Samar Puri (Guitarist) Height, Age, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Nickname	Summer
Profession(s)	Guitarist, Music Composer
Known For	Being the guitarist in the Indian music band SANAM
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 11" (180 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Debut	Music Album: Supastars (2010)
Awards	• 2010: Winners of Times Music Supastars as SQS Project • 2019: Radio City Freedom Award 2019 for Best Pop song of the year for the song "Itni Door" • 2019: Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Award for Live Band • 2018: Digital Icons of the Year by Talent Track Awards • 2018: Best Music Content Creator- (National Category) at the Social Media Summit & Awards
Personal Life
Date of Birth	2 June 1987 (Tuesday)
Age (as of 2023)	36 Years
Birthplace	Muscat, Oman
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Delhi
School(s)	• Indian School Muscat, Oman • St. Columba's School, New Delhi • Bal Bharati Public School, Noida
Religion	Hinduism
Ethnicity	Punjabi
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	18 February 2023
Marriage Place	Deohari Village, Sainj Distt, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh
Family
Wife/Spouse	Amisha Rana
Parents	Father- Sarang Puri (businessman) Mother- Indu Puri
Siblings	Brother- Sanam Puri (singer, songwriter, music composer) Sister- None
Other Relative(s)	Sister-in-Law- Zuchobeni Tungoe (singer, model; married to Sanam Puri)
Favourites
Music Band	The Beatles
Holiday Destination	Himachal Pradesh

Some Lesser Known Facts About Samar Puri

• Since childhood, he had an interest in music, and he began writing lyrics for songs at quite a young age.
  

  Samar Puri’s childhood picture

• At the age of six, he started to compose music.

• In 2003, Samar and his classmate Venky S or Venkat Subramaniyam (bass guitar) decided to make a band and took Samar’s brother Sanam as the vocalist.
  

  Samar Puri’s during his teens performing at an event

• During his college days, Samar, Sanam, and Venky joined a college rock circuit, where they met Keshav Dhanraj (drummer).

• Samar and Sanam, along with a few other members, had formed a music band ‘The Previous Band.’ However, two of its members went to Los Angeles to study music at a musical institute.

• In 2009, Samar and Sanam went to Mumbai to pursue a career in music. There, Venky reconnected with them.

• In 2010, they formed a band named SQS Project and participated in “Times Music Supastars,” which they won.
  

  SQS Project

• Initially, Sanam did not want to pursue music as his career. It was Samar and his mother who forced him to sing.

• Samar and Sanam have also appeared in a few Hindi TV music shows.
  

  Samar Puri in a TV show

• In 2013, ‘SQS project’ hired Ben Thomas (managing director, Kurian & Co Talent Management) as its manager.

• Apart from ‘Supastars,’ the band has released two more Hindi music albums named ‘Samar Sanam’ (2011) and ‘Sanam Revolution’ (2018).

• The band also released a few Hindi compilation albums such as ‘In Love with Sanam’ (2017), ‘Sanam Revisited’ (2015), ‘Universally Sanam’ (2019), and ‘Memories Vol. 1’ (2020).

• In 2012, they started uploading their songs on their YouTube channel ‘SANAM’ after which the band started gaining popularity.

• By 2014, the band renamed itself as ‘SANAM’.
  

  Sanam Band

• In 2018, the band released their single ‘Sanam Mennu,’ which made the band Artist of the Month on MTV Beats. The band has released a few more hit singles like Tu Yahaan, Ek Pyar Nagma, Kahi Door, Chala Jata Hoon, Fakira, and Jane De Pyar.
  

• The band recorded a Hindi song titled ‘Main Hoon’ for the Hindi dubbed version of the 2014 Hollywood film The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

• The band has collaborated in many programs and events including Coke Studio Season 3, Micromax Romance Anthem, Jammin, ICC Cricket World Cup Anthem 2019, and Mac Dowells No.1 Yaari Jaam.

• Samar is a religious person and often various temples and gurudwaras.
  

  Samar Puri at the Golden Temple

• He is an avid animal lover and owns two pet dogs named Choco and Yuki.
  

  Samar Puri with his pet dog

• In his leisure time, he enjoys travelling, playing video games, playing cricket, and hanging out with his friends.
  

  Samar Puri during his vacation

• Samar, along with band members, has been supporting an NGO named ‘Justice and Hope’ for child sexual abuse.