Biography
Sameer Phaterpekar is an Indian score composer who has worked on Hindi, Marathi and Tamil films. He began his career as a musician in 1983, collaborating with composers including R. D. Burman, Kalyanji-Anandji, Rajesh Roshan and Laxmikant–Pyarelal, and played guitar on the song "Hawa Hawaii" for Mr. India (1987). In 2002 he began working independently as a composer, releasing his first album Khoobsurat with lyricist Anand Bakshi.
Phaterpekar scored the National Film Award-winning film Dombivli Fast (2005). He has maintained a long collaboration with director Nishikant Kamat, providing scores for Evano Oruvan (2007), Mumbai Meri Jaan (2008), Force (2011), Drishyam (2015) and Madaari (2016). His other credits include the web series Criminal Justice (2019).
