Striker

<p>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 . 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 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 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. The soundtrack album of consists of 8 songs composed by six various artists: , noted Tamil composer in his Bollywood debut, , rapper , Shailendra Barve and lyricist-singer , whilst lyrics are penned by Nitin Raikwar, Blaaze, Prashant Ingole, , and . 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 wrote, “Six composers in a soundtrack is a sure-shot recipe for disaster, but in Striker, Chandan Arora gets them to produce heady mélange!”. Sukanya Varma of gave the film a rating of three out of five stars and opined that “An interesting film with a lot on its mind, isn’t comfort cinema but I will recommend it anyway”. A critic from 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”. Sanjukta Sharma of gave the film a positive review and stated that ” 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”.</p>