प्रिया सरैया

Priya Saraiya (born Priya Panchal) is a Mumbai-born lyricist and playback singer whose words and voice run through much of Sachin–Jigar's Bollywood catalogue. Singing from the age of six, she trained in Hindustani classical vocals at Gandharva Mahavidyalaya and in Western music through Trinity College of Music's Mumbai wing, and toured internationally as a child performer with Kalyanji–Anandji's 'Little Wonders' troupe. She entered Hindi films in 2011 on both fronts at once — as a lyricist with the wistful 'Saibo' from Shor in the City and as a playback singer with F.A.L.T.U. Her pen produced hits like 'Piya O Re Piya' (Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, 2012), but her defining moment came with 'Sun Saathiya' from ABCD 2 (2015), which she both wrote and sang; its feathery vocal earned her a Filmfare nomination for Best Female Playback Singer, and the song remains a modern romantic standard. Married since 2013 to composer Jigar Saraiya of Sachin–Jigar, she has remained one of the duo's most trusted lyricists, with a string of 2024 credits including 'Marjaaneya', 'Mere Mehboob', 'Yaad Aave' and 'Tum Jo Mile Ho'. Her writing favours soft, intimate Hindi-Gujarati inflected romance — simple words carrying unguarded feeling — which has made her one of the relatively few prominent female lyricists in contemporary Hindi cinema.