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Striker
Striker
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released	12 January 2010
Recorded	2009
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	39:35
Label	T-Series

Striker
Striker
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Chandan Arora
Screenplay by	Chandan Arora; Sunita Rajwar;
Story by	Sunita Rajwar; Iqbal Merchant
Dialogues by	Vijay Maurya; Sagar Kapoor; Pankaj Saraswat
Produced by	Chandan Arora
Starring	Siddharth; Usha Jadhav; Padmapriya; Aditya Pancholi; Ankur Vikal; Anupam Kher; Seema Biswas; Anup Soni
Cinematography	P. S. Vinod
Edited by	Sajit Unnikrishnan
Music by	Vishal Bharadwaj; Amit Trivedi; Yuvan Shankar Raja; Blaaze; Swanand Kirkire; Shailendra Barve
Production; companies	Indian Films; Makefilms
Distributed by	Studio 18
Release date	5 February 2010;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Striker is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action drama film co-written, directed and produced by Chandan Arora. It stars Siddharth, Usha Jadhav, and Padmapriya in the lead roles, while Aditya Pancholi, Ankur Vikal, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas, and Anup Soni, among others, play supporting roles. The film had a theatrical release in cinemas throughout India on 5 February 2010. It also premiered on YouTube the same day, thus becoming the first ever Indian film to premiere on YouTube internationally on the same day as its domestic theatrical release.^[1]

Plot

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.

Cast

Siddharth as Suryakant Sarang
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
Bhavya Gandhi as young Suryakant

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album of Striker consists of 8 songs composed by various artists such as 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.

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aim Lagaa"	Nitin Raikwar & Blaaze	Blaaze	Blaaze	3:07
2.	"Aim Lagaa - Ricksha Mix"	Nitin Raikwar & Blaaze	Blaaze	Blaaze	3:19
3.	"Bombay Bombay"	Prashant Ingole	Amit Trivedi	Siddharth	5:07
4.	"Cham Cham"	Jeetendra Joshi	Shailendra Barve	Sonu Nigam	7:12
5.	"Haq Se"	Nitin Raikwar	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Siddharth & Yuvan Shankar Raja	5:43
6.	"Maula"	Swanand Kirkire	Swanand Kirkire	Swanand Kirkire	4:52
7.	"Pia Saanvara"	Jeetendra Joshi	Shailendra Barve	Sunidhi Chauhan	5:05
8.	"Yun Hua"	Gulzar	Vishal Bhardwaj	Vishal Bhardwaj	5:10
Total length:					39:35

Release

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".^[2] 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".^[3] 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".^[4]