The story tracks Surya’s life through different time periods, unravelling his struggle to make a living, his crush on his Muslim neighbour Noorie (Nicolette Bird), his brush with the world of criminals and his bonhomie with his coke-snorting buddy Zaid (Ankur Vikal) who convinces Surya to bank on his strength at playing carrom by becoming the top striker in the gambling dens, thereby leading to Surya’s eventual showdown with the local ganglord Jaleel,
‘Striker’ tells the story of a poor lad Surya (Siddharth) who grows up in the squalid and shanty underbelly of Malwani, on the suburbs of Mumbai.