Striker Movie Review

Arora keeps it taut and nail-biting all through especially when he works the movie’s mood around a game.

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.

Set in the 1980s in Malvani, a claustrophobic ghetto of suburban Mumbai, Striker, directed by Chandan Arora is a gritty slice-of-life movie that never achieves its full potential.

Striker‘s pace is slow, much like the ’80s and early ’90s it’s based in. Also, the back stories are too many and it gets a li’l annoying as well as confusing for the viewer.

Chandan Arora’s Striker, acquires a whole new meaning. Don’t divide our city, all you goons, goondas, politicos and administrators, it cries out aloud, through its moving tale of two young lads — one Hindu, one Muslim — who try…