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Samira Koppikar is a music director, composer, singer and songwriter. In 2015 she made her debut as a Bollywood music composer with the song "Maati Ka Palang" for the film NH10. As a Bollywood playback singer she made a big bang entry into Bollywood playback singing in 2014 with two back to back songs Aaj Phir Tum Pe for the film Hate Story 2 which was number 7 in the top 10 Bollywood songs of 2014,[1] and "Mohabbat Barsaa Dena tu" for the film Creature 3D. Co-sung with Arijit Singh, both the voice and the songs were an instant hit. Special non-film achievements: she performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival at a young age alongside the likes of Louiz Banks and Joe Alvarez.[2]

Samira Koppikar
Birth name	Samira Koppikar
Born	Mumbai, India
Genres	Acoustic folk, indie rock, fusion, jazz, indie pop, folktronica, alternative folk rock, ghazals, Indian film music
Occupation(s)	Singer, song-writer, composer, lyricist, music director
Years active	2015–present
Website	www.samirakoppikar.com

Early life

Samira was born into a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat Family from Bandra, Mumbai and has studied interior design. She has trained in Hindustani classical music.[3]

Career

Samira started recording for advertising jingles.[4] While she was in the process of forming another band, her talent was spotted by Indian Jazz Gurus Louis Banks and Joe Alvarez at a jamming session. They became her mentors and source of inspiration ever since.[2] Besides performing with her mentors, Samira appeared with some of the best musicians at corporate shows and music festivals across India and abroad. The best among them are Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2010,[2] Lavasa Music and Art Festival, and Taj Vivanta Mumbai and Pune. Arko Mukherjee heard Samira while she was performing one of her own compositions and offered her ‘Aaj Phir Tumpe Pyar Aaya hai",[5] her first playback song as a singer for the Bollywood film Hate Story 2 from 2014, has been a huge hit with around 12 million hits on YouTube. This was followed by another hit number ‘Mohabbat Barsa De’ for the film Creature 3D.[6] Then Samira released her debut single ‘Bebasi’—a song and music video—as a singer songwriter in the Indie Space.[7] Another composition and song ‘Maati Ka Palang’ by Samira has been featured as part of a film score and album for the 2015 Bollywood movie NH10.[8] The film has been produced by Phantom Films, Eros International and Clean Slate Films and is directed by Navdeep Singh. The film features Anushka Sharma and Neil Bhoopalam in lead roles.[9] Samira was greatly appreciated for her next Bollywood composition "Bairaagi" from Bareilly Ki Barfi which was also nominated for the Filmfare Awards & Mirchi Music Awards.[10][11]

Apart from composing and singing for Bollywood films, Samira also maintains her strong presence in the independent space with songs released independently like Bebasi featuring musicians such as Kalyan Baruah, Gino Banks and Sheldon D'silva,[12] Kaanch Ke (featuring Lipstick Under My Burkha fame Aahna Kumra),[13] etc. to her credit.

Samira has composed soundtracks for films like Bareilly ki Barfi, NH10, Dobaara and her recent work is the full music of the Saif Ali Khan starrer Laal Kaptaan.

Filmography

As a Bollywood music director and composer

Year	Film	Song	Singer	Composer	Lyricist
2015	NH10	Maati Ka Palang	Samira Koppikar	Samira Koppikar[9][14]	Neeraj Rajawat
2017	Dobaara: See Your Evil	Ab Raat[15]	Arijit Singh[9][16]		Puneet Sharma
		Ab Raat (Female version)	Samira Koppikar[9][17]		Puneet Sharma
	Bareilly Ki Barfi	Bairaagi	Arijit Singh, Samira Koppikar[9][18]		Puneet Sharma
		Bairaagi (Female version)	Samira Koppikar[9][18]		Puneet Sharma
2019	Laal Kaptaan[19]	Kaal Kaal	Brijesh Shandilya, Dino James	Samira Koppikar	Saurabh Jain
		Red Red Najariya	Shreya Ghoshal		Saurabh Jain
		Taandav	Kailash Kher, Brijesh Shandilya		Puneet Sharma
		Lahu Ka Rang Kara	Samira Koppikar		Sahib

As playback singer

Year	Film	Song	Co-singer	Composer
2014	Hate Story 2	Aaj Phir Tumpe	Arijit Singh	Arko Pravo Mukherjee[20]
	Creature 3D	Mohabbat Barsa De[21]	Arijit Singh, Arjun	Tony Kakkar[6]
2015	NH10	Maati Ka Palang	Samira Koppikar[22]
	Jackpot	Kabhi Jo Baadal Barse (Unplugged)	Arijit Singh	Sharib-Toshi[23]
2016	Ishq Click	Abhi Ajnabee	Samira Koppikar	Satish-Ajay[24]
	Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (TV series)	Ishq Se Tu	Rishabh Srivastava[25]
	Fuddu	Aankhen Meri	Sarosh Sami	Rana Majumdar[26]
2017	Dobaara: See Your Evil	Ab Raat	Samira Koppikar[27]
	Bareilly Ki Barfi	Bairaagi (Samira's version)[28]
2019	Laal Kaptaan	Lahu Ka Rang Kara	-	Samira Koppikar

Indie music and collaborations

Year	Song	Singer- Composer	Collaborations /Musicians	Lyrics
2014	Bebasi	Samira Koppikar	Indrajit Sharma, Prakash Sontakke, Kalyan Baruah, Gino Banks, Sheldon D'silva	Neeraj Rajawat
2019	Kaanch Ke[29]	Samira Koppikar	Krishna Pradhan, Tejas Vinchurkar, Rahul Sharma
2019	Mashaalein	Samira Koppikar	Jonathan Rebeiro, Hashmat & Sultana	Puneet Sharma

Awards and nominations

Award ceremony	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref
63rd Filmfare Awards	Best Music Album	Bareilly Ki Barfi	Nominated	[30]
10th Mirchi Music Awards	Female Vocalist of The Year	"Bairaagi" from Bareilly Ki Barfi	Nominated	[31]

References

На других языках

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Samira Koppikar (n. en Bombay) es una cantante y compositora india, se dedica a la música desde el 2005. Ella hizo su ingreso en el Bollywood, como cantante de playback a partir del 2014. Se hizo conocer con sus dos de sus primeros temas musicales como "Aaj Phir Tum Pe", que fue interpretada para una película titulada "Hate Story 2", ocupando el puesto número 7, dentro de las 10 primeras canciones del Bollywood en el 2014 y "Mohabbat Barsaa Dena tu", para una película titulada "Creature 3D". Ella hizo su debut como compositora, en la que compuso uno de sus temas musicales titulado "Maati Ka Palang", que fue interpretada para una película titulada "NH10". Uno de los logros de Samira, es que ella actuó en el Festival de Jazz en Montreal, junto a otras figuras reconocidas de la música como Louiz Banks y Joe Álvarez.

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