Simerjit Singh

Simerjit Singh (born in 1973) is an Indian film director and writer.[1] He was born and brought up in Moga district of Punjab. He is best known for directing the hugely successful Punjabi film Angrej (2015) starring Amrinder Gill, Aditi Sharma, Sargun Mehta, Ammy Virk and Binnu Dhillon as the main cast of the film and it became second highest-grossing Punjabi film in 2015 and the fourth highest-grossing Punjabi film of all time. He got selected in top 5 Directors of Pollywood in a survey by an organation.[2]

Simerjit Singh
Director Simerjit Singh With Actor Amrinder Gill on the set of Angrej
Born (1973-12-06) 6 December 1973
Moga, Punjab, India
OccupationFilm director
screenwriter
Years active1997–present

Career

After completing his graduation Simerjit moved to Mumbai 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 Anil Devgan for Raju Chacha (2000) & Blackmail (2005), He also assisted to Rohit Shetty for his directorial debut film, Zameen (2003). While doing Blackmail 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.[3]

Simerjit made his directorial debut with his own written Punjabi film Chak Jawana (2010) starring Gurdas Maan, Jonita Doda, Rana Ranbir, 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 Harish Verma, Amrinder Gill, Ihana Dhillon, Yuvika Chaudhary, Jaswinder Bhalla, Amar Noorie & Rana Ranbir. 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, Pooja Verma, Yograj Singh, Sardar Sohi and Mukul Dev is in negative role. His latest released film Angrej (2015) starring Amrinder Gill, Aditi Sharma, Sargun Mehta, Ammy Virk and Binnu Dhillon, became huge success at the box office.[4] Currently he is working for his upcoming Punjabi film Nikka Zaildar starring Ammy Virk, Sonam Bajwa, karamjit Anmol, & many more.[5] This is a family Drama film full of comedy and Punjabi flavored punches, Produced by Patiala Motion Pictures.[6] Nikka Zaildar was scheduled to be released on 11 November 2016.[7][8]

Filmography

Director

Producer
  • Television (2020)
  • Parauhneya Nu Daffa Karo (2020)

Writer
  • Chak Jawana (2010)

Assistant Director

Awards
PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2016
  • PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2016 for Best Director For the Film Angrej (2015)[9]

References
  1. "Simerjit Singh – Movies, Biography, News, Age & Photos". BookMyShow.
  2. "Top Directors of pollywood – wearepunjabis.com Ranks top 5 Directors of 2015". wearepunjabis.
  3. "INITIATIVE FILMS". www.initiativefilms.com.
  4. "Simerjit Singh".
  5. "NIKKA ZAILDAR (2016) – Ammy Virk & Sonam Bajwa,Karamjit Anmol & more – Movie". UNP. 23 April 2016.
  6. Sameer (23 April 2016). "Sonam, Ammy starrer Nikka Zaildar to release on Nov 11".
  7. http://www.fullonpunjabi.com/nikka-zaildar-ammy-virk/
  8. http://www.viralbulb.in/confirmed-sonam-bajwa-star-opposite-ammy-virk-nikka-zaildar/
  9. Bajwa, Sukhpal (14 April 2016). "List of Winners: PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2016".
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