Samira Koppikar

Samira Koppikar
Background information
Birth name	Samira Koppikar
Born	Mumbai, India
Genres	Acoustic folk, indie rock, fusion, jazz, indie pop, folktronica, alternative folk rock, ghazals, Indian film music
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, composer, lyricist, music director
Years active	2014–present

Samira Koppikar is an Indian music director, composer, singer and songwriter. In 2015, she made her debut as a Bollywood composer with the song "Maati Ka Palang" for the film NH10 . As a Bollywood playback singer, she was distinguished by the song "Aaj Phir Tum Pe" featured in Hate Story 2 (2014) which reached 7th in the top 10 Bollywood songs of 2014. ^[1] She has performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival. ^[2]

Early life

Koppikar was born into a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat family from Bandra, Mumbai, and studied interior design. She has trained in Hindustani classical music. ^[3]

Career

Koppikar began her career by recording advertising jingles. ^[4] While she was in the process of forming a band, she was spotted by Indian jazz gurus Louis Banks and Joe Alvarez at a jamming session, who later became her mentors. ^[2]

Koppikar has appeared at corporate shows and music festivals across India and abroad including the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2010, ^[2] Lavasa Music and Art Festival, and Taj Vivanta Mumbai and Pune. Arko Mukherjee heard Koppikar while she was performing one of her compositions and offered her "Aaj Phir Tumpe Pyar Aaya hai", ^[5] her first playback song as a singer for the Bollywood film Hate Story 2 from 2014. As of 2025, its video song received 213 million views on YouTube. This was followed by "Mohabbat Barsa De" for the film Creature 3D. ^[6]

Koppikar released her debut single "Bebasi"—a song and music video—as a singer-songwriter in the Indie space. ^[7] Another composition and song "Maati Ka Palang" by Koppikar was featured as part of a film score and album for the 2015 Bollywood movie NH10 . ^[8] The film has been produced by Phantom Films, Eros International and Clean Slate Films and is directed by Navdeep Singh. The film features Anushka Sharma and Neil Bhoopalam in lead roles. ^[9] Samira then released her next Bollywood composition "Bairaagi" from Bareilly Ki Barfi which was also nominated for the Filmfare Awards & Mirchi Music Awards. ^{[10] [11]}

Koppikar has released songs independently, such as "Bebasi", with musicians Kalyan Baruah, Gino Banks, and Sheldon D'silva, ^[12] as well as "Kaanch Ke" (featuring Lipstick Under My Burkha 's Aahna Kumra). ^[13] Koppikar has composed soundtracks for NH10 (2015), Bareilly ki Barfi (2017), Laal Kaptaan (2019), and Dobaara (2022). Apart from Bollywood music, Koppikar has released two independent albums with Zee Music in 2023, both consisting of 8 songs.

She has also ventured as an Independent music artist by releasing 6 songs, 2 singles "Prem Scam" and "Mohabbat ki Wajah", and 1 EP "Sang Baarishon Ke". ^[14]

Filmography

As a Bollywood Music Director and Playback Singer

Year	Film	Song	Co-singer	Composer	Lyrics
2013	Jackpot	Kabhi Jo Badal Barse (Unplugged)	Arijit Singh	Shaarib-Toshi	A. M. Turaz
2014	Hate Story 2	Aaj Phir Tumpe		Arko Pravo Mukherjee
	Creature 3D	Mohabbat Barsa De	Arijit Singh, Arjun	Tony Kakkar
2015	NH10	Maati Ka Palang	Solo	Samira Koppikar	Neeraj Rajawat
2016	Ishq Click	Abhi Ajnabee (Version 1)		Satish-Ajay	Satish Tripathi
	Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (TV series)	Ishq Se Tu	Rishabh Srivastava
	Fuddu	Aankhen Meri	Sarosh Sami	Rana Majumdar, Sumeet Bellary	Satya Khare
2017	Dobaara: See Your Evil	Ab Raat (Version 1)	Arijit Singh	Samira Koppikar	Puneet Sharma
		Ab Raat (Version 2)	Samira Koppikar, Jonathan Rebeiro
	Bareilly Ki Barfi	Bairaagi	Arijit Singh, Samira Koppikar
		Bairaagi (Female)	Samira Koppikar
2019	Laal Kaptaan	Taandav	Kailash Kher, Brijesh Shandilya
		Lahu Ka Rang Kara	Samira Koppikar		Sahib
		Kaal Kaal	Brijesh Shandilya, Dino James		Saurabh Jain
		Red Red Najariya	Shreya Ghoshal
TBA	Bole Chudiyan	Rehguzar	Samira Koppikar, Shahid Mallya		TBA

Indie music and collaborations

Year	Song	Singer- Composer	Collaborations /Musicians	Lyrics
2014	Bebasi	Samira Koppikar	Indrajit Sharma, Prakash Sontakke, Kalyan Baruah, Gino Banks, Sheldon D'silva	Neeraj Rajawat
2019	Kaanch Ke [15]		Krishna Pradhan, Tejas Vinchurkar, Rahul Sharma
2019	Mashaalein		Jonathan Rebeiro, Hashmat & Sultana	Puneet Sharma
2019	Dil Nachda	Samira Koppikar & Sanam Puri	Samar Puri, Venky S, Keshav Dhanraj	Sahib
2020	Tere Naam Sahare [16]	Samira Koppikar	Sanah Moidutty	Dino James
2021	Baat Kya Hai		Samira Koppikar	Shellee
2021	Iss Dil Ka			Yash Eshwari
2023	Sang Baarishon ke			Samira Koppikar
2023	Boondon ki Saazish
2023	Prem Scam [17]	Samira Koppikar ft. Brijesh Shandilya	Samira Koppikar, Brijesh Shandilya	Samira Koppikar, Saurabh Jain

