Simerjit Singh

Simerjit Singh
सिमरजीत सिंह
Born	(1973-12-06) 6 December 1973 Punjab, India
Occupation(s)	Film director screenwriter
Years active	1997–present

Simerjit Singh (born 1973 in Punjab) is an Indian film director and writer. 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. He completed his graduation in commerce from Chandigarh University in 1993.

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.

Simerjit made his directorial debut with his own written Punjabi film Chak Jawana (2010) staring 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 staring 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.

Filmography

Director

• Angrej (2015)
• Baaz (2014)
• Daddy Cool Munde Fool (2013)
• Chak Jawana (2010)

Writer

• Chak Jawana (2010)

Assistant Director

• 2006 Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris
• 2005 Blackmail
• 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)

External links

• Simerjit Singh at IMDb