Siddharth is an actor who uses wrong finger to play carom from childhood; only after he started practice did he realize that how all experts’ play.

Like all other games even carom has its own set of rules to follow. While preparing for Striker, Siddharth, who had to practice for hours to learn carom and become an expert. Apparently Siddharth was facing a problem while preparing for the role and the problem was that he used to hit the striker with the wrong finger.

Since he was good at the game, Chandan Arora wanted his each and every move to be accurate and so he decided to get Siddharth trained by a professional before they could start shooting for his carom sequences. To their surprise they came to know that 90% of the carom experts, including the one who was summoned in to train Siddharth actually played with the wrong finger. After undermining this fact there was no stopping to Siddharth and he ended up giving some exceptionally professional shots.

Says Siddharth, “Since childhood I used to play carom with the wrong finger but never bothered to correct it since the wrong finger always helped me play well, unfortunately while shooting for Striker, the wrong finger habit cropped up as one of the major concerns and Chandan brought in a carom expert to train me. When I sat down to play with him did I realize that most of the players play with the wrong finger... This helped me cut down on one of my biggest worries.”

Source:Indiatimes

"I had seen Siddharth in many of his films that were made down south. He came across as quite an impressive person. Then I saw his work in RDB (Rang De Basanti). It was later that I got to know that he was open to other Hindi films as well. I shared my thought with him about the film and he showed willingness to work on the project. The character in the film couldn’t be fictionalized...The project might not have taken off if he had refused to work. It was because of him that the film could be made.In fact we needed a person who would give in time to work on the character, the looks, and the hairstyle. He was more than willing to give, accepted challenges and showed passion for his work. It was a like a challenge to put his efforts in the right direction. He learnt all the stuff that was required out of him, for the film and he did a great job. He had to play Carom like a professional player and Siddharth happens to be a good Carom player too." Said Chandan Arora director of Striker

Music review of Striker by BoxOfficeIndia
Striker has 8 songs with 8 different composers. The album boasts of talent like Vishal Bhardwaj, Blaaze, Amit Trivedi and Gulzar, among others. Actor Siddharth is the producer of the album and has sung too. The lyrics are tongue-in-cheek and insightful. So, be prepared for some eclectic variety. Striker has something for everyone. Cham Cham is easily an instant favourite, while the other songs might take a while to grow on you. But Striker is a ‘soundtrack’ in every sense of the word and an album for keeps. You will want to listen to it several times over. It is something people will talk about after seeing the film. All the songs capture the spirit and diverse facets of Bombay.

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Siddharth’a latest movie Bava was launched today morning at Annapurna studios. ML Padma Kumar Chowdary produces in the direction of Rambabu. Seevu Vytla switched on the camera, VV Vinaak sounded the clapboard and Kodi Rama Krishna directed the first shot.

Director Rambabu said, “It is the story of bava maradalu (brother-in-law and sister-in-law). A popular hero is going to play the role of Siddharth’s father. I would like to thank producer Chowdary and hero Siddharth for giving me the opportunity as director.”

Music director Chakri said, “This is my second film with Sidharth and fifth film with ML Kumar Chowdary.”

Siddharth said, “2010 is an unforgettable year in my life. My Hindi film as solo hero Striker is releasing this year. I am also acting in the banner of K Raghavendra Rao. Bava is a simple love story. I knew director Rambabu for the past four years. He came up with an interesting script. I feel happy to work with ML Kumar Chowdary. Chakri introduced me as singer with Chukkallo Chandrudu. I work with new directors because they possess tremendous energy.”

ML Kumar Chowdary said, “I am doing a film after a gap of two years. We are going to have best production values for this movie. I will do another three films in this year.”

Chintapally Ramana pens dialogues. Arvind Krishna handles cinematography.
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