Mumbai: Bollywood actor Siddharth Narayan starrer new movie Striker is set in a Bombay (now Mumbai) ghetto in the mid '80s. The film is based on true-life accounts. Chandan Arora directed Striker is a story of triumph of human spirit over indomitable odds.
Chandan Arora has directed other films like Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh and Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon fame). Striker is the story of a carrom player who grows up on the fringes of a criminal existence but does not succumb to it. Other cast members of the film are Aditya Panscholi, Vidya Malavade and Padmapriya. The producer and director of Striker are Indian Films-Studio 18.
Born into a poor family, Surya, played by actor (Siddharth Narayan) grows up with minimum luxuries. Surya couldn't attend school because of his poor health - that is when his elder brother introduces him to carrom.
Quite similar to pool (conceptually), carrom is common among people from the middle and lower income groups in India. Precision and skill are vital to playing the game well; attitude and confidence are crucial to winning. The underground carrom scene has been breeding hustlers and gamblers for years.
Winning the Junior Carrom Championship at the age of 12 is not enough to keep Surya's fire for the sport burning through adolescence. Hopes for a job in Dubai replace the passion for carrom, as Surya grows into a young man.
Duped by a bogus overseas employment agency, Surya loses his hard earned money that he had saved for going to Dubai. Surya is forced to cross paths with Jaleel, played by actor Aditya Pancholi, who has his hands in illicit activities in the area for long. 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 hard-earned money by the 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 strongest of men!
Striker is not about good versus evil. It is the story of a friendship, life in the city of dreams in the 80s, and of a game that is common but non-existent.
Striker is the story of a carrom player who grows up on the fringes of a criminal existence but does not succumb to it.
Siddharth Narayan upcoming film Striker is scheduled to be release on February 5, 2010.
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