Simerjit Singh (born 6 December 1973) is an

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n film director and writer. He is best known for directing the Punjabi film Angrej.

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

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for his second directorial venture, Pyaar To Hona Hi Tha (1998), After that he joined to Anil Devgan 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 Manoj Punj. This film was his last film as an assistant. Simerjit made his directorial debut with his own written Punjabi film Chak Jawana (2010) starring Gurdas Maan, Jonita Doda,

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, and

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. Although this film could not do well on box office. His second film was Daddy Cool Munde Fool (2013) starring

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, Amrinder Gill, Ihana Dhillon,

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, Jaswinder Bhalla, Amar Noorie &

. 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 Babbu Maan,

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is in negative role. His latest released film Angrej (2015) starring Amrinder Gill, Aditi Sharma,

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

, Sonam Bajwa,

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, & 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

* '' Daddy Cool Munde Fool 2'' (2021) * '' Nikka Zaildar 3'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2019) * '' Mar Gaye Oye Loko'' (2018) * ''

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'' (2018) * '' Nikka Zaildar 2'' (2017) * '' Nikka Zaildar'' (2016) * '' Angrej'' (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 Angrej (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 film directors People from Moga district