Striker Movies Reviews

Cast :
Siddharth , Anupam Kher, Aditya Panscholi, Seema Biswas, Vidya Malavade


Director: Chandan Arora
Producer: Studio 18, Indian Films
Banner: Studio 18

Synopsis :
Set in a Bombay ghetto in the mid ‘80s and based on true-life accounts, Striker is a story of triumph of human spirit over indomitable odds. Born into a poor family, Surya grows up with few luxuries. Poor health keeps him away from school and that is when his elder brother introduces him to carrom. Quite similar to pool (conceptually), carrom is common among people from the middle and lower income groups in India. Precision and skill are vital to playing the game well; attitude and confidence are crucial to winning. The underground carrom scene has been breeding hustlers and gamblers for years. 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 his hard earned money that he had saved for going to Dubai. Surya is forced to cross paths with Jaleel, who has his hands in illicit activities in the area for long. 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 hustling scene, Surya starts playing again. Being gypped of his hard-earned money by the man who had caused misery for many families, Surya decides to take on Jaleel on his turf. His patience and cool attitude are Surya’s biggest strengths. But life has ways of testing even the strongest of men! Striker is not about good versus evil. It is the story of a friendship, life in the city of dreams in the 80s, and of a game that is common but non-existent. From the director of Main, Meri Patni Aur Woh and Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon, and top-lining Siddharth Narayan (of Rang De Basanti fame), Striker is the story of a carrom player who grows up on the fringes of a criminal existence but does not succumb to it.

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Bollywood hit movie Perfect Mismatch review

Producer: Xperience Films

Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad

Cast: Anupam Kher, Boman Irani, Anubhav Anand and Nandana Sen

Perfect Mismatch review:

The story of Perfect Mismatch is about Mr. Patel and Mr. Bhalla. Both have problems with each other since one is Gujrati and the other is Punjabi. The movie is based on the matter of the marriage happened outside the community. Many of these types of films have been made on Bollywood screens but today these ilk of movies simply look outdated.

The story has no grip at all. Nothing is novel in the screenplay. ‘Perfect Mismatch’ is simply Imperfect, an amateurish effort to bring the mundane saga on the celluloid.

Aman (Anubhav Anand) is an architect. He bumps into Neha (Nandana Sen). Love happens between the two. But the flame oozes out when the families of the two meet each other. The differences emerge between Mr. Bhalla (Anupam Kher) and Mr. Patel (Boman Irani). Disapprovals for this relationship of Aman and Neha gushes out from the warring fathers but the lovebirds try to find some way to bring them together.

Nothing is there to rave about the film. The differences between the two fathers look so flimsy. The efforts of the lovers to bring the warring fathers together are not convincing at all. In today’s world, the lovers will not sob and enter into a shell if the parents are against their love rather they will make all efforts to get a solution. In this flick, the lovers (like a yesteryear’s stories of this kind) put all on their fates and become inactive spectators all through. Absolutely weird!

Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad’s direction is simply mundane and has no value at all. And his writing (script) too falls flat badly. All the other departments fail to register impacts also.

Anupam Kher does fine. Boman Irani is great. Anubhav Anand is okay. Nandana Sen does average job.

On the whole, ‘Perfect Mismatch’ should be avoided. It has nothing to praise about.

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