Salim/ Saleem Merchant, etc.

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Kaal (2005) - tt0415908

 

On the Cast and Crew list for the above film, there is this credit under ‘Music By’ :

Salim Merchant...(as Suleiman Merchant)

 In the film's 'Soundtracks’, 5 of the 7 of the items are credited as 

Composed by Saleem Merchant and Suleman Merchant

 There are four versions of the name, but no IMDB entries for the following versions – 

Saleem Merchant
Suleman Merchant
Suleiman Merchant

 Salim Merchant has over 100 credits, many of which have attributes like these 

Salim - Sulaiman 
Salim - Suleiman 
Salim - Suleman 
Salim  Sulaiman 
Salim  Suleiman 
Salim  Suleman 

When adding links to the Soundtrack items, should I add links like so –

Composed by [nm1224445] (as Saleem Merchant and Suleman Merchant)

 

I have not come across anything like this before,  so I thought I would ask for direction.

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Graham

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Posted 7 days ago

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Elizabeth, Employee

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Hi there, are Saleem and Suleman Merchant two separate individuals? 
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Graham

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That's the point - I don't know.

But Saleem appears to have credits where two individual names are credited to him as one 'person'.
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Their official site: http://www.salimsulaiman.com/

They are brothers, working together.

"Salim–Sulaiman is an Indian score composer duo consisting of siblings Salim and Sulaiman Merchant. The duo compose music predominantly for Hindi films."

"Today, Salim and Sulaiman Merchant are among India's most respected composers, having scored more than 100 films"
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