Genres Film score, soundtrack Genre Film score | Years active 1983–present Record label TIPS Music | |
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Origin Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Occupation(s) Music director, composer, record producer, instrumentalist, arranger, programmer Albums Dil Le Gaya Ajnabi, Mumbai Meri Jaan Nominations Filmfare Award for Best Background Score Music director Madaari, My Friend Ganesha, Drishyam, Mumbai Meri Jaan, Lai Bhaari Similar Nishikant Kamat, Ritesh Shah, Vishal Bhardwaj, Jeethu Joseph, Ajay Devgan | ||
Sameer Phaterpekar is an Indian composer who composes music for Hindi films.
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Life and early career
Sameer Phaterpekar started his career in the Indian film music Industry as a musician in 1982. During the golden era of live recordings he got an opportunity to workwith legends like R.D.Burman, Kalyanji-Anandji, Rajesh Roshan as well as a guitarist for iconic song composition byLaxmikant-Payrelalfor Hawa Hawaii (Mr. India), Choli ke peeche kya hai (Khalnayak), Jumma Chumma (Hum)and for Nadeem – Shravan (Ashiqui). As the face of the music industry started changing in 2002, Sameer ventured out as an independent music composer after setting his foot as a music composer with his first two albums ‘Khoobsurat’ by Venus music company along with Anand Bakshi and the noted gazal singer Talat Aziz and ‘Dil le gaya Ajnabi’ with well-known voice of the music industry Alka Yagnik by Tips music. Sameer went to give background score for nearly 55 Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi and Tamil Films. He has composed songs for remarkable songs like ‘O My Friend Ganesha’ the title track of the popular kid’s movie ‘My Friend Ganesha’ which was a range. Mr. Sameer has been associated with all the films’ directed by Mr.Nishikant Kamat. He has composed music for ‘Pal Mai Achanak’ for Nishikant Kamat’s the directorial debut in Hindi cinema ‘Mumbai Meri Jaan’ as well as for ‘Dombivali Fast’ a critically acclaimed National Award film which marked the directorial debut of Nishikant Kama in Marathi cinema. He has also composed background score for John Abraham starrer film ‘Force’ as well as for Marathi debut of Ritesh Deshmukh award-winning movie ‘Lai Bhari’ which was a huge commercial success. The most recent of this association was composing the background score for Ajay Devgan-Tabu starrer Drishyam, which has received both critical appreciation and commercial success also for Irfan Khan, Jimmy Shergill, Tushar Dalvi star cast film ‘Madaari’. One of the milestones of his musical career was receiving the 'Best Background Music' award at the 5th Dada Saheb Phalke Film Festival 2015. Sameer sees every new project as a new journey and is he is waiting to embark on many such journeys in the future.