Farhan Akhtar: Everybody has had a fantasy of knocking somebody out | Bollywood

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ByKriti Kambiri, New Delhi

Having portrayed a boxer in Toofaan (2021), Farhan Akhtar couldn’t maintain himself again from cheering the younger boxers representing India. The actor attended the opening ceremony of the 2023 IBA Girls’s World Boxing Championships in Delhi, on Wednesday (March 15), and shared the stage with Olympian Mary Kom.

Farhan Akhtar cheered on the Indian contingent on the current opening of 2023 IBA Girls’s World Boxing Championships. (Photograph: Manoj Verma/HT)

In an unique chat with us, the 49-year-old couldn’t assist however acknowledge Mary Kom’s contribution in shattering the glass ceiling. He went on to talk about how sporting occasions of this stature, with as many as 65 international locations in participation, would pave the way in which for a brand new crop of boxing champions from India.

“With championships like this occurring in our nation, it would absolutely encourage women to maneuver ahead with boxing as a profession. I imply, everybody has had that childhood fantasy of knocking somebody out (laughs), that’s the place it begins! I’m certain tens of millions will watch the championship and get impressed to understand that dream of theirs within the ring,” he says.

The actor interacted with younger boxers on the opening ceremony of 2023 IBA Girls’s World Boxing Championships in Delhi. (Photograph: PTI)

His personal love for the game led him to observe internationally acclaimed boxers similar to Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali and Triple G (Gennady Golovkin). “However, I'm an enormous fan of the one not competing on this championship, Mary Kom. All the nation is a fan of hers! Actually, that’s what led me to work on and develop a movie on the topic (Toofaan)... I hope biopics are made on the women who're representing India at this occasion,” says Akhtar.

Ask if he has a favorite on this championship, whom he's rooting for, and pat comes the reply: “I've 12 favourites!” Akhtar goes on so as to add, “Nikhat (Zareen) is any individual I’m in contact with on Instagram. I met Lovlina (Borgohain) when she was in Mumbai after her Olympic win. Then, there's Saweety (Boora), Jasmine (Lamboria), Manisha (Moun)... It’s not truthful to decide on one over the opposite. Every one in all them has had their very own journey and struggles to achieve the place they're. I’m certain they've had battles with their mother and father or society... Every of them has a narrative value telling!”

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