Striker: Review

Striker is the kind of film that fills you with regret. There is skilful direction here, some nicely etched moments and commendable performances and yet the film never gathers enough momentum to make an impact. Striker never becomes the film it could have been.

Plot

Set in a Mumbai ghetto in the mid 80s, Surya (Siddharth) grows up with few luxuries. Poor health keeps him away from school often and that is when his elder brother, Chandrakant (Anoop Soni), introduces him to carrom.

Hopes for a job in Dubai replaces the passion for carrom as Surya grows into a young man. Duped by a bogus overseas employment agency, Surya loses his hard-earned money he had saved for going to Dubai and he's forced to cross paths with Jaleel (Aditya Pancholi).

Reintroduced to carrom by his childhood friend Zaid (Ankur Vikal), Surya starts playing again. Being robbed of his cash by the same man who had caused misery for many families, Surya decides to take on Jaleel on his turf.

Performances

Siddharth whom we last saw in Rang De Basanti, is very good as the angst-ridden Surya who plays his life out on the board. Aditya Pancholi looks noxious and enacts his part just too wonderfully. Anupam Kher does an okay job, partly because his character is not well-defined. Padma Priya looks confident. Ankur Vikal does very well. Seema Biswas gets into the skin of the character. Vidya Malvade doesn't get much scope. Anoop Soni is perfect. Nicolette Bird is passable.

Eventually then, Striker just isn’t compelling enough for a trip to the theater. But there are many good things here. So I recommend that you wait for the DVD.

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Narain injured on the sets of Thambi Kottai

Here’s the latest that we have on Narain! The actor, we hear, has been injured on the sets of Thambi Kottai in Thanjavur and has been hospitalised.


When we probed further, this is what we got. Reportedly, a bridge (costing nearly a crore) had been put up by director Ammu Ramesh with the help of thousands of workers for the film.

The bridge is the pivot around which the story of the film revolves. When a crucial part of the climax scene was being shot, the bridge collapsed! Narain fell down due to that, sustaining injuries.

But, here’s the happy news. Sources close to the actor state that he’ll be up and running in the next three days. Thambi Kottai has Poonam Bajwa playing the female lead, while Prabhu plays a crucial role.

Angelina Jolie had an affair with Lady Gaga?

If rumours are to be believed, then Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie had an affair with singer Lady Gaga.


According to Ian Halperin, author of the recent bestseller 'Brangelina: The Untold Story of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie', the Tomb Raider star might have cheated on partner Brad Pitt with GaGa.

Jolie - who is openly bisexual - and GaGa - a rumoured hermaphrodite - had a secret rendezvous at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel that lasted all night, Halperin alleged.

Jolie is reportedly obsessed with Gaga, reported the China Daily. It's not the first time Jolie has been accused of cheating on Pitt.

Earlier this week, In Touch Weekly magazine spoke to a housekeeper who worked extensively with the family on their numerous visits to the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

Anna Kowalski claimed that the actress had a series of steamy sex sessions with one of the dialect coaches she worked with on the set of her movie Salt.

Kites international trailer leaked on the internet

A special two-and-a-half-minute promo of Rakesh Roshan’s Kites will hit the theatres on February 12, with the release of My Name Is Khan.


The promo showcases the love story between Barbara Mori and Hrithik Roshan, and even has a kissing scene. However, instead of hoping that the promo makes the right impact, the producers are now scratching their heads over a totally unforeseen problem.

The promo has been leaked and already made its way to the internet. The promo was specially made and sent to the 20th century Fox office in USA, who will release My Name Is Khan internationally.

Our source said, “Rakesh Roshan, the unit at Filmkraft and director Anurag Basu had made this promo keeping the international market in mind. This was supposed to be released with My Name Is Khan as it has a grand overseas release.”

“The promo was made and sent to the US office of Fox Studios. However, now the office has learnt that the promo has been leaked on the net on Wednesday. Everyone was in shock and didn’t know how this happened. Rakesh Roshan and the entire unit of Reliance Big Pictures were in the process of removing the promos from YouTube as the novelty factor would have worn off by the time My Name Is Khan releases” he added.

Rakesh Roshan remained unavailable for comment. Reliance Big pictures also remained unavailable for comment.