The superhit soundtrack of the action film Toofan, starring Shakib Khan and Mimi Chakraborty, has delighted fans with its catchy tunes and attractive picturisation. Pheshey jaai, the latest song from the soundtrack, is a slower number and adds the much-needed mellow touch to the otherwise upbeat tone and temper of the other songs as well as of the film itself.

Composed by Arafat Mohsin and written by Tonmoy Pervez, Pheshey jaai is sung by popular Bangladeshi singer Habib Wahid. The melodious love song expresses the feelings of a lover swept away in the first flush of love. Folk tunes and tender, lilting musical strains add a distinctive texture to the song that sets it apart from the film’s action-packed sequences besides making this romantic number soulful and pleasing to the ears.

The video of the song depicts Shakib Khan’s character head-over-heels in love with the character played by actress Masuma Rahman Nabila. But whereas he is a bit hesitant, shy and self-conscious, she is free-spirited, uninhibited and confident. The new lovers are seen spending beautiful moments in each other’s company, at the theatres, in the marketplace or travelling by bus.

A humorous scene shows Shakib’s character trying to impress the woman he loves by singing a song tunelessly, while in another the duo pretend to fight with each other, she wearing boxing gloves. Toofan is portrayed as an ordinary young man, trying to find his footing in life, either practising lines for a performance and singing or shadow-boxing and lifting weights. He is from a humble background and lives in a modest neighbourhood where he happily takes part in community festivals.

It is evident that this song is from a period in his early life when he had not yet become a part of the underworld or become rich and powerful. Hence Shakib’s appearance and body language in this song also have no resemblance to that of his looks and behaviour as seen in Toofan’s trailer. Nevertheless, an element of mystery is added by the song — of why he underwent such a drastic physical and emotional transformation at a later stage in his life. The reasons for this, however, shall only be known by audiences in India when the film hits theatres on July 5.