Striker (2010 film)

Born into a poor family, Suryakant Sarang 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. 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 all the hard-earned money he had saved for going to Dubai. Surya is forced to cross paths with Jaleel. Since the 1970s, when the settlements in the ghetto began, Jaleel had acquired a stronghold 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 Carrom hustling scene, Surya starts playing again. Being cheated of his hard-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 his biggest strengths, but life has its own ways of testing it.

• Siddharth as Suryakant Sarang
• Bhavya Gandhi as young Suryakant
• Usha Jadhav as Rajni
• Padmapriya as Madhu
• Aditya Pancholi as Jaleel (local crime boss)
• Ankur Vikal as Zaid
• Anupam Kher as Inspector Farooque
• Seema Biswas as Surya's mother
• Anup Soni as Chandrakant Sarang
• Vidya Malvade as Devi Sarang
• Nicolette Bird as Noorie

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The soundtrack album of Striker consists of 8 songs composed by six various artists: Vishal Bhardwaj, noted Tamil composer Yuvan Shankar Raja in his Bollywood debut, Amit Trivedi, rapper Blaaze, Shailendra Barve and lyricist-singer Swanand Kirkire, whilst lyrics are penned by Nitin Raikwar, Blaaze, Prashant Ingole, Jeetendra Joshi, Swanand Kirkire and Gulzar. Shri was the music producer and composed the original soundtrack. The album was released on 12 January 2010. In a soundtrack review, a critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote, "Six composers in a soundtrack is a sure-shot recipe for disaster, but in Striker, Chandan Arora gets them to produce heady mélange!".{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/entertainment/reviews/striker-heady-ma169lange/articleshow/21942883.cms|title=Striker : Heady mA©lange!|work=Bangalore Mirror|date=22 January 2010|access-date=2 February 2025}}

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| title1 = Aim Lagaa

| lyrics1 = Nitin Raikwar, Blaaze

| music1 = Blaaze

| extra1 = Blaaze

| length1 = 3:07

| title2 = Aim Lagaa - Ricksha Mix

| lyrics2 = Nitin Raikwar, Blaaze

| music2 = Blaaze

| extra2 = Blaaze

| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = Bombay Bombay

| lyrics3 = Prashant Ingole

| music3 = Amit Trivedi

| extra3 = Siddharth

| length3 = 5:07

| title4 = Cham Cham

| lyrics4 = Jeetendra Joshi

| music4 = Shailendra Barve

| extra4 = Sonu Nigam

| length4 = 7:12

| title5 = Haq Se

| lyrics5 = Nitin Raikwar

| music5 = Yuvan Shankar Raja

| extra5 = Siddharth, Yuvan Shankar Raja

| length5 = 5:43

| title6 = Maula

| lyrics6 = Swanand Kirkire

| music6 = Swanand Kirkire

| extra6 = Swanand Kirkire

| length6 = 4:52

| title7 = Pia Saanvara

| lyrics7 = Jeetendra Joshi

| music7 = Shailendra Barve

| extra7 = Sunidhi Chauhan

| length7 = 5:05

| title8 = Yun Hua

| lyrics8 = Gulzar

| music8 = Vishal Bhardwaj

| extra8 = Vishal Bhardwaj

| length8 = 5:10

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Sukanya Varma of Rediff gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and opined that "An interesting film with a lot on its mind, Striker isn't comfort cinema but I will recommend it anyway".{{Cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2010/feb/05/review-striker-scores.htm|title=Striker scores|work=Rediff|author=Sukanya Varma}} A critic from The Times of India gave the film the same rating and wrote that "Don't believe the lacklustre promos. The film has more meat -- and meaning -- than it promises".{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/striker/movie-review/5535659.cms|title=STRIKER MOVIE REVIEW|date=5 February 2010|work=The Times of India}} Sanjukta Sharma of Livemint gave the film a positive review and stated that "Striker is one of the good films of the year so far. It is not a breezy film or a candyfloss entertainer, but it's surely an example of committed and adept film-making. There's never enough of it".{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/KYBh8BzGs99ZZBgWDr84GO/Film-Review--Striker-The-Mumbai-of-Malvani.html|title=Film Review Striker - The Mumbai of Malvani|author=Sanjukta Sharma|work=Livemint|date=5 February 2010 }}

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• {{IMDb title|1573482}}
• [http://movies.sulekha.com/hindi/striker/default.htm Striker] at Sulekha

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