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Janam Janam

By Dilwale | Arijit Singh, Antara Mitra

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What “Janam Janam” means

The song is basically a vow of lifelong, almost destiny-like love. Its main idea is that the singer wants to stay with the beloved through every stage of life, not just in one moment, and sees that bond as something repeated across lifetimes. The emotional core moves from devotion and longing into reassurance: the beloved is presented as the source of peace, relief, and meaning, while the singer promises unwavering loyalty in return. Because the provided text is noisy and partially corrupted, this reading is an interpretation of the clearly recurring patterns, not a claim about the exact intended wording of every line. Several images repeat to reinforce that feeling of total emotional dependence. Morning and evening suggest that the beloved fills the entire day, while references to pain, comfort, prayer, and shelter turn love into a kind of healing force. The recurring sense of being together in every direction or every life makes the relationship feel fated and complete. Overall, the song connects romance, devotion, and spiritual-sounding commitment, showing love as both a promise and a refuge.

About Dilwale | Arijit Singh, Antara Mitra

Arijit Singh is an Indian playback singer who became one of Hindi cinema’s main voices in the 2010s. For Janam Janam, he was working as a leading film singer in a mainstream Bollywood soundtrack, paired here with Antara Mitra on a romantic duet composed for a star-led film.

Janam Janam belongs to the Dilwale original motion picture soundtrack, released in 2015. The song appears in the film’s soundtrack release and was issued as part of the film music, not as a separate standalone single. It is one of the film’s romantic songs and is credited to composer Pritam with lyrics by Amitabh Bhattacharya and vocals by Arijit Singh and Antara Mitra. Sources identify it as a love song from Dilwale, the 2015 Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol film directed by Rohit Shetty. Its context matters because it was written for a high-profile mainstream Hindi film soundtrack, so the recording is tied to the film’s romantic pairing and commercial launch rather than to a later cover or live version.

Play the song above for the full karaoke-synced lyrics with line-by-line translation in English.

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