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Studio 18
Indian Films

Status
Released

Color
C

Release Date
February 5, 2010

Language
Hindi

Genre
Crime / Social

Producer
Chandan Arora

Director
Chandan Arora

Star Cast
Siddharth...... Surya
Aditya Pancholi...... Jaleel
Anupam Kher...... Inspector Farooque
Padmapriya...... Madhu
Nicollete Bird...... Noorie
Ankur Vikal...... Zaid
Seema Biswas
Anoop Soni
Vidya Malvade

Cassettes and CD's on
T-Series

Singers
Sonu Nigam
Siddharth
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Swanand Kirkire
Vishal Bhardwaj
Sunidhi Chauhan
Blaaze

Lyricist
Jeetendra Joshi
Prashant Ingole
Nitin Raikwar
Swanand Kirkire
Gulzar
Blaaze

Music Director
Shailendra Barve
Amit Trivedi
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Swanand Kirkire
Vishal Bhardwaj
Blaaze

Background Music
Shri

Cinematography
P S Vinod

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Synopsis

Set in a Mumbai ghetto in the mid '80's and based on true life accounts, Striker is a story of triumph of human spirit over indomitable odds.

Born into a poor family, Surya grows up with few luxuries. Poor health keeps him away from school often and that is when his elder brother, Chandrakant, introduces him to carrom.

Quite similar to pool in its concept, carrom is common among people from middle and lower income groups all over India. Precision and skill are vital to playing the game well; attitude and confidence are crucial to win. The underground carrom scene has been breeding hustlers and gamblers for many years.

Winning the Junior Carrom Championship at 12 is not enough to keep Surya's fire for the sport burning through adolescence. Hopes for a job in Dubai, replaces the passion for carrom as Surya grows into a young man.

Duped by a bogus overseas employment agency, Surya loses all his hard earned money he had saved for going to Dubai. Surya is forced to cross paths with Jaleel.

Since the 70's when the settlements in the ghetto began, Jaleel had acquired a strong hold in the area. He had his hands in every illicit activity since then. Feeding on the weaknesses of people, Jaleel was the self-proclaimed king of Malwani.

Reintroduced to Carrom by his childhood friend Zaid, this time to the hustling scene, Surya starts playing again. Being gypped of his hand earned money by the same man who had caused misery for many families; Surya decides to take on Jaleel on his turf.

His patience and cool attitude are Surya's biggest strengths. But life has ways of testing even the strong.

Striker is not a film about good versus evil. It is the story of a friendship, life in the city of dreams in the 80's, a story of a game that is most common but non-existent. A story of a Carrom player who grows up on the fringes of a criminal existence but does not succumb to it.