Sameer (lyricist)
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Sameer is an India
n lyricist
,the main form of work undertaken by Sameer is for Indian songs in Hindi language films. His father is the famed Hindi lyricist, Anjaan
(Lalji Pandey). Since the beginning of his career, Sameer has penned around 4,000 songs in over 500 Hindi films and more than 130 songs in 23 regional films, including Bhojpuri and Marathi
language films. He has won three Filmfare Awards
.
Recently, he announced his association with Tumbhi where he would nurture & review artists and their artwork.(2010).
. He earned a Master of Commerce
degree at the Banaras Hindu University
in Varanasi
, and started a new position as a bank officer
at the Central Bank of India
. However, a few days after joining, he left the job because, according to him, he "knew the bank was not my world". In order to pursue a career as a lyricist, he moved to Mumbai
in 1980.
Bekhabar (1983). The first film song he recorded was Maar Ke Kataaree Mar Jaibe for the Bhojpuri film
Bairi Saawan (1984) sung by Suresh Wadkar
and Preeti Sagar
. In 1990, he came into prominence with hit songs in films such as Dil
and Aashiqui
. He won his first Filmfare Award for the song Nazar Ke Saamne in the latter. In the following decades he emerged as a leading lyricist in Bollywood
, writing the lyrics for over 500 Hindi films (4,000 songs).
According to Sameer, his inspirations have been lyricists Majrooh Sultanpuri
and Anand Bakshi
, and his father, Anjaan
, a leading lyricist. He has said on several occasions that, "Whatever I am today is only because of my father."
Sameer won two additional Filmfare Awards
in 1993 and 1994; one for the song Teri Umeed Tera Intezaar from the movie Deewana, and second for the song Ghunghat Ki Aad from Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
. Some of his most successful songs include songs in films like Beta
, Saajan
, Raja Babu
, Coolie No. 1
, Raja Hindustani
, Anjaam
, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
, Fiza
, Dhadkan
, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
, Devdas
, Raaz
, Dil Hai Tumhaara
, Tere Naam
, No Entry
, Aksar
, Dhoom 2
, Saawariya
, Damadamm!
and more.
The famous music composer duo Nadeem-Shravan
chose Sameer as their lyricist for most of their works. Sameer authored more than 950 under the music composition of famous music composer duo Anand-Milind
.
Sanchita, Suchita (daughters) and Siddhesh (son). His mother, Indira Pandey, lives with them.
A biography, "Sameer - A Way with Words" by Derek Bose
was released by Amitabh Bachchan
in 2007.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n lyricist
Lyricist
A lyricist is a songwriter who specializes in lyrics. A singer who writes the lyrics to songs is a singer-lyricist. This differentiates from a singer-composer, who composes the song's melody.-Collaboration:...
,the main form of work undertaken by Sameer is for Indian songs in Hindi language films. His father is the famed Hindi lyricist, Anjaan
Anjaan
Anjaan was the nom-de-plume of Lalji Pandey, the Hindi movie lyricist famous for songs such as Khaike Paan Banaraswala from Don and Rote hue aate hain sab from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar....
(Lalji Pandey). Since the beginning of his career, Sameer has penned around 4,000 songs in over 500 Hindi films and more than 130 songs in 23 regional films, including Bhojpuri and Marathi
Marathi language
Marathi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of western and central India. It is the official language of the state of Maharashtra. There are over 68 million fluent speakers worldwide. Marathi has the fourth largest number of native speakers in India and is the fifteenth most...
language films. He has won three Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
.
Recently, he announced his association with Tumbhi where he would nurture & review artists and their artwork.(2010).
Biography
Sameer, officially named Shitala Pandey, but commonly known by his nickname Rajan, was born near Benaras, Uttar PradeshUttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...
. He earned a Master of Commerce
Master of Commerce
Master of Commerce is a postgraduate Masters Degree focusing on commerce-, management- and economics-related subjects. Like the undergraduate Bachelor of Commerce, the degree is offered in Commonwealth nations.-Structure:The Master of Commerce typically requires one year of full-time study...
degree at the Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University is a public university located in Varanasi, India and is one of the Central Universities of India. It is the largest residential university in Asia, with over 24,000 students in its campus. BHU was founded in 1916 by Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya under the Parliamentary...
in Varanasi
Varanasi
-Etymology:The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south...
, and started a new position as a bank officer
Bank officer
A bank officer is an employee of a bank endowed with the legal capacity to agree to and sign documents on behalf of the institution. The title is usually held by branch managers, assistant managers, loan officers, and other experienced personnel...
at the Central Bank of India
Central Bank of India
Central Bank of India , a government-owned bank, is one of the oldest and largest commercial banks in India. It is based in Mumbai...
. However, a few days after joining, he left the job because, according to him, he "knew the bank was not my world". In order to pursue a career as a lyricist, he moved to Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...
in 1980.
