Sanam Puri

Sanam Puri (born 30 June 1992) is an Indian singer and the lead vocalist of the band, Sanam.

Life and career

1993–2011: Early life

As a child, Puri attended the Bal Bharati Public School, Noida. He studied at the Kirori Mal College under the administration of the University of Delhi. He went to college for a short period of six months and eventually dropped out due to excessive ragging by his seniors.^[1]

Puri has never received any formal training in music and describes his artistry as "in-born". With expertise in playing the guitar, piano and many other instruments, Puri's vocal practice commenced at an age of 6, while he was in Muscat. Crediting his mother and brother Samar Puri for being the cause of his continuation of music practice, Puri states that it was only when he moved to Mumbai that he took music for serious, with a desire to pursue a career in it.^[2]

2011–13: SQS Supastars, Samar Sanam and non-film

In 2011, Puri, his brother Samar Puri, Venkat Subramanium and Keshav Dhanraj joined hands to form their band Sanam.^[2] In 2011, they released an album SQS Supastars. He also released an album 'Samar Sanam' with his brother Samar Puri in 2012.

2013–14: Bollywood and further

In 2013, Puri recorded his first Bollywood song "Dhat Teri Ki" alongside Aditi Singh Sharma for the Imran Khan–Kareena Kapoor Khan starrer Gori Tere Pyaar Mein, composed by the duo Vishal–Shekhar and penned by Kumaar. Puri's manager got him connected to the duo and it was after listening to his song "Teri Aankhon Se" that they offered him the project.^[2] The song was released as a single on 26 October 2013, and was an instantaneous hit.^[1][3] His collaboration with Vishal–Shekhar was followed by "Ishq Bulaava" from Hasee Toh Phasee.^[4]

Discography

Key

	Indicates single release
	Indicates promotional single release
•	Indicates non-album single

Film songs

Songs from soundtracks of films

Film	Year	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-singer(s)	Language	Ref.
Gori Tere Pyaar Mein	2013	"Dhat Teri Ki"	Vishal–Shekhar	Kumaar	Aditi Singh Sharma	Hindi	[5]
		"Dhat Teri Ki" (Remix Version)	Vishal–Shekhar (Remixed by DJ Rishabh)				[6]
		"Gori Tere Pyaar Mein" (Mashup Version)	Vishal–Shekhar (Mashup by Kiran Kamath)	Kumaar, Kausar Munir, Anvita Dutt Guptan	Mika Singh, Mamta Sharma, Shruti Pathak, Aditi Singh Sharma, Shankar Mahadevan, Shalmali Kholgade, Kamal Khan, Neeti Mohan, Nitesh Kadam, Sukhwinder Singh, Sanah Moidutty		[7]
Ishk Actually		"Lucky Tonight"	Chirantan Bhatt	Manoj Yadav	Ann Mitchai		[8]
		"Lucky Tonight" (Club Mix)					[9]
Hasee Toh Phasee	2014	"Ishq Bulaava"	Vishal–Shekhar	Kumaar	Shipra Goyal		[4]
The Amazing Spider-Man 2		"Main Hoon"	Sanam	Samar Puri, Manoj Yadav			[10]
Chandamama Kathalu		"E Kadha"	Mickey J Meyer	Vanamali	Shweta Pandit	Telugu	[11]
Humshakals		"Barbaad Raat"	Himesh Reshammiya	Mayur Puri	Shalmali Kholgade	Hindi	[12]
		"Humshakals – Mash Up"		Mayur Puri, Shabbir Ahmed, Sameer	Neeraj Shridhar, Neeti Mohan, Himesh Reshammiya, Shalmali Kholgade, Ash King, Mika Singh, Palak Muchhal		[13]

Non-film songs

Songs from non-film albums

Album	Year	Song	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-singer(s)	Language	Ref.
SQS Supastars	2011	"Aisa Laga"	Sanam	Samar Puri		Hindi	[14]
		"Behka"					[15]
		"Boondon Se"					[16]
		"Hawa Hawa"					[17]
		"Hawa Hawa" (Acoustic version)					[18]
		"Jaan Gaya"					[19]
		"Teri Aankhon Se"					[20]
		"Tumse"					[21]
Coke Studio @ MTV Season 3: Episode 3	2013	"Pinjra"	Clinton Cerejo	Manoj Yadav	Jonita Gandhi		[22]
Micromax Unite Anthem	2014	"Roobaroo"	A. R. Rahman	Prasoon Joshi	Benny Dayal, Raghu Dixit, Apeksha Dandekar, Shruti Pathak, Neeti Mohan, Kamal Khan, Brodha V, Voctronica, Swaroop Khan	Various	[23]
N/A		"Lag Ja Gale"	Madan Mohan (Recreated by Sanam)	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan		Hindi	[24]
		"Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga"	R. D. Burman (Recreated by Sanam)	Javed Akhtar			[25]
		"Aaap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha"	Madan Mohan (Recreated by Sanam)	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan			[26]

References