Striker Movie Review

Movie Name : Striker
Banner : Studio 18
Cast : Siddharth, Padmapriya, Aditya Pancholi, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, Vidya Malvade, Anoop Soni, Nicolette Bird and others
Music Directors : Shailendra Barve, Amit Trivedi, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Swananad Kirkire, Vishal Bhardwaj, Blaaze
Cinematography : P S Vinod
Producer : Chandan Arora
Director : Chandan Arora
Movie Rating: 3.0/5
Story

Striker is a 2010 Hindi action-drama film written, directed and produced by Chandan Arora. Striker star Siddharth of Rang De Basanti fame and Prdmapriya, debuting in Bolloywood.

Striker movie based on true life accounts,set in a MUmbai mid 80's. Striker is a story of triumph of human spirit over indomitable odds. Actor Siddharth played a charccter Suryakant Sarang who born into a poor family. Surya grows with poor health keeps him away from school often and that ia when his elder brother, Chandrakant, introduces him to carrom. 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 the going to Dubai.


Surya is forced to cross paths with Jaleel. Jaleel has his hands in every illicit activity sic\nce then. Fedding 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. Surya's patience and cool attitude are Surya's Biggest strengths. But life has ways of testing even the string.


Review:

Okay, so this flim does go back in time and picks up a story from Mumbai's dark night that followed the demolition of the Babri mosque on December6, 1992. Under ordinary circumstances, it might have seemed dated. But today, wit the city warding off another divisive and equally dark night that's dangerosly looming on the horizon, this time due to the scourge of regionalism, Chandan Arora's Striker,acquires a whole new meaning. Don't divide our city, all our goons, goondas, politicos and administrators, it cries out aloud through its moving tale of two young lads-- one Hindu, one Muslim -- who try to lead a life of normalcy, despite the shadow of crime and communalism. Childhood buddies, Surya(Siddharth) and Zaid (Ankur Vikal) not only end up toasting the undying bond of friendship, they also salute the spirit of communal harmony, characteristic of their city, through their carefree camaraderie.