Farhan Akhtar kickstarts shooting of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Toofan

Farhan will be playing the role of a boxer in Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's Toofan. Farhan took to Instagram to share the picture of Toofan's clipboard, announcing the shooting of the film.

He captioned the picture saying, "Day 1. #ToofanInTheMaking #nerves #excitement #cinemagic #lovemyjob 1h."

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Day 1. 🥊 #ToofanInTheMaking #nerves #excitement #cinemagic #lovemyjob

A post shared by Farhan Akhtar (@faroutakhtar) on Aug 27, 2019 at 11:17pm PDT

Earlier, Farhan has shared a series of videos of his practice sessions. He shared a video of him boxing 10 days before the shooting of the film started. He captioned the video saying, "10 days till filming. #ToofanInTheMaking #boxerlife #drillsforskills #fitnessgoals @drewnealpt @samir_jaura."

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A post shared by Farhan Akhtar (@faroutakhtar) on Aug 19, 2019 at 2:27am PDT

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Paresh Rawal, who was last seen in Uri: The Surgical Strike, will be seen playing Farhan's coach in the film.

Farhan is working with Rakeysh for the second time. They both collaborated for 2013 hit Bhaag Milkha Bhaag.