Career
Sameer started his career as a lyricist in 1983 with the filmBekhabar (1983). The first film song he recorded was Maar Ke Kataaree Mar Jaibe for the Bhojpuri film
Bairi Saawan (1984) sung by Suresh Wadkar
Suresh Wadkar
Suresh Ishwar Wadkar is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films.He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films and in Konkani.- Early life :...
and Preeti Sagar
Preeti Sagar
Preeti Sagar is a former Bollywood playback singer who won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the folk song Mhare gaon.. in Manthan in 1978 and was previously nominated for the hit song "My Heart is Beating" from Julie ....
. In 1990, he came into prominence with hit songs in films such as Dil
Dil
For the Rugrats and All Grown Up! character see Dil Pickles. For the integrated circuit package see Dual in-line package. Or, for other uses, see DIL ....
and Aashiqui
Aashiqui
Aashiqui is a 1990 Bollywood romance film, particularly noted for its music. The film made the careers of Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal and Nadeem-Shravan. It was released on 23 July 1990.-Plot:...
. He won his first Filmfare Award for the song Nazar Ke Saamne in the latter. In the following decades he emerged as a leading lyricist in Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
, writing the lyrics for over 500 Hindi films (4,000 songs).
According to Sameer, his inspirations have been lyricists Majrooh Sultanpuri
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Majrooh Sultanpuri was an Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter...
and Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...
, and his father, Anjaan
Anjaan
Anjaan was the nom-de-plume of Lalji Pandey, the Hindi movie lyricist famous for songs such as Khaike Paan Banaraswala from Don and Rote hue aate hain sab from Muqaddar Ka Sikandar....
, a leading lyricist. He has said on several occasions that, "Whatever I am today is only because of my father."
Sameer won two additional Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
in 1993 and 1994; one for the song Teri Umeed Tera Intezaar from the movie Deewana, and second for the song Ghunghat Ki Aad from Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, produced by Tahir Hussain and with a musical score by Nadeem-Shravan. It stars Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla...
. Some of his most successful songs include songs in films like Beta
Beta (film)
Beta is a 1992 Hindi movie directed by Indra Kumar. The film featured the pairing of Madhuri Dixit with Anil Kapoor in lead roles...
, Saajan
Saajan
Saajan is a 1991 Hindi film directed by Lawrence D'Souza and starring Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, and Salman Khan. It was released on 30 August, 1991....
, Raja Babu
Raja Babu
Raja Babu is a 1994 Bollywood movie directed by David Dhawan.The film stars Karisma Kapoor , Govinda, Shakti Kapoor, Kadar Khan, Aruna Irani, Prem Chopra and Gulshan Grover, with music by Anand-Milind and lyrics by Sameer. It is a remake of K...
, Coolie No. 1
Coolie No. 1
Coolie No. 1 is a 1995 Hindi language movie directed by David Dhawan.The film stars Karisma Kapoor, Govinda, Shakti Kapoor, Kadar Khan, Sadashiv Amrapurkar with music by Anand-Milind. This movie was one of the first successful movie of Karisma Kapoor. Actor Govinda got Star Screen Award Special...
, Raja Hindustani
Raja Hindustani
The soundtrack was composed by Nadeem Shravan. It consisted of tracks like "Kinna Sona Tenu" which was based on a song with the same title by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and "Pardesi Pardesi" .- 1996 Filmfare Awards :Won* Filmfare...
, Anjaam
Anjaam
Anjaam is an Indian Bollywood movie released on 22 April 1994, directed by Rahul Rawail. It stars Madhuri Dixit and Shahrukh Khan in pivotal roles. Actors Deepak Tijori, Himani Shivpuri, Tinnu Anand, Kalpana Iyer and Kiran Kumar appear in supporting roles...
, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
Kuch Kuch Hota Hai is a Hindi romantic comedy film, released in India and the United Kingdom on 16 October 1998. The film was written and directed by the debuting Karan Johar and stars the popular on-screen pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in their fourth movie together...
, Fiza
Fiza
Fiza is a 2000 Indian film written and directed by Khalid Mohammed. The film stars Karisma Kapoor, Hrithik Roshan and Jaya Bachchan.- Synopsis :...
, Dhadkan
Dhadkan
Dhadkan is a Bollywood movie which deals with the love triangle of Akshay Kumar, Shilpa Shetty and Sunil Shetty. Sunil Shetty won a Filmfare Best Villain Award for his performance.- Synopsis :...
, Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham... is a Bollywood film released in India and countries with large NRI populations on 14 December 2001....
, Devdas
Devdas (2002 film)
Devdas is a 2002 Bollywood film based on the 1917 Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novella Devdas. This is the third Hindi version and the first colour film version of the story in Hindi...
