Sulaiman Merchant

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sulaiman Merchant

• Sulaiman Merchant is an Indian music director and score composer.

• He mainly works in collaboration with his brother, Salim Merchant and together, the duo is called Salim-Sulaiman.

• Sulaiman got inspired from his father and started learning music at a young age.

  

• He received training in Tabla from Taufiq Qureshi and Ustad Zakir Hussain.

• He started his music career when he was just 16 years old. Initially, Sulaiman used to compose music and jingles for TV advertisements, documentaries, and pop albums.

  

• In 1977, Sulaiman, along with his brother Salim, composed the background score of the film, “Hameshaa.”

• Sulaiman came into limelight after scoring the background music for the film, “Bhoot.”

• He has composed music for many popular Bollywood films, including “Ab Tak Chhappan” (2004), “Mujhse Shaadi Karogi” (2004), “Dhoom” (2004), “Neal ‘N’ Nikki” (2005), “Kaal” (2005), “Krrish” (2006), and “Fashion” (2008).

  

• Sulaiman has also worked on the Bollywood remix of Lady Gaga’s songs “Born This Way” and “Judas.”

• From the list of many of his compositions, his favourite is ‘Ali Maula‘ from the film “Kurbaan.”

• His surname was earlier Molddina, but when his uncle moved to Australia, Sulaiman changed it to Merchant.