Guest Blogger Siddharth: The Genesis of Striker

February 5th, 2010 admin

[  Transcribed from an exclusive talk with PFC ] Part I of this Guest Blog is here We are lead by this ideology of not putting all the eggs in one basket but I couldn’t have found a better film than Striker to do this. Chandan and I met soon after RDB in Chennai and he told me about the research he has been doing in Malvani for Striker. The research consumed us and we wanted to make a ghetto film. If I were to explore the landscape of Striker, I’d like to mention the films of Spike Lee , Scorsese or even John Singleton who have taken the…


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