, Raaz
Raaz
Raaz means "secret" and is the name of four Indian films:* Raaz , 1967 film directed by Ravindra Dave* Raaz , 1981 film directed by Harmesh Malhotra* Raaz , 2002 fantasy thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt...
, Dil Hai Tumhaara
Dil Hai Tumhaara
Dil Hai Tumhaara is a 2002 Bollywood romantic comedy and family film starring Rekha, Preity Zinta, Mahima Chaudhry, Arjun Rampal, Jimmy Shergill and Alok Nath...
, Tere Naam
Tere Naam
Tere Naam is an Indian Hindi film. The film was directed by Satish Kaushik and released on 15 August 2003. The film stars Salman Khan and Bhoomika Chawla in leading roles. It is a remake of the 1999 Tamil film Sethu....
, No Entry
No Entry
No Entry is a Hindi comedy film released in 2005. It was directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Boney Kapoor. The films stars Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitley, Esha Deol and Bipasha Basu. Sameera Reddy makes a special appearance...
, Aksar
Aksar
Aksar is a 2006 Hindi thriller film directed by Anant Mahadevan and produced by Narendra and Shyam Bajaj under the banner of Siddhi Vinayak Creations. The film stars Emraan Hashmi and Udita Goswami in the lead roles, while Dino Morea plays a cameo...
, Dhoom 2
Dhoom 2
Dhoom 2: Back In Action is a 2006 Bollywood action film directed by Sanjay Gadhvi and produced by Aditya Chopra and Yash Chopra at an estimated budget of Rs 350 million. It is the second film in the Dhoom series. Abhishek Bachchan and Uday Chopra star in the film as buddy cops Jai Dixit and Ali,...
, Saawariya
Saawariya
Saawariya is a 2007 Hindi film based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story "White Nights".Co-produced by Sony Pictures Entertainment and released on 9 November 2007, it is the first Bollywood movie to receive a North American release by a Hollywood studio, shortly preceding Walt Disney Pictures'...
, Damadamm!
Damadamm!
The film's original soundtrack has been composed by Himesh Reshammiya and Sachin Gupta while the lyrics are penned by Sameer, Himesh Reshammiya and Shabbir Ahmed.-Tracklist:-References:...
and more.
The famous music composer duo Nadeem-Shravan
Nadeem-Shravan
Nadeem-Shravan was a music director duo in the Bollywood film industry of India. The duo derives its name from the first names of its two principals, Nadeem Saifi and Shravan Rathod....
chose Sameer as their lyricist for most of their works. Sameer authored more than 950 under the music composition of famous music composer duo Anand-Milind
Anand-Milind
Anand and Milind are an Indian music directors duo consisting of Anand Shrivastav and his younger brother Milind. They have composed music for over 200 Bollywood films and are the sons of 60s music director, Chitragupta.-Career:...
.
Personal
A quiet, unassuming man in his private life, Sameer is married to Anita Pandey and the couple have three children:Sanchita, Suchita (daughters) and Siddhesh (son). His mother, Indira Pandey, lives with them.
A biography, "Sameer - A Way with Words" by Derek Bose
Derek Bose
Derek Bose is a well-known author and journalist who specializes in Bollywood and other aspects of India's film industry.An alumnus of St Columba's, New Delhi, he has held senior editorial positions with India's premier news organisations, the Press Trust of Indiaand the Indian Express...
was released by Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
in 2007.
Awards
- Filmfare Best Lyricist AwardFilmfare Best Lyricist AwardThe Filmfare Lyricist Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.The awards were first given in 1953, however the Award for the best lyricist was first given in 1958.-Superlatives:...
:- 1991: Nazar Ke Saamne from AashiquiAashiquiAashiqui is a 1990 Bollywood romance film, particularly noted for its music. The film made the careers of Kumar Sanu, Anuradha Paudwal and Nadeem-Shravan. It was released on 23 July 1990.-Plot:...
- 1993: Teri Umeed Tera Intezaar from Deewana
- 1994: Ghunghat Ki Aad from Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar KeHum Hain Rahi Pyaar KeHum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke is a 1993 Bollywood film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, produced by Tahir Hussain and with a musical score by Nadeem-Shravan. It stars Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla...
- 1991: Nazar Ke Saamne from Aashiqui
- Zee Cine Award for Best LyricistZee Cine Award for Best LyricistThe Zee Cine Award Best Lyricist is chosen by the jury and the winner is announced at the actual ceremony.The award is given in the current year but the winner is awarded for his/her work in the previous year.The winners are listed below:-...
:- 1998: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai from Kuch Kuch Hota HaiKuch Kuch Hota HaiKuch Kuch Hota Hai is a Hindi romantic comedy film, released in India and the United Kingdom on 16 October 1998. The film was written and directed by the debuting Karan Johar and stars the popular on-screen pair of Shahrukh Khan and Kajol in their fourth movie together...
- 1998: Kuch Kuch Hota Hai from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai