Sunidhi Chauhan (निधी चौहान) is a Bollywood playback singer. She shot to fa… Read Full Bio ↴Sunidhi Chauhan (निधी चौहान) is a Bollywood playback singer. She shot to fame in 1999 with the Mast soundtrack. In 2001 she won the RD Burman Award for Most Promising Newcomer.

Currently she is one of the top playback singers in Bollywood - having sung for top actresses such as: Rekha, Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit, Karisma Kapoor, Kajol, Urmila Matondkar, Rani Mukherji, Aishwarya Rai, Sushmita Sen, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra, Katrina Kaif, Lara Dutta, Vidya Balan, Deepika Padukone, Sonam Kapoor, Asin, Anushka Sharma, Sonakshi Sinha, Parineeti Chopra and Alia Bhatt.

She started her singing career at a very early age of four. She participated in many competitions and made her presence felt. Her family soon shifted to Mumbai when Tabassum, a TV host spotted her talent and expressed to her parents that she could further her career if they went to Mumbai. She became quite famous through the various competitions she participated in. Her performances were telecast all over India through the National Television channel Doordarshan, through the music show Meri Aawaz Suno where she won the "Lata Mangeshkar Trophy" for the best female singer of India along with Pradip Somasundaran in the male category. This was the first such televised contest in India in 1996. Her first break in a Hindi film was in the film Shastra followed by Gang, Veergati, Dahek, Bade Dilwala, Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat, Shyam Benegal's Samar and the Vidhu Vinod Chopra film Mission Kashmir. She had no formal training before she entered into various national singing competitions. Lata Mangeshkar offered to train her when she won on the nationally-telecast "Meri Aawaz Suno"

Her singing career got a big boost when Sandeep Chowta gave her the first major break in Mast. After Mast there was no turning back. Sunidhi Chauhan had been getting lots of criticism for an extremely mature voice despite being young. However this criticism ended once Chameli came with her biggest song to date "Bhaage Re Mann" and today she and Nihira Joshi are known as the most versatile singers since Kavita Krishnamurthy and Asha Bhosle.

Piya Aa
Sunidhi Chauhan Lyrics

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ओ कब तक करूँ मैं तेरा इंतेज़ार

अरे कब तक करूँ मैं तेरा इंतेज़ार
आएगा आएगा लेके तू प्यार
इतनी भी देर ना करना मेरी जान
इतनी भी देर ना करना
की ले जाए दिल और कोई दीवाना
एयेए आ

पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ आ पिया आ
इतनी भी देर ना करना
की ले जाए दिल और कोई दीवाना दीवाना
पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ
पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ

दिल ये करे ना किसी की गुलामी
दिल ये करे ना किसी की गुलामी
फिर भी मेरी जान ले मेरी सलामी
दरिया से मोटी चुरा ले के आ तू
इश्क़ की दे जा मुझे तू निशानी
ओ इतनी भी देर ना करना
इतनी भी देर ना करना
निशानी दे जाए कोई दीवाना
ए आ पिया आ
पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ
इतनी भी देर ना करना की ले जाए दिल और कोई दीवाना दीवाना

पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ
पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ

Overall Meaning

In "Piya Aa," Sunidhi Chauhan sings about her longing for her beloved and her impatience for him to come and meet her. The opening lines say "Oh, how long will I wait for you? When will you come with your love? Don't make me wait too long, my dear, or else my heart will be taken by someone else who is crazy. Come, oh come, my beloved."

The song goes on to talk about how the singer's heart does not want to be a slave to anyone, but she still wants her love to take her greetings and give her a sign of his love. The lines "Take the pearl from the river and come to me; give me a sign of your love, oh don't make me wait too long. Some crazy person might give me a sign instead" show her desperation and desire for her lover to come quickly.

The song's melody and rhythm bring out the emotions of yearning and passion, which perfectly complement the lyrics. This song has become a classic in Indian music and is a popular choice at weddings and celebrations.

Line by Line Meaning

ओ कब तक करूँ मैं तेरा इंतेज़ार
Oh, for how long shall I wait for you?

अरे कब तक करूँ मैं तेरा इंतेज़ार
Oh, until when shall I keep waiting for you?

आएगा आएगा लेके तू प्यार
You will come, bringing love with you

इतनी भी देर ना करना मेरी जान
But don't take so long, my love

की ले जाए दिल और कोई दीवाना
Because someone else might steal my heart

एयेए आ
Hey yeah ah

पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ पिया आ आ पिया आ
Oh beloved, come, come, come

इतनी भी देर ना करना की ले जाए दिल और कोई दीवाना दीवाना
Don't keep me waiting so long, because someone else might make me crazy for them

दिल ये करे ना किसी की गुलामी
My heart doesn't want to be a slave to anyone

फिर भी मेरी जान ले मेरी सलामी
But still, take my greetings and my life

दरिया से मोटी चुरा ले के आ तू
Come to me, bringing even a small shell from the river