Biography, Trivia of Salim Merchant

Salim Merchant is a Singer and also worked as Producer, Actor, Music Director, Background Music, Story Writer, Dialogue, Production Assistant, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Audiographer, Production Controller, Music Arranger. Salim Merchant has mostly worked in Hindi and has worked in languages like Hindi, Bengali, Telugu, Tamil.
Salim Merchant was born in Kutch, Gujarat. Salim has a brother Sulaiman Merchant. These two are known as the India’s topic music composers. They were raised in Muslim family. Their father Sadruddin Merchant used to lead Ismaili Scouts Orchestra in India. Salim was trained piano on at the Trinity College of Music in London while Sulaiman was trained in tabla under the legends like: Taufiq Qureshi and Ustad Zakir Hussain. After six years of devotion and dedication in the music industry, these two got recognized with the work in the film ‘Bhoot’. Their music in the film ‘Iqbal’ stole hearts of many fans. Then, they started composing songs for the movies like: Neal 'n' Nikki, Chak De! India, Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Fashion. They also composed songs for Indi-pop performers including Viva, Aasmaan, Shweta Shetty, Jasmine and Style Bhai. They also collaborated with artists like: Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Sultan Khan. They have also worked with many known bollywood directors like: Yash Chopra, Subhash Ghai and Ram Gopal Varma. Check out this page for more updates on Salim Merchant.