Jaani (songwriter)

Jaani
Jaani in 2019
Background information
Birth name	Rajiv Arora [1]
Born	(1989-05-25) 25 May 1989 (age 35)
Origin	Gidderbaha, Punjab, India [2]
Genres	Soulful music Pop Romantic Sad Bollywood
Occupations	Lyricist music composer
Years active	2012–present
Labels	Desi Melodies T-Series Speed Records Sony Music India White Hill music

Rajiv Arora (born 25 May 1989), known professionally as Jaani, is an Indian songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi and Hindi language songs. ^{[3] [4]} His notable songs "Naah", "Kya Baat Ay", "Pachtaoge", "Filhall", "Titliyaan", "Baarish Ki Jaaye" and "Filhaal2 Mohabbat". ^{[2] [5]}

Personal life

Jaani was born as Rajiv Arora on 25 May 1989. ^{[1] [6] [7]} He is from Gidderbaha, a town near Bhatinda in Punjab, India, and holds a diploma in hotel management. ^{[2] [6]} Jaani married Neha Chauhan on 25 November 2008. ^[8]

Career

Jaani started his career with a religious song, "Sant Sipahi", in 2012. However, he gained fame after song "Soch", sung by Hardy Sandhu and composed by B Praak. The music video of this song was directed by Arvindr Khaira. A Hindi version of "Soch" was released as well as an English recreation of soch with the name 'Without You (Soch)' was produced by T-Series which featured English vocals as well as music and English lyrics by Vaibhav Saxena. ^[9]

Since "Soch", B Praak, Jaani, Arvindr Khaira, and Harrdy Sandhu have worked as a team, producing Punjabi songs, such as "Joker", "Backbone", "HornBlow", "Naah", "Yaar Ni Mileya" and "Kya Baat Ayy". His album Shayar with composer B Praak released in 2015, which includes tracks like "Taara" by Ammy Virk, "Ik Saal" by Jassie Gill and "Naa Ji Naa" by Hardy Sandhu.

He has started his own music label known as Desi Melodies with filmmaker Arvindr Khaira and musician B Praak.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2021, he made his screen debut as an actor in Jagdeep Sidhu's Punjabi film Qismat 2 , with Ammy Virk and Sargun Mehta in lead roles. ^[10]

Singles/Albums

Jaani discography
Studio albums	3
Singles	110

Albums

Title	Notes
Shayar	Released : 2014-15 Songs : 9 Music : B Praak Label : Sony Music India Singers : Ammy Virk, Harrdy Sandhu, Jassie Gill, Amrinder, Manraaj, G Preet, Shivam, Armaan Kang
Jaani Ve	Released : 2019-20 Songs : 3 Music : B Praak Label : T-Series Singers : Arijit Singh, Neha Kakkar, B Praak
Zohrajabeen	Released : 2023 Songs : 10 Music : B Praak Label : DM - Desi Melodies Singers : B Praak

