जानम

Jaanam (जानम) is the intimate romantic follow-up single from Bad Newz (2024), released a week after the chart-topping 'Tauba Tauba' announced the Vicky Kaushal–Triptii Dimri comedy's soundtrack. Written, composed, and sung entirely by Vishal Mishra, the track trades Tauba Tauba's viral dance-floor energy for a slow-burning, acoustic-driven ballad built around Kaushal and Dimri's on-screen chemistry as Akhil and Saloni. Released by Saregama on 9 July 2024, ten days ahead of the film's theatrical release, Jaanam has drawn tens of millions of YouTube views as the soundtrack's romantic centerpiece.

Vishal Mishra took sole creative control of Jaanam — writing, composing, singing, and arranging the track himself — building an intimate soundscape of lush acoustic strings and a heavy, lingering bassline beneath his own smooth, contemporary-pop vocal. Where 'Tauba Tauba' was engineered for maximum floor impact, Jaanam is engineered for closeness: a slower tempo, a more restrained arrangement, and a vocal performance that leans into vulnerability rather than a chantable hook.

The lyric opens on an image of restless, wandering eyes ('naina banjaaron mein') caught in the grip of an anxious craving ('ishq bechaini ki talab') — Vishal Mishra's own Hindi-Urdu writing leaning on the Bollywood ballad vocabulary of longing and surrender, built around the repeated plea of the title itself, 'jaanam' (beloved), as the emotional anchor of the refrain.

Bad Newz (2024) is a comedy directed by Anand Tiwari, produced by Dharma Productions, Leo Media Collective and Amazon MGM Studios (Prime Video), starring Vicky Kaushal as Akhil Chadha and Triptii Dimri as Saloni Bagga alongside Punjabi star Ammy Virk. Jaanam was released as the soundtrack's second single on 9 July 2024, exactly a week after 'Tauba Tauba' and ten days before the film's 19 July 2024 theatrical release, with its music video built around Kaushal and Dimri's romantic chemistry — described by entertainment press as 'steamy' — as Akhil and Saloni's relationship anchor within the film's ensemble comedy.

While it hasn't reached the record-breaking scale of 'Tauba Tauba,' Jaanam has become a substantial hit in its own right, crossing tens of millions of views on Saregama's official YouTube upload and earning a place as one of 2024's notable Hindi romantic ballads. It also underscores Vishal Mishra's expanding footprint as a self-contained singer-songwriter-composer within mainstream Bollywood soundtracks, following the same solo-credit model he has used across his own independent releases.