SAM BHAT

Sam Bhat is an Indian born Canadian, an engineer by education and an artist by inclination. He has been living in Ontario, Canada for the past 21 years along with his wife and daughter. Surprise in the Night’ is his first film as a writer, director and producer (Shimaro Entertainment). He holds a Master of Engineering with merit from
the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (1988) and possesses a specialized background in interdisciplinary engineering and geosynthetics management. He has served the global geosynthetics market for three decades, having worked with some of the world’s leading geogrid organizations in the U.K., U.S.A. and Canada. He amalgamates his love for the performing arts with his technical engineering skills, triggering a unique synergy which enables him to produce stories which investigate life and its secrets in great depth and from unusual angles. He has been involved with performing art and films since he was 17 and was involved in conducting live shows under the auspices of the SPICMACAY (Society for the Promotion of
Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth) in eighties in India with highly renowned classical music performers such as Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma (Santoor recital), Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarood recital), Pt. Birju Maharaj (Kathak dance) and more. Sam has produced and directed various Bollywood events in Toronto such as Sam’s September Fusion (2015), Sam’s Salute to 106 Years of Bollywood (2019) with charity component for Canadian Cancer Society and 360 Kids. Sam is busy writing more stories and screenplays on riveting social subjects to be made into full-feature films.