After four years of hibernation from the hindi film industry, Sidarth is back with the film Striker, set in the ghetto's of Malvani a slum in Mumbai. His previous outing has been the Cult film Rang De Basanthi & the character Karan Singhania inspired everyone to wear Jean Jackets and Ray-Ban Eye Gears. Striker is an off beat attempt from chandan Arora, the director, deals with the life of a carrom player during the 70's & 80's to the early 90's.
The story is about SuryaKanth(Sidarth) finding his life as a carrom player in the slum dwelling of Malvani. The film traces his struggles to support his family , his fate under the hands of Jalell the local Don played by aditya Panscholi. He chooses carrom as his profession without any choice due to the circumstances he is in. Its Surya's search on what life has to offer for him, forms the rest of the film.
The best part of the film is the casting. The film has a great cast in the form of sidarth, Ankur Vikal, aditya pancholi, Anupham Kher, Seema Biswas, Vidya Malvade & Padma Priya. Everyone has worked their heart out for the film. The soundtrack consists of 8 songs composed by six music directors. Cham Cham, Pia Saanvara, Yun Hua and Bombay Bombay are worth hearing to repeatedly. You cant miss the soundtrack. A lot of effort has been put to make the soundtrack look fresh. The soundtrack has songs composed by Amit Trivedi who gave Dev-d and Iktara from Wake up sid, Blaaze has rapped for two songs, Yuvan makes his bollywood debut with Striker. Lyricist swanand Kirkire & Vishal Baratwaj has given a track each. The pick of the lot has been Shailendra Barve with his two mindblowing tracks. Soundtrack of striker would be the best soundtrack you would hear for a long time.
Art direction and cinematography has gone hand in hand. The work of re-creating the ghetto's and capturing the frames requires a lot of skill. Both the Art director & the D.O.P delivers. Since the film is inspired from real life accounts, the writer-director have planned to show it as realistic as possible. The detailing of the film requires a special mention. Film Maker chandan has opted to use flashbacks considering the film is a Neo-Noir film.
This have paid bad dividents. Using a straight screenplay approach would have been more appropriate for the film. The Hindi-Muslim riots that happens in the end of the film, comes out of the blues. Writing a story & making the audience believe the story is more important. A Taut Screenplay would have made Striker a much more better film. Considering the state of hindi cinema, We must accept small films like striker.
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