Samar was born on September 26, 1966 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. He has worked in both films and serials. He is also teaching acting. He has completed his graduation from the Government Law College. He chased his career in Television and Indian Films industry from 1992. He is running his own acting school in Mumbai, Kreating Charakters acting school (since 2005).Â
 As an actor, he has worked in many different institutes from Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune to National Film Development Corporation Limited (NFDC) in Mumbai.
He has worked in the serial named Mrityunjay; soap based on the Marathi novel Shivaji Sawant. This daily soap was directed by Dr. Chandraprakash Dwivedi and produced by Jamshaid Ashraf. It was aired on Doordarshan in the year 1996. This serial was based on Mahabharata. It has also won several awards.
Later, he was seen in the serial
Om Namah Shivay
as Lord Shiva. This show was initially aired on DD National in the year 1997. This show was based on the dignity of Lord Shiva and other Gods like Parvati, Indra, Brahma, Vishnu and Narada. This serial was directed by
Dheeraj Kumar
. It was telecasted till 208 episodes.
He has also worked in Kahani Ghar Ghar ki on Star plus as Harpreet Gill. It was produced by Balaji Telefilms. The premiere of this show was on 16 October. 2000. It ran till 1661 episode. This serial was 2nd most watched serial in Indian Television.