Samira Koppikar

Samira Koppikar is a music director, composer, singer and songwriter. In 2015 she made her debut as a Bollywood music composer with the song "Maati Ka Palang" for the film NH10. As a Bollywood playback singer she made her Bollywood playback singing debut in 2014 with two back to back songs, "Aaj Phir Tum Pe" for the film Hate Story 2 which reached number 7 in the top 10 Bollywood songs of 2014, and "Mohabbat Barsaa Dena tu" for the film Creature 3D. Co-sung with Arijit Singh, both the voice and the songs were received well by Indian audiences. She has performed at the Montreal International Jazz Festival.

Early life
Koppikar was born into a Konkani Chitrapur Saraswat Family from Bandra, Mumbai and has studied interior design. She has trained in Hindustani classical music.

Career
Koppikar started recording for advertising jingles. While she was in the process of forming another band, her talent was spotted by Indian jazz gurus Louis Banks and Joe Alvarez at a jamming session. They became her mentors.

Koppikar has appeared at corporate shows and music festivals across India and abroad. This includes Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2010, Lavasa Music and Art Festival, and Taj Vivanta Mumbai and Pune. Arko Mukherjee heard Koppikar while she was performing one of her own compositions and offered her ‘Aaj Phir Tumpe Pyar Aaya hai", her first playback song as a singer for the Bollywood film Hate Story 2 from 2014, has been a huge hit with around 12 million hits on YouTube. This was followed by another hit number ‘Mohabbat Barsa De’ for the film Creature 3D.

Then Koppikar released her debut single ‘Bebasi’—a song and music video—as a singer songwriter in the Indie Space. Another composition and song ‘Maati Ka Palang’ by Samira has been featured as part of a film score and album for the 2015 Bollywood movie NH10. 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. Samira was greatly appreciated for her next Bollywood composition "Bairaagi" from Bareilly Ki Barfi which was also nominated for the Filmfare Awards & Mirchi Music Awards.

Koppikar has released songs independently, such as "Bebasi", with musicians Kalyan Baruah, Gino Banks, and Sheldon D'silva, Kaanch Ke (featuring Lipstick Under My Burkha fame Aahna Kumra), etc. to her credit.

Koppikar has composed soundtracks for films like Bareilly ki Barfi, NH10, Dobaara and her recent work is the full music of the Saif Ali Khan starrer Laal Kaptaan.

Apart from Bollywood music, Koppikar has released two independent albums with Zee Music in 2023, consisting of 8 songs both in album 1 and album 2.

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.