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       striker
       By: eba95 Date: August 6, 2010, 6:13 am
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       Description: Set in a Bombay ghetto
       in the mid â €˜80s 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 and 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 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, 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 Suryaâ €™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. From the director of Main,
       Meri Patni Aur Woh and Main
       Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon,
       and top-lining Siddharth Narayan (of
       Rang De Basanti 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.
       Release: 5 February 2010
       Length: 1 hour 51 mins
       Genre:
       Starcast: Siddharth, Anupam Kher,
       Aditya Panscholi, Seema Biswas,
       Padmapriya, Vidya Malavade
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