THERE are enough Muhammad Ali references in Toofaan to border on the screechy. The affection, though, is mostly heartfelt, as lead star Farhan Akhtar readily enthuses about the American legend. “By far (he’s the greatest),” Farhan says. “Not only for what he did inside the ring but also what he did outside of it.” In Toofaan, Akhtar shares more than a surname with Ali. As Mumbai street fighter Aziz Ali, he watches a video of the late heavyweight champ and decides he wants to box too. Late in the film, a commentator likens Aziz’s fighting style with Muhammad Ali’s. Even his comeback - after a gap of five years - echoes Ali’s Rumble In the Jungle return, famously enshrined in the documentary When We Were Kings and in Michael Mann’s Ali.
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