Non-Film Music for Zee Company

Year	Song	Singer	Composer	Lyrics
2020	Main Yeh Haath Jo	Samira Koppikar & Stebin Ben	Samira Koppikar	Neeraj Rajawat
2020	Rabba Khaireya [18]	Stebin Ben & Samira Koppikar		Yash Eshwari
2020	Meherma	Jonita Gandhi & Shashwat Singh		Sahib
2020	Mann Basiya [19]	Stebin Ben & Samira Koppikar		Sahib
2020	Ishq Tumpe Aise	Bhaven Dhanak & Samira Koppikar		Yash Eshwari
2020	Khumariyaan	Raj Barman & Samira Koppikar		Shaheen Iqbal
2020	La Ilm	Samira Koppikar & Stebin Ben		Shaheen Iqbal
2020	Kaanch Ke [20]	Samira Koppikar		Neeraj Rajawat
2020	Mashaalein			Puneet Sharma

Non-Film Album for Zee Music Company

Year	Song	Singer	Composer	Lyrics
2023	Tujhe Pyaar [21]	Samira Koppikar & Raj Barman	Samira Koppikar	Yahya Bootwala
2023	Raahatein	Samira Koppikar		Puneet Sharma
2023	Chal Chalein Kahin Duur			Sahib
2023	Pehla Nasha	Samira Koppikar & Bhaven Dhanak		Yash Eshwari
2023	Das Ki Kariye			Yash Eshwari
2023	Beliya [22]	Samira Koppikar & Shashwat Singh		Shaheen Iqbal
2023	Ishqani Hawa	Samira Koppikar		Puneet Sharma
2023	Dil Nu Laggeya			Sahib

Non-Film Album 2 for Zee Music Company

Year	Song	Singer	Composer	Lyrics
2023	Rootha Yaar	Samira Koppikar	Samira Koppikar	Puneet Sharma
2023	Jind Saiyyan [23]	Samira Koppikar, Paresh Pahuja		Sahib
2023	Dil Awara	Samira Koppikar & Kinjal Chatterjee		Yash Eshwari
2023	Manchale	Samira Koppikar & Lakshay Shikhar		Sahib
2023	Dhoop Chaanv	Samira Koppikar		Devendra Dangi
2023	Khush Qismati	Zyra Nargolwala & Bhaven Dhanak
2023	Dil De Kol Kol [24]	Samira Koppikar & Kinjal Chatterjee		Yash Eshwari
2023	Sun Jaaniya	Samira Koppikar & Shashwat Singh		Sahib

Indie Music

Year	Song	Singer	Composer	Lyrics
2023	Prem Scam	Samira Koppikar	Brijesh Shandilya	Saurabh Jain, Samira Koppikar
2023	Baat Kya Hai	Samira Koppikar	Samira Koppikar	Shellee
2023	Sang Baarishon Ke			Samira Koppikar
2023	Boondon Ki Saazish
2023	Iss Dil Ka			Yash Eshwari
2023	Mohabbat Ki Wajah			Samira Koppikar
2023	Shartiya			Neeraj Rajawat
2023	World Cup Yeh Humara Hai			Samira Koppikar
2023	Tere Mere

Awards and nominations

Award ceremony	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref
63rd Filmfare Awards	Best Music Album	Bareilly Ki Barfi	Nominated	[25]
10th Mirchi Music Awards	Female Vocalist of The Year	"Bairaagi" from Bareilly Ki Barfi	Nominated	[26]

References

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18. Rabba Khaireya - Paras Arora, Hiba Nawab | Stebin Ben, Samira Koppikar, Yash E | Zee Music Originals, 23 June 2022, retrieved 19 September 2023
19. Mann Basiya - Stebin Ben & Tunisha Sharma | Samira Koppikar | Sahib | Zee Music Originals, 15 March 2022, retrieved 19 September 2023
20. Kaanch Ke | Aahana Kumra | Samira Koppikar, Neeraj Rajawat | Zee Music Originals, 6 January 2019, retrieved 19 September 2023
21. Tujhe Pyaar - Official Music Video | Samira Koppikar & Raj Barman | Yahya Bootwala & Gunjan Saini, 22 February 2023, retrieved 19 September 2023
22. Beliya - Official Music Video | Samira Koppikar | Shashwat Singh | Shaheen Iqbal, 26 February 2023, retrieved 19 September 2023
23. Jind Saiyyan - Official Music Video | Samira Koppikar & Paresh Pahuja, 20 April 2023, retrieved 19 September 2023
24. Dil De Kol Kol - Lyrical | Samira Koppikar & Kinjal Chatterjee, 29 March 2023, retrieved 19 September 2023
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26. "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 6 February 2018.