Sanam Puri is an Indian Singer and Musician. He started winning awards for his singing and Samar Puri started writing songs. Venky meanwhile in Bangalore took up bass playing with various bands. Sanam Puri formed a band named ‘Sanam’ an Indian pop-rock band formed in 2010 currently based in Mumbai, India known for its renditions of old classic Indian Bollywood songs as well as original music. His father used to listen to Indian music, which brought influence on both Sanam and Samar. At the age of six, he started to compose music and sing. Both the brothers used to compose music for their parents to surprise them. Sanam started writing song lyrics at a very young age of 12. His parents, after realizing his talent, offered him full support in fulfilling his dream of becoming a singer.
During his school days in 2003, his brother, Samar Puri, and his classmate, Venky S or Venkat Subramaniyam (bass guitar) decided to make a band and took Sanam as the vocalist. In 2009, Samar and Sanam went to Mumbai to pursue a career in music. Venky reconnected with all the members of the band, and in 2010, they formed a band named SQS Project and participated in “Times Music Supastars,” which they eventually won. In 2013, ‘SQS project’ met Ben Thomas (Managing Director, Kurian & Co Talent Management) as its manager. Notably, Ben Thomas’ company had previously managed pop stars like Sonu Nigam and Vishal–Shekhar. Apart from ‘Supastars,’ the band has two more studio albums to its name, Samar Sanam (2011) and Sanam Revolution (2018), and several compilation albums such as In Love with Sanam (2017), Sanam Revisited (2015), Universally Sanam (2019), and Memories Vol. 1 (2020). The band earned recognition by putting their songs on YouTube; the first one being the cover of ‘Ainvayi Ainvayi’ in October 2012.
| Sanam Puri | |
|---|---|
| Age: | 27 Years |
| Hometown: | Muscat, Oman |
| Girlfriend: | Asmi Shrestha |
| Bio/Wiki | |
| Nickname(s) | One of the member's of the band (Sanam), Keshav Dhanraj calls him 'Salmon' |
| Profession(s) | Singer, Songwriter, Music Composer |
| Famous For | Being the lead vocalist of the band 'Sanam' |
| Physical Stats & More | |
| Height (approx.) | in centimeters- 180 cm |
| in meters- 1.80 m | |
| in feet & inches- 5’ 11” | |
| Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
| Hair Colour | Black |
| Career | |
| Debut | Album: Supastars (2010) |
| Bollywood: 'Dhat Teri Ki' from the film “Gori Tere Pyar Mein” (2013) | |
| Telugu: 'E Kadha' from the film "Chandamama Kathalu" (2014) | |
| Bengali: 'Priyotoma' from the film "Jajabor" (2015) | |
| Awards, Honours, Achievements | • 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 | |
| • 2918: Digital Icons of the Year by Talent Track Awards | |
| • 2018: Best Music Content Creator- (National Category) at the Social Media Summit & Awards | |
| • 2010: Winners of Times Music Supastars as SQS Project | |
| Personal Life | |
| Date of Birth | 30 June 1992 (Thurday) |
| Age (as in 2021) | 29 Years |
| Birthplace | Delhi, India |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Hometown | Muscat, Oman |
| School | Indian School in Muscat, Oman |
| College/University | Kirori Mal College, Delhi |
| Educational Qualification | Dropped out Kirori Mal College after six month |
| Food Habit | Vegan |
| Hobbies | Playing Video Games, Travelling, Cooking |
| Controversies | • In 2015, he recorded the song 'Coffee Peetey' from the film "Gabbar is Back.' The conroversy aroused when the soundtrack of the film got released but Sanam did not get any credits for it. Reportedly, the credit for the song went to Dev Negi. Talking about it, he said, [1] |
| "They released my version without giving me the credit. Now only my regular listeners will know it's me, the rest think the voice is Dev's. It's so unfair. I tried to reach the production house, but nobody bothered to enlighten me or correct the error" | |
| Relationships & More | |
| Marital Status | Unmarried |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | Asmi Shrestha (Miss Nepal 2016) |
| Family | |
| Parents | Names not known |
| Siblings | Brother- Samar Puri (Singer, Guitarist) |
| Sister- none | |
| Favourite Things | |
| Food | Ramen |
| Bands | Westlife, NSync, The Beatles, Silk Route |
| Film | Grave of the Fireflies (1988) |
| Singer | Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey |
| TV Shows | One Piece |
| Travel Destination(s) | Maldives, Mauritius |
