well.It's a clean movie, the hindu-muslim take. Its acceptance in society, giving up ones name for love is all depicted well. The movie however is quite predictable but only after getting over certain elements and that is okay.Do give time for the movie people, for such clean cinema should be encouraged.
Reviewed by SAMTHEBESTEST 5 / 10

Toofaan is a new form of same old mediocrity and cliches survived by good performances.

Toofaan (2021) : Movie Review -Toofaan gave away a lot from the trailer, actually, everything about the storyline, set up, conflicts and even the best scenes too. So, having not saved anything for the final product took away a big chunk of impact from the film. Even if they had saved it, i don't think it would have made any big difference but still it would have had something to say at least. Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is not a director of consistency, you can see he has one average film after every good film he has made. Take Rang De Basanti and Bhaag Milkha Bhaag for instance, he didn't make that high quality after these two. Toofaan was giving positive vibes when it was announced but when trailer came out we all got the idea that it was nothing new and the final product is nothing different. Toofaan could have had better conflicts and more conviction like Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (true story always helps) but maybe it was just too late for Bollywood to have such a mediocre film in 2021. The same film 15 years back, would have been a better watch.Toofaan is a story of Ajju Bhai, an extortionist, a goon who gets addicted to Boxing and decides to become a respectable Boxer- Aziz Ali. There are lot of conflicts in this story which makes sense from their own point of view such as differences on religion and the same causing a big way out to the hero and the heroine of the film and that fixing segment etc. But let me remind you as we are in 2021, these are called cliches and not new stuff. That's the biggest problem with the film followed by long runtime.Farhan Akhtar plays Ajju Bhai and Aziz both very honestly. His dedication, physical transformation, accent everything looks good but he should have worked better on his dialogue delivery and the sounding. Mrunal Thakur is a pleasant face to watch throughout the film, no complaints for her. Paresh Rawal and Mohan Agashe are very experienced actors and it can be seen in many scenes that how they work on small small nuances. Hussain Dalal has got some funky dialogues and it would have been better if Vijay Raaz had more screen space. Overall, the acting unit is very fine and the technical aspects are decent. Music too works much better in the film from the video songs we have seen earlier.There was nothing that could have survived this mediocre writing, but still Toofaan doesn't become a Crap or an unbearable headache or something like that because the actors and director had already understood the limited potential of the film. Mehra tries his everything to make it look better but fails, however, he did not lose basic sense of mainstream filmmaking and that's why Toofaan end up as a pretty watchable flick. Overall, nothing too bad nor anything too good yet an watchable affair for the dedicated performances and regular storyline.RATING - 5/10*
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