Rajiv Kumar (born 25 May 1989), best known by his stage name Jaani, is an Indian songwriter and music composer associated with Punjabi and

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language songs. His notable songs " Naah", " Kya Baat Ay", " Pachtaoge" , "

Filhall "Filhall" () is a Punjabi/Hindi song written by Jaani and sung by B Praak. The video of the song is directed by Arvindr Khaira and the music is produced by B Praak. This song features Akshay Kumar and Nupur Sanon in the music video. Cast * ...

", " Titliyaan", "

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" and "

Filhaal2 Mohabbat "Filhaal 2: Mohabbat" () is a 2021 Punjabi language, Punjabi/Hindi song written by Jaani (songwriter), Jaani and sung by B Praak. The song is sequel to Filhall which was released in 2019. The video of the song is directed by Arvindr Khaira whil ...

Personal life

Jaani was born on 25 May 1988. He is from

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a town near

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and holds a diploma in

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. Jaani married Neha Chauhan on 25 November 2008.

Career

Jaani started his career with a religious song, "Sant Sipahi", in 2012. However, he gained fame after song "Soch", sung by

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and composed by

B Praak Pratik Bachan (born 7 February 1986), best known by his stage name B Praak (formerly Prakky B), is an Indian singer and music director associated with the Punjabi and Hindi music industry. He started his career as a music producer, and later ...

. 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

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by Vaibhav Saxena. 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. In 2021, he made his screen debut as an actor in Jagdeep Sidhu's Punjabi film ''

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'', with Ammy Virk and

Sargun Mehta Sargun Mehta Dubey (; born 6 September 1988) is an Indian actress, model and television host. She has received three PTC Punjabi Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards Punjabi for her work in Punjabi Cinema. Mehta began acting in theatre product ...

in lead roles.

Singles/Albums

Albums

Singles

Songs in films

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jaani 1989 births Living people Indian male songwriters People from Punjab, India Punjabi-language lyricists