Sulaiman Merchant

Sulaiman Merchant

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Sulaiman Merchant Profile

  • Name:
  • Sulaiman Merchant
  • Born / Home Town:
  • Bhuj
  • Father:
  • Sadruddin Merchant

Sulaiman Merchant Biography

Sulaiman Merchant is the brother of Salim Merchant and they together form the success pair of music directors – Salim Sulaiman. They have given successful music for many movies like Rab ne bana de Jodi, Kaal, Band Baaja Baaraat, Heroine, Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, Jodi breakers, Aashayein, Pyar impossible, Fashion, Kurban, Dor, Rocket Singh – Salesman of the year and Road side Romeo. They have successfully worked for the back ground music of many thriller movies and comedies and have received many awards in this section as well. They have been nominated for Daytime Emmy Award For Outstanding Original Song In A Children's Series in Daytime Emmy Awards (2009) for their work in Wonder pets.

 

They have proved their versatility in background score. They won Filmfare Best Background Score Award for Krissh in 2006. They have won Star Screen Award for Best Background Score twice – Dhoom and Bhoot. They have won Zee Cine Award for Best Background Score in 2005 for Ab tak chappan. Mujhse Shaadi Karogi presented them IIFA awards for best background score in the year 2005. Yet they are most known as music directors and singers rather than background scorers. Yet they have received only a single nomination as best music director. Songs of Shah Rukh Khan movie, Rab ne bana di Jodi gave them a nomination at Apsara awards in 2007. Tujh mein rab dikhta hai, Dance pe chance and Haule haule were quite popular during those days.

 

Sulaiman Merchant belongs to an Ismaili Muslim family of Kutch Gujarat and was musically inspired by their father - Sadruddin Merchant. Sadruddin Merchant used to lead Ismaili Scouts Orchestra that time. Sulaiman has trained tabla and his gurus include Taufiq Qureshi and Ustad Zakir Hussain. Through the back ground score and music of Bhoot in 2003, they came to limelight. Then they associated with Karan Johar’s Kaal and the item number Kaal damaal featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Mallika Arora for the second time, made them popular. After that, they have given many successful songs to Bollywood.

 

A few of their best songs – Aadat se majboor of Ladies vs Ricky Bahl, Jawani of Heroine, Mein vari vari of Baand baaja baraat and Shukra Allah of Kurbaan.

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Updated: July 18, 2013

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