Singles

Year	Song	Singer	Music	Notes
2013	Soch [11]	Hardy Sandhu	B Praak	Debut Track
2014	Joker	Hardy Sandhu
	Saree Wali Girl	Girik Aman
	Ik Saal [12]	Jassi Gill		From His Album "Shayar"
2015	Taara	Ammy Virk
	Naa Ji Naa	Hardy Sandhu
	Jaguar	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz ft. Bohemia	Sukhe Musical Doctorz	Sukhe's Breakthrough song
	Go Baby Go	RONNIE ft.B Praak	B Praak
	Supna	Amrinder Gill
	Mere Kol	Prabh Gill
	O Kithe	Kamal Khan
	Yaar Matlabi	Karan Benipal
	Paani	Yuvraj Hans		Featuring Yuvika Chaudhary
	All Black	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz Feat Raftaar	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
2016	Horn Blow	Hardy Sandhu	B Praak
	Surma To Sandals	Ammy Virk ft.B Praak
	Do Din	Manraaj
	Marijuana	Hardik Trehan	B Praak
	Ik Vaari Hor Soch Le	Harish Verma		Debut track of Harish Verma
	Hauli Hauli	BIG Dhillon
	Gabroo	Jassi Gill	Preet Hundal
	Suicide	Sukhe Musical Doctorz	B Praak
	Bacha	Prabh Gill
	Backbone	Hardy Sandhu
	Pucheya Na Karo	Sammy Singh
	Ghat Boldi	Gippy Grewal
	Subha Subha	Ranvir
	Do You Know	Diljit Dosanjh
2017	Kudiye Snapchat Waliye	Ranvir Feat Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Star	Jayy Randhawa Feat Sukh-E
	Mann Bharya	B Praak	B Praak	Debut Track Of B Praak
	Yaar Ve	Harish Verma
	Oye Hoye Oye Hoye	Jaz Dhami
	Car Nachdi	Gippy Grewal Feat Bohemia
	Qismat	Ammy Virk		Featuring Sargun Mehta
	Gall Goriye	Maninder Buttar Feat Raftaar	Raftaar
	Superstar	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz, Divya Bhatt	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Violin	Arshhh Feat Roach Killa	B Praak
	Bewafaai	B Praak		Featuring Gauhar Khan
	Jimmy Choo Choo	Guri Feat Ikka
	Yaar Ni Milya	Hardy Sandhu
	Jaani Tera Naa	Sunanda Sharma	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Guitar Sikhda	Jassi Gill	B Praak
	Naah	Hardy Sandhu		Featuring Nora Fatehi
	Nai Shad Da	Gippy Grewal	Jay K (Jassi Katyal)
	Mill Lo Na	Guri	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Insane	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
2018	Dil Ton Black	Jassi Gill feat Badshah	B Praak
	Gallan	Manj Musik	Manj Musik	Featuring Candice James
	Hath Chumme	Ammy Virk	First Song as Producer from "Desi Melodies"
	Bamb	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz Feat Badshah	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Sooraj	Gippy Grewal	B Praak
	Mastaani	B Praak
	Morni	Sunanda Sharma	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Mai Terra Akshay	Babbal Rai ft Bohemia	B Praak
	Nikle Currant	Jassi Gill and Neha Kakkar	Sukhe Muzical Doctorz
	Fitoor	Jayy Randhawa	B Praak
	Kya Baat Ay	Hardy Sandhu	B Praak
	Hath Chumme (Cover)	B Praak ft. Jaani
	Teri Khamiyan	Akhil		Featuring Wamiqa Gabbi
	Pinjraa	Gurnazar Chattha
I Need Yaa	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz	Featuring Krysle D'Souza
2019		Coka	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Ve Pathra	Gursaaz	B Praak
	Gali Da Gunda	Sahiba
	Sandal	Sunanda Sharma	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Jaani Ve Jaani	Jaani ft. Afsana Khan		Composed by B Praak
	Nain Tere	B Praak
	Rona Sikhade Ve	Miel	B Praak
	Hawaa	Grann Sidhu
	Pachtaoge	Arijit Singh		• Featuring Vicky Kaushal And Nora Fatehi • From His Album "Jaani Ve"
	Wah Wai Wahh	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz & Neha Kakkar	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Dil Mangdi	Jazzy B
	Laare	Maninder Buttar	B Praak	Featuring Sargun Mehta
	Kalla Changa	Ninja
	Filhall	B Praak		•Featuring Akshay Kumar and Nupur Sanon • 1 Billion+ views on Youtube.
	Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi	Neha Kakkar	Tanishk Bagchi	Featuring Divya Khosla Kumar
	Dance Like	Harrdy Sandhu	B Praak	Featuring Lauren Gottlieb
	Duji Vaar Pyar [13]	Sunanda Sharma	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
2020	Where Baby Where	Gippy Grewal		Featuring Amanda Cerny
	Jinke Liye	Neha Kakkar ft. Jaani	B Praak	From His Album "Jaani Ve " Also Featuring Himself in music video
	Kuch Bhi Ho Jaye	B Praak
	Video Bana De	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz ft.Aastha Gill	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	Naam	Tulsi Kumar ft.Millind Gaba	Millind Gaba
	Bandeya	Gurjot Singh Kaler	B Praak
	Taaron Ke Shehar	Jubin Nautiyal and Neha Kakkar	Jaani	First song as Music Composer
	Lala Lala Lori	Fazilpuria and Afsana Khan	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz	First Haryanvi Song
	Banglow	Avvy Sra and Afsana Khan	Avvy Sra and Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz	Debut Track Of "Avvy Sra"
	Titliaan	Afsana Khan	Avvy Sra	Featuring Harrdy Sandhu And Sargun Mehta
	Besharam Bewaffa	B Praak		From Album "Jaani Ve"
2021	Titliaan Warga [14]	Harrdy Sandhu ft. Jaani	Avvy Sra	Sequel To "Titliaan"
	Pagal Nahi Hona [15]	Sunanda Sharma		Featuring Sonu Sood
	Mazaa [16]	B Praak		Featuring Gurmeet Chaudhary & Hansika Motwani
	Barish Ki Jaaye [17]			Featuring Nawazudin Siddiqui & Sunanda Sharma
	Munda Like Karda [18]	Gurj Sidhu	Sukh-E-Muzical Doctorz
	Goriyaan Goriyaan [19]	Romanna	B Praak	Debut Track Of Romanna
	Doob Gaye	Guru Randhawa		Featuring Urvashi Rautela
	Patthar Wargi	Ranvir
	Filhaal2 Mohabbat	B Praak		Sequel to "Filhaal" featuring Akshay Kumar, Nupur Sanon.
	Khair Allah Khair	Romanna	Jaani	Lyrics and Composition by Romanna
	Chorri Chorri	Sunanda Sharma	Avvy Sra	Featuring Priyank Sharma
	Apsraa	Jaani Ft. Asees Kaur	Jaani	Poetry Narrated by Jaani and vocals by Asses kaur
	Bijlee Bijlee	Harrdy Sandhu	B Praak
	Coco	Sukh-E-Muzical Doctorz
2022	Ik Mil Mainu Apsraa	B Praak		With Asees Kaur
	Kali Shirt Waleya	Simran Raj	Avvy Sra	Debut song of Simran Raj
	Saadi Yaad	Sunanda Sharma	Jaani
	Ishq Nahi Karte	B Praak		Featuring Emraan Hashmi
	Kudiyan Lahore diyan	Harrdy Sandhu	B Praak	Featuring Aisha Sharma
	Nikal Jaana	Miel, Jaani	Hunny, Bunny
	Dhokebaaz	Afsana Khan	Jaani	Featuring Vivek Oberoi
	9-9 Mashukan	Sunanda Sharma	Jaani
	Duniya	B Praak		Featuring Sunny Singh, Saiee Manjrekar
	Nikaah	Ipsitaa	Avvy Sra	Featuring Rohit Khandewal
	Jaana	Stebin Ben	Hunny, Bunny
	Peacock	Avvy Sra, Sultaan	Avvy Sra	Co-lyricist Sultaan
	O Sajna	Neha Kakkar	Tanishk Bagchi
	Fantasy	Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz, Aastha Gill	Avvy Sra and Sukh-E Muzical Doctorz
	More Saiyaan Ji	Maninder Buttar	B Praak	Featuring Jasmin Bhasin
	Kya Hota	Romana	Hunny Bunny	Featuring Anjali Arora
	White Brown Black	Avvy Sra, Karan Aujla	Avvy Sra	Co-lyricist Karan Aujla
2023	Kya Karoon	Sanam Puri	Jaani	Featuring Jasmin Bhasin
	Maria Senorita	Rajveer, Happy Singh	Dr Zeus
	Achha Sila Diya	B Praak	B Praak	Featuring Rajkumar Rao & Nora Fatehi
	Ittar	Jasmine Sandlas
	Yaad Aati Hai	Hardy Sandhu	Hunny, Bunny
	Ankhaan Meech Ke	Akhil Sachdeva	B Praak
	Kya Loge Tum	B Praak	B Praak	Featuring Akshay Kumar and Amyra Dastur
	Krishna Teri Ho Gayi	Asees Kaur	Gaurav Dev, Kartik Dev
	Yaar Ka Sataya Hua Hai	B Praak
	Allah De Bandeya	B Praak
	Mal Mal	B Praak	B Praak	Featuring Aly Goni, Jasmin Bhasin
	Zohrajabeen	B Praak	B Praak	Featuring Randeep Hooda, Priyanka Choudhary
	Main Aunga	B Praak	B Praak

Songs in films

Jaani discography
Punjabi Film Songs	25
Hindi Film Songs	5

Year	Film	Song	Singer	Composer	Language
2016	Sarabjit	Dard	Sonu Nigam	Jeet Ganguli	Hindi
	Kaptaan	Oscar	Gippy Grewal, Badshah	B Praak	Punjabi
2017	Sargi	Fer Ohi Hoyea	Jassie Gill
2018	Qismat	Kaun Hoyega	B Praak Divya Bhatt
		Dholna	B Praak
		Awaaz	Kamal Khan
		Fakira	Gurnam Bhullar
		Gallan Teriyan	Ammy Virk, Neetu Bhalla	Sukhe Musical Doctorz
		Pasand Jatt Di	Ammy Virk
	Carry On Jatta 2	DJ Wala	Gippy Grewal
2019	High End Yaariyaan	Rabba Ve	B Praak	B Praak
	Bala	Naah Goriye	Harrdy Sandhu		Hindi
2020	Jai Mummy Di	Mummy Nu Pasand	Sunanda Sharma	Tanishk Bagchi
	Sufna	Jaan Deyan Ge	Ammy Virk	B Praak	Punjabi
		Ammi	Kamal Khan
		Qubool Ae	Hashmat Sultana
		Jannat	B Praak
		Chaana Ve
		Shukriya
	Ik Sandhu Hunda Si	Galib
2021	Shershaah	Mann Bharrya 2.0			Hindi
	Ucha Pind	Maula			Punjabi
		Channa Ve	Kamal Khan
	Qismat 2	Qismat 2 – Title Track	B Praak
		Janam	Romy
		Teri Akheeyan	Ammy Virk, Afsana Khan
		Kis Mod Te	B Praak, Jyoti Nooran
		Mere Yaara Ve	B Praak
		Paagla	B Praak, Asees Kaur
2022	Bachchhan Paandey	Meri Jaan Meri Jaan	B Praak		Hindi
		Saare Bolo Bewafa		Jaani
	Lekh	Udd Gya		B Praak	Punjabi
		Bewafai Kar Gaya
		Mera Yaar	Gurnam Bhullar
		Beliya
		Zarori Nai	Afsana Khan
	Liger	Coka 2.0	Sukh-E, Lisa Mishra	Jaani, DJ Chetas-Lijo George	Hindi
			Ram Miriyala, Geetha Madhuri		Telugu
	Liger (D)				Tamil
	Moh	Sab Kuch	B Praak	B Praak	Punjabi
		Salooq
		Meri Zuban	Kamal Khan
		Mere Kol	Afsana Khan
		Aulaad	Jaani
	Honeymoon	Jhaanjar	B Praak
		Aa Chaliye
		Hypnotize	Guppy Grewal, Shipra Goyal
		Naa Main Bewafa	Tanvir Hussain
		Honeymoon Title Track	Gippy Grewal, Simar Kaur
	Govinda Naam Mera	"Kya Baat Ay 2.0"	Harrdy Sandhu, Nikhita Gandhi	Tanishk Bagchi, B Praak, Kimera	Hindi
	Govinda Naam Mera	"Kya Baat Ay 2.0" (Remix)	Harrdy Sandhu, Nikhita Gandhi	Tanishk Bagchi, B Praak, Kimera	Hindi
2023	Carry on Jatta 3	Carry On Jatta 3 Title Track	Gippy Grewal, Simar Kaur	Jaani	Punjabi
		Farishtey	B Praak
		Jatti	Ammy Virk, Gippy Grewal
		Lehanga	Gippy Grewal
		Bura Haal	Atif Aslam
		Kaale Jaadu	Gippy Grewal
	Animal	Saari Duniya Jalaa Denge	B Praak		Hindi
		"Saari Duniya Jalaa Denge" (Extended Film Version)	B Praak		Hindi
		"Yaalo Yaalaa" (D)	Anurag Kulkarni		Telugu
		"Yaalo Yaalaa" (Extended Film Version) (D)	Anurag Kulkarni		Telugu
		"Moochchaangoode" (D)	Mahalingam		Tamil
		"Moochchaangoode" (Extended Film Version) (D)	Mahalingam		Tamil
		"Enivarumo Aa Nall" (D)	Mahalingam		Malayalam
		"Enivarumo Aa Nall" (Extended Film Version) (D)	Mahalingam		Malayalam
		"Appa Nee Nagu" (D)	Anurag Kulkarni		Kannada
		"Appa Nee Nagu" (Extended Film Version) (D)	Anurag Kulkarni		Kannada
2024	Yodha	"Qismat Badal Di"	B Praak	B Praak, Aditya Dev	Hindi
	Mr. & Mrs. Mahi	"Dekha Tenu"	Mohammad Faiz	Jaani
2025	Raid 2	TBA

References

1. "Unplugged ft. Jaani | Life Struggle | B Praak | Hardy Sandhu | Sidhu Moose Wala | Punjabi Music". Shubhankar Mishra. 15 November 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
2. "Punjabi singer Harrdy Sandhu's track Soch became a rage when it hit the market in 2014". Tribune India. 11 January 2016. Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
3. "Happy Birthday Jaani! Here are some lesser known facts about this amazing lyricist". The Times of India. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
4. "Wishing Jaani on his birthday, B Praak writes: Do Jisam Ek Jaan". The Times of India. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
5. "The original version was sung by Hardy Sandhu, with composition by B Praak and lyrics by Jaani". The Times of India. 13 January 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
6. "Jaani's first song never got released". The Times of India. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
7. "Birthday Special! Jaani: Top seven songs by the lyricist that touched hearts". The Times of India. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
8. "Valentines Special: Here's a clip from Jaani and Neha Chauhan's wedding". The Times of India. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
9. "Without You (Soch) Song Teaser Vaibhav Saxena Ft. Hardy Sandhu". YouTube. T-Series. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
10. "Jaani makes his acting debut with 'Qismat 2'". Times of India. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
11. Khuranaa, Amann (13 January 2017). "B Praak: Our 'Soch' could have done better than Airlift's 'Soch na sake'". The Times of India. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
12. "Punjabi Song Ik Saal Sung By Jassie Gill". The Times of India. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2021.
13. "Sunanda Sharma and Jaani to come together for an album". The Times of India. 8 June 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
14. "Sargun Mehta Stars in Music Video For Titliaan With Harrdy Sandhu, Shares Glimpse on Social Media". News18. 10 November 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
15. Kanyal, Jyoti (15 January 2021). "Sonu Sood makes his music video debut with Punjabi song Pagal Nahi Hona. Watch". India Today. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
16. "Check Out New Hindi Trending Song Music Video – 'Mazaa' Sung By B Praak". The Times of India. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
17. Bhasin, Shriya (25 March 2021). "Baarish Ki Jaaye: Director Arvindr Khaira shares BTS video of Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Jaani and Sunanda Sharma". India TV News. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
18. "Check Out New Punjabi Trending Song Music Video – 'Munda Like Karda' Sung By Gurj Sidhu". The Times of India. 14 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
19. "Goriyaan Goriyaan | Romaana ft Jasmin bajwa | Jaani | Bpraak | Arvindr Khaira | Latest Punjabi Song". YouTube. Desi Melodies. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

External links

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