Farhan Akhtar 'trained to be a boxer' for 'Toofaan' role

To prepare for his character of a national level boxer in the film "Toofaan", Farhan Akhtar didn't just train for a role. Rather, he trained to be a boxer for the role.

"Boxing is a very unique sport. It's not a sport for everyone. I knew that it requires a lot of hard work, and if there is one person who's going to kill it, it is Farhan Akhtar. That is the magic of Farhan. He does not play the role, he becomes the role," said Rakeysh in a behind-the-scenes video posted on Amazon Prime Video's Instagram page on Friday.

Farhan started his boxing training for the film in early November 2018.

"Boxing was absolutely an alien sport to me. My training first began with Drew Neal who came in as my first boxing coach. Everyone has a natural fighting style. So, it was important for Drew to understand that in me," said Farhan who trained by two coaches, Drew Neal and Darrell Foster.

Drew said: "Farhan was training two hours every single day. The speed that he was learning at was probably four-folds of what a normal beginner boxer would actually take. So, instead of one year's training, he was hitting more like four years' training."