Jaani John is a Punjabi lyricist, composer and singer. He came into limelight with the Punjabi song “Soch” sung by Hardy Sandhu.
Wiki/Biography
Jaani was born on May 25, 1989 in Gidderbaha, Muktsar, Punjab (age 33; as of 2022) as Rajiv Kumar. His zodiac sign is Gemini. He studied at SSD Memorial School in Gidderbaha and went to Rayat Bahra University in Mohali, Punjab for his graduation. Thereafter, he obtained a Diploma in Hotel Management from Chandigarh. In 2012, when he was in his final semester, he wrote the lyrics to the song “Soch.” Jaani was planning to move to Australia to further his studies, and at the same time, his first song was released and became a hit. He then started getting calls from various popular Punjabi artists asking him to collaborate. After Sokh, Jani gave up the idea of going abroad and continued to develop his career in the Punjabi music industry.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5’8”
Weight (approximately): 65kg
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
Body Measurements (Approximately): Chest 40″, Waist 30″, Biceps 14″
family
Jani comes from a Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
Not much is known about his parents. He has a sister.
wife and children
On November 25, 2022, he married actress Neha Chauhan.
Jaani and his rumored girlfriend
In May 2022, the couple welcomed their first child, a baby boy.
Profession
Jaani started his career as a lyricist in 2012 with the religious song “Sant Sipahi”. However, he gained recognition after he wrote the lyrics for the song “Soch” sung by Hardy Sandhu. Since Soch, he has collaborated with B Praak, Arvindr Khaira and Hardy Sandhu on super hits like “Joker”, “Backbone”, “HornBlow”, “Naah”, “Yaar Ni Mileya” and “Kya Baat Ay”. In 2015, he penned lyrics for songs like “Taara”, “Ik Saal” and “Naa Ji Naa”, which went on to become blockbusters. Janni has written lyrics for many popular Punjabi singers including Sukh e, Jassie Gill, Ammy Virk, Diljit Dosanjh, Hardy Sandhu, Prabh Gill, Amrinder Gill, Kamal Khan, Gippy Grewal, Sunanda Sharma and Guri. He owns a music label “Desi Melodies”.
In 2016, he made his Bollywood debut as a lyricist with the song “Dard” from the movie “Sarbjit”, sung by Sonu Nigam.
In 2019, he made his debut with the Punjabi song “Jaani Ve Jaani”.
Favorites
- Food: Bhindi, Sarson Ka Saag, Makki Ki Roti
- Song: Parindey, Khawaja Ji
- Vacation destination: Paris
fact
- His hobbies include reading literature, listening to music and traveling to hill stations.
- He comes from a non-musical family.
- The first song Jaani composed was ‘Kaabil’ but it is yet to be released.
- In 2016, the song “Soch Na Sake” from the movie “Airlift” was inspired by Jaani’s Punjabi song “Soch”. However, he was not happy with Bollywood adopting his song as, according to him, he was not aware of it until the song appeared on television.
- The song “Soch” is based on a true story of one of his friends.
- The song ‘Jaani Tera Naa’ sung by Sunanda Sharma was the first song to be named after the lyricist and the song created a huge buzz.
- He admired Gulzar and Ishad Kamil.
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