Samidh Mukherjee (also spelled Mukherjee, bn, সমিধ মুখোপাধ্যায়) is an Indian
singer,
songwriter and
music composer from
Kolkata,
India. Mukherjee mainly works on
Bengali and
Hindi language films and television shows,. He also part of the Bengali music director's duo
Samidh-
Rishi
''Rishi'' () is a term for an accomplished and enlightened person. They find mentions in various Vedic texts. Rishis are believed to have composed hymns of the Vedas. The Post-Vedic tradition of Hinduism regards the rishis as "great yogis" or ...
.
Career
Later in his career Mukerjee composed many popular songs for many Bengali films. Some of his successful projects as a music composer are ''
Macho Mustanaa'', ''
Loveria'',
''Kranti'',
''Josh'',
''Dui Prithibi'', ''
Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo'',
''100% Love'', ''Om Shanti'', ''Majnu'', ''
Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re'' etc.
His debut music album ''Amar Blue Sunglass'' was released in 2012 from Remac Muzik. ''Amar Blue Sunglass'' has seven different genres of songs written, composed and sung by Mukerjee himself.
Singers from Hindi film and music industry like,
Shreya Ghoshal,
Sunidhi Chauhan
Sunidhi Chauhan (pronounced ; born 14 August 1983) is an Indian playback singer. Born in Delhi, she began performing in local gatherings at the age of 5 and made her career debut at the age of 13, with the film ''Shastra'' (1996). During the ye ...
,
Kunal Ganjawala
Kunal Ganjawala (born 14 April 1972) is an Indian playback singer whose songs are mostly featured in Hindi and Kannada films. He has also sung in Marathi, Bengali and other official languages of India. Kunal began his career by singing jingl ...
and many more sang under Mukerjee's music direction in the film
Macho Mustanaa. Shreya Ghoshal sang the song "Jaane Jaana" from the film ''
Macho Mustanaa'' in Mukerjee's composition.
Usha Uthup also sang in Mukerjee's composition. Kalpana Patowary was nominated as Best Female Playback Singer in 12th Tele-Cine Award, Kolkata for Mukerjee's composition "Koka Kola" from Bengali film ''
Faande Poriya Boga Kaande Re''.
Mukerjee appeared as an actor in Bengali film ''
Loveria'', which was released in 2013.
Mukerjee was featured in a song with
Rakhi Sawant in the Bengali film ''Om Shanti''. The song was composed and sung by Mukerjee himself.
Apart from acting, Mukerjee participated in the Bangla version (regional version) of the dancing reality show (dancing competition) ''Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'', which was aired in
ETV Bangla. Mukerjee was one of the finalists of the show.
Mukerjee was last seen in television as a contestant of
Zee Bangla's ''
Dance Bangla Dance'' Season 8. He was among the finalists of the show.
Mukerjee recently composed two songs for Pallavi Chatterjee's album ''Folk Sutra''.
Awards
Samidh-
Rishi
''Rishi'' () is a term for an accomplished and enlightened person. They find mentions in various Vedic texts. Rishis are believed to have composed hymns of the Vedas. The Post-Vedic tradition of Hinduism regards the rishis as "great yogis" or ...
composer duo got
Fever 104 FM Best Music Director Award for the film ''
Shedin Dekha Hoyechilo''.
Mukerjee was nominated for Best Music Director Award for the film ''
Loveria'' (Tele Cine Awards 2013).
Filmography
Music album
Television
References
External links
Official Website
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Indian male singer-songwriters
Indian singer-songwriters
Musicians from Kolkata
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)