Striker (2010 film)

Striker is a 2010 Bollywood actiondrama film written, directed and produced by Chandan Arora. It stars Siddharth, Vidya Malvade, Padmapriya, Nicolette Bird, Anupam Kher, Seema Biswas and Aditya Pancholi. The film had a theatrical release in cinemas throughout India onFebruary 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.

Since the 70s when the settlements in the ghetto began, Jaleel had acquired a strong hold in the area. He had his hands in every illicit activity since then. Feeding on the weaknesses of people, Jaleel was the selfproclaimed 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 Suryas biggest strengths. But life has its own ways of testing it.The film fared very poorly at the Indian box office. Though it was given only a one week theatrical run, it garnered critical acclaim. However, being the first film in history to premiere the same day on YouTube, the film garnered over 800,000 views in the firstweeks. Estimated profits from this are said to be over USD 1mn. ........

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