Akbar Sami is a dance choreographer turned DJ and musician. He is known as one of the pioneers of DJ music in India. He became famous with his

remix A remix (or reorchestration) is a piece of media which has been altered or contorted from its original state by adding, removing, or changing pieces of the item. A song, piece of artwork, book, video, poem, or photograph can all be remixes. The o ...

albums such as ''Jalwa'', ''Jalwa 2'', and ''Jadoo''.

Career

Akbar Sami started his career as a team dancer with Bollywood celebrities such as Arshad Warsi, Sajid Khan and

Longinus Fernandes Longinus Fernandes (Longie) is an Indian choreographer and dancer, who won the Filmfare Best Choreography Award in 2009; and internationally he is most known as the choreographer of the closing credits dance sequence featuring Academy Award for ...

at the age of 13. He also used to cut tapes for his dance shows. Later, he turned into a choreographer. He forayed into DeeJaying when a manager of a nightclub requested him to fill up the official DJ for that night. Then, he became the resident DJ at a club named Xanadu. After gaining some experience, he did a crash course in deejaying from London. He is a self-taught disc jockey. He is one of the few DJ's who started their journey in the 1980s. In 2005, he begun collaborating with

Himesh Reshammiya Himesh Reshammiya (born 23 July 1973) is an Indian playback singer, music director, songwriter, film & music producer and actor in Hindi cinema. He started his career as music director in the film '' Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya'' in 1998 and made ...

to Remix most of his Tracks. He made his acting debut as a negative character called Ghoda Bhai in the film called Fattu Sala in 2015. He has collaborated with DJ Aqeel, DJ Chetas and DJ Kiran Kamath to Remix the title track from

's album, '' Aap Se Mausiiquii''. In 2018, he debuted as a singer in the remake of classic Bollywood song "Kabhi Kabhi".

References

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