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Career

After completing his graduation Simerjit moved to

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in 1997 to pursue his passion of films. He started his career as an assistant director to Director Anees Bazmee for his second directorial venture, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998), After that he joined to

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for Raju Chacha (2000) &

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(2005), He also assisted to

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for his directorial debut film, Zameen (2003). While doing

he gets a chance to work as a chief assistant director for his first Punjabi film Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris (2006) Directed by

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. This film was his last film as an assistant. Simerjit made his directorial debut with his own written Punjabi film Chak Jawana (2010) starring

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, Jonita Doda,

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, Karamjit Anmol, and Harry Sharan. Although this film could not do well on box office. His second film was Daddy Cool Munde Fool (2013) starring

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, Ihana Dhillon, Yuvika Chaudhary,

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. This film scored the fifth highest Punjabi film opening week collections at the time of release with an opening week collection of Rs 2.60 cr. The next venture of Simerjit was film Baaz (2014), an action Drama starring

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and

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is in negative role. His latest released film

(2015) starring

, Aditi Sharma, Sargun Mehta,

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and

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, became huge success at the box office. Currently he is working for his upcoming Punjabi film Nikka Zaildar starring

Sonam Bajwa Sonampreet Bajwa (born 16 August 1989), is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Punjabi films. One of the highest paid actress of Punjabi cinema, Bajwa is a recipient of two PTC Punjabi Film Awards along with nominations for four Filmf ...

, karamjit Anmol, & many more. This is a family Drama film full of comedy and Punjabi flavored punches, Produced by Patiala Motion Pictures. Nikka Zaildar was scheduled to be released on 11 November 2016.

Filmography

Director

* '' Oye Makhna'' (2022) * '' Nikka Zaildar 3'' (2019) * ''

Muklawa ''Muklawa'' is a 2019 Indian Punjabi-language, comedy-drama film directed by Simerjit Singh under the banner of Ammy Virk Productions. The film is produced by Gunbir Singh Sidhu and Manmord Sidhu. The film stars Ammy Virk, Sonam Bajwa, Gurpr ...

'' (2019) * '' Mar Gaye Oye Loko'' (2018) * '' Subedar Joginder Singh'' (2018) * '' Nikka Zaildar 2'' (2017) * '' Nikka Zaildar'' (2016) * ''

'' (2015) * ''Baaz'' (2014) * '' Daddy Cool Munde Fool '' (2013) * ''Chak Jawana'' (2010)

Producer

* ''Television'' (2020) * ''Parauhneya Nu Daffa Karo'' (2020)

Writer

* ''Chak Jawana'' (2010)

Assistant Director

*2006 '' Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris'' *2005 ''

'' *2003 '' Zameen'' *2000 '' Raju Chacha'' *1998 '' Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha''

Awards

;PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2016 * PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2016 for Best Director For the Film

(2015)

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Simerjit Living people Punjabi-language film directors 1973 births Film directors from Punjab, India 21st-century Indian people People from Moga district