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

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.