Daily Chennai - Tamilnadu, India

After Shah Rukh Khan as a hockey coach in ‘Chak De! India’ and John Abraham as a football pro in the soon-to-be-released ‘Goa’l, ‘Rang De Basanti’ star Siddharth is all set to play a carrom champ in director Chandan Arora’s third feature film. Siddharth is well known in Kollywood right from his debut movie ‘Boys’.

The movie titled ‘Striker’ is inspired by a carrom expert from the slums of Malvani, called Surya Kant. Siddharth, who has said a firm no to several offers from Mumbai, has been quietly preparing for the new challenge.

Siddharth has become an expert carrom player, Says director Chandan. The rest of the cast is now being worked out. Vidya Malvade of ‘Chak De! India’, model Nicolette Bird and South Indian actress Padma Priya have been finalized so far.

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