capture the soft, romantic feeling of falling in love when words start saying what the heart has been trying to express. From the warm vocals of Arijit Singh and Shilpa Rao to Anirudh Ravichander’s smooth, atmospheric composition, the song carries a dreamy Bollywood romance that feels both intimate and instantly memorable. Featured in Jawan, Chaleya brings a gentle contrast to the film’s high-energy world, creating a moment filled with chemistry, longing, and effortless romance. Whether you are here to read the Chaleya lyrics, understand their meaning, sing along in Hindi, or follow the Romanized lyrics, you can find everything you need below while experiencing what makes this song so special.
Chaleya Song Details
| Detail | Information |
| Song | Chaleya |
| Movie | Jawan (2023) |
| Singers | Arijit Singh, Shilpa Rao |
| Music Composer | Anirudh Ravichander |
| Lyricist | Kumaar |
| Language | Hindi |
| Release Date | August 14, 2023 |
| Choreographer | Farah Khan |
| Label | T Series |
| Cast Featured | Shah Rukh Khan, Nayanthara |
| Director | Atlee |
Chaleya was the second single from Jawan, released a few weeks ahead of the film’s theatrical debut on September 7, 2023. It was also recorded in Tamil as Hayyoda and in Telugu as Chalona, keeping the same tune but with regional lyrics for each version.
Chaleya Lyrics in Romanized, Hindi, Hayyoda Tamil, and English
Ishq Mein Dil Bana Hai
Ishq Mein Dil Fanaa Hai Ho
Mita De Ya Bana De
Maine Tujhko Chuna Hai Ho Ho
Tere Sare Rang Odh Ke Dhang Odh Ke
Tera Hua Main Sabko Chod Ke Ho Ho
Ishq Ni Karna Nap Tol Ke Raaj Khol Ke
Aaya Hu Main Sabko Bol Ke Ho Ho
Oh Main Taan Chaleya Teri Oar
Tera Chaleya Hai Zor
Tera Hoya Main Yaar Ve
Bhuleya Ae Sansar Ve
Chaleya Teri Oar
Tera Chaleya Hai Zor
Tera Hoya Main Yaar Ve
Bhuleya Ae Sansar Ve
Jag Tere Liye Chodiya
Dil Tere Sang Jodiya
Ab Tera Main To Ho Gaya
Paake Tujhe Main Kho Gaya
Kho Gaya
Jag Tere Liye Chodiya
Dil Tere Sang Jodiya
Ab Tera Main To Ho Gaya
Paake Tujhe Main Kho Gaya
Kho Gaya Haan
Ishq Mein Dil Bana Hai
Ishq Mein Dil Fanaa Hai Oh Ho Ho
Hassa De Ya Rula De
Maine Tujhko Chuna Hai Oh Ho Ho
Duniya Kehti Ishq Bhul Hai Befizool Hai
Hamko To Dil Se Kabool Hai Oh Ho Ho
Tujhme Dikhta Rab Ka Noor Hai Ek Suroor Hai
Tu Hai Apna Ye Guroor Hai Oh Ho Ho
Ve Main Taan Chaleya Teri Oar
Tera Chaleya Hai Zor
Teri Hoi Main Yaar Ve
Bhuleya Ae Sansar Ve
Chaleya Teri Oar
Tera Chaleya Hai Zor
Teri Hoi Main Yaar Ve
Bhuleya Ae Sansar Ve
Tu Ishq-E-Khwab Khwab Sa Hai
Mera Behisab Sa Hai
Tere Lafz Choomlu Main
Urdu Ki Kitab Sa Hai
Ishq-E-Khwab Khwab Sa Hai
Mera Behisab Sa Hai
Tere Lafz Chumlu Main
Urdu Ki Kitab Sa Hai
Jag Tere Liye Chodiya
Ishq Mein Dil Fanaa Hai
Dil Tere Sang Jodiya
Ishq Mein Dil Fanaa Hai Ho Ho
Ab Tera Main To Ho Gaya
Paake Tujhe Main Kho Gaya
Jag Tere Liye Chodiya
Mita De Ya Bana De
Dil Tere Sang Jodiya
Maine Tujhko Chuna Hai Ho Ho
Paake Tujhe Main Kho Gaya
Kho Gaya Haan
इश्क़ में दिल बना है
इश्क़ में दिल फ़ना है हो
मिटा दे या बना दे
मैंने तुझको चुना है हो हो
तेरे सारे रंग ओढ़ के ढंग ओढ़ के
तेरा हुआ मैं सबको छोड़ के हो हो
इश्क़ नी करना नाप तोल के राज़ खोल के
आया हूँ मैं सबको बोल के हो हो
ओ मैं तां चलेया तेरी ओर
तेरा चलेया है ज़ोर
तेरा होया मैं यार वे
भूलेया ऐ संसार वे
चलेया तेरी ओर
तेरा चलेया है ज़ोर
तेरा होया मैं यार वे
भूलेया ऐ संसार वे
जग तेरे लिए छोड़िया
दिल तेरे संग जोड़िया
अब तेरा मैं तो हो गया
पाके तुझे मैं खो गया
खो गया
जग तेरे लिए छोड़िया
दिल तेरे संग जोड़िया
अब तेरा मैं तो हो गया
पाके तुझे मैं खो गया
खो गया हाँ
इश्क़ में दिल बना है
इश्क़ में दिल फ़ना है ओ हो हो
हंसा दे या रुला दे
मैंने तुझको चुना है ओ हो हो
दुनिया कहती इश्क़ भूल है बेफ़िजूल है
हमको तो दिल से कबूल है ओ हो हो
तुझमें दिखता रब का नूर है एक सुरूर है
तू है अपना ये गुरूर है ओ हो हो
वे मैं तां चलेया तेरी ओर
तेरा चलेया है ज़ोर
तेरी होयी मैं यार वे
भूलेया ऐ संसार वे
चलेया तेरी ओर
तेरा चलेया है ज़ोर
तेरी होयी मैं यार वे
भूलेया ऐ संसार वे
तू इश्क़-ए-ख़्वाब ख़्वाब सा है
मