Siddarth, one of the most popular South heroes, who recently won several accolades for his role in Rang De Basanti is all set to play the role of a carrom player in his upcoming sport film Striker. South actress Padmapriya has been paired with Siddharth in Striker by director Chandan Arora.
Set in the 1980s, the film will move through a labyrinth of socio-cultural political issues as seen through the eyes of the slum-protagonist. Entitled “Strikerâ€, the film's main protagonist Siddharth's character will be based on the life and times of a real-life carrom whiz from the slums of Malavni named Suryakant.
Siddharth, who has said a firm no to several good offers from Mumbai including Rakeysh Mehra's Delhi 6 and David Dhawanâ's film for UTV, has quietly been preparing for the new challenge.
A carrom player from the outset, Siddharth has been polishing up his skills.
Siddharth has become an expert at carom. By the time we hit the floors in December Siddharth will be able to beat anyone at the game. He has met the real-life Suryakant several times. He has also spent sizeable time in Malavni getting the feel of the place. Though he functions from the south he has spent a large part of his life in Delhi and Mumbai. So he speaks very fluent Hindi,Arora told IANS.
Unlike Dharavi, which is a planned slum, Malavni just happened. People and communities from all across Mumbai who were rendered homeless just converged on this slum. So to begin with, it was more a refugee camp than a slum, said Arora.
But the game of carrom will preside over the goings-on, just as it does in the slum. Lakhs of rupees go into betting over the game. Carrom is a way of life in Malavni,explained Arora.
The rest of the vast cast is now being worked out. But Vidya Malvade from Chak De India, model Nicolette Bird and south Indian actress Padma Priya have been finalised.
So after Chak De India and Goal, get ready for another sports film next year. Hope it does as well, if not better than Chak De India
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Saat sur, saat musicians aur ek Siddharth
IndiaGlitz [Friday, January 15, 2010]
Telugu hottie Siddharth, remember the affluent son of ‘Rang De Basanti’ who got linked with Soha Ali Khan after the movie thanks to our community, is now appearing in his first solo Bollywood movie ‘Striker’. But that’s not the only news; the Telugu heartthrob solo release is coming with a varied range of soundtracks, as it has seven different musicians composing the tracks of the movie. Filmed in Bombay (that’s what was said during the 80’s) the film is based on carom and shows Mumbai of the 80’s.
Directed by Chandan Arora, ‘Striker’ is the first Bollywood movie which has so many different musicians. This has been practiced in Hollywood but for Bollywood it’s a first attempt where seven musicians come together for one film. And yes, Siddharth has also crooned in this movie and continued his tradition which he religiously practices down south for good results. In ‘Striker’ he has given back vocals for one track ‘Hak Se’ and has sung a song composed by Amit Trivedi ‘Bombay Bombay’. And we must say that the actor has a neck for singing. The movie has tracks composed by Vishal Bhardwaj and penned by Gulzar saab.
‘All is well’ fame Swanand Kirkere has not only wrote a song ‘Maula,’ but has also given his voice for the first time. Tracks like ‘Piya Sawra,’ ‘Cham Cham rendered by Sonu Nigam, are brilliantly composed numbers.
Yuvan Shankar Raja, the son of Illyaraja, has composed the track ‘Hak Se,’ as he has also sung in it despite knowing Hindi. South Indian actress Padmapriya is making her Bollywood debut with ‘Striker’ which also includes Anupam Kher, Ankur Vikal and Aditya Pancholi.
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Catch director Chandan Arora, actor R. Siddharth and music director Shailendra Barve talk about the simplicity of song 'Cham Cham' sung by Sonu Nigam in this making video of 'Striker'.
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