Salim Merchant

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Salim Merchant

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Biography : Salim Merchant is a famous Hindi music director in India. He is the Salim in the Salim-Sulaiman duo which consists of him and his brother, Sulaiman Merchant. Salim and Sulaiman have been composing music for over a decade having scored for movies like Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi, Bhoot, Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, Matrubhoomi, Hum Tum and Dhoom to name a few. Having worked on a wide range of genres they have developed a unique understanding of cinema and a keen sense of knowing when to score and when to leave silences depending on the performances. The versatile duo has scored for a string of Bollywood movies, composed for several Indi-pop sensations including Viva, Asmaan, Shweta Shetty, Jasmine and Style Bhai among others, composed and produced hundreds of TV commercials and collaborated with a host of artistes of the likes Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ustad Sultan Khan. They got their first big break when Karan Johar gave them a call and asked them to compose the music for his movie, Kaal. After that, they have gone to do movies with well-known producers and directors like Yash Chopra, Subhash Ghai and Ram Gopal Varma. Before composing music, they were composing the background scores for movies. They are famous for their background scores in their horror flicks.

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