simerjit singh (born 1973 in punjab) is an indian film director and writer. he was born and brought up in moga district of punjab. he is best known for directing the hugely successful punjabi film angrej (2015) starring amrinder gill, aditi sharma, sargun mehta, ammy virk and binnu dhillon as the main cast of the film and it became second highest-grossing punjabi film in 2015 and the fourth highest-grossing punjabi film of all time. he got selected in top 5 directors of pollywood in a survey by an organation.