Samira Koppikar

 ( Indian Women Singer-songwriters ) 

Koppikar has appeared at corporate shows and music festivals across India and abroad including the Montreal International Jazz Festival in 2010, Lavasa Music and Art Festival, and Taj Vivanta Mumbai and Pune. Arko Mukherjee heard Koppikar while she was performing one of her compositions and offered her "Aaj Phir Tumpe Pyar Aaya hai", her first playback song as a singer for the Bollywood film Hate Story 2 from 2014. As of 2025, its video song received 213 million views on YouTube. This was followed by "Mohabbat Barsa De" for the film Creature 3D.

Koppikar released her debut single "Bebasi"—a song and music video—as a singer-songwriter in the Indie space. Another composition and song "Maati Ka Palang" by Koppikar was featured as part of a film score and album for the 2015 Hindi cinema movie NH10. The film has been produced by Phantom Films, Eros International and Clean Slate Films and is directed by Navdeep Singh. The film features Anushka Sharma and Neil Bhoopalam in lead roles. Samira then released her next Bollywood composition "Bairaagi" from Bareilly Ki Barfi which was also nominated for the Filmfare Awards & Mirchi Music Awards.

Koppikar has released songs independently, such as "Bebasi", with musicians Kalyan Baruah, Gino Banks, and Sheldon D'silva, as well as "Kaanch Ke" (featuring Lipstick Under My Burkha 's Aahna Kumra). Koppikar has composed soundtracks for NH10 (2015), Bareilly ki Barfi (2017), Laal Kaptaan (2019), and Dobaara (2022). Apart from Bollywood music, Koppikar has released two independent albums with Zee Music in 2023, both consisting of 8 songs.

She has also ventured as an Independent music artist by releasing 6 songs, 2 singles "Prem Scam" and "Mohabbat ki Wajah", and 1 EP "Sang Baarishon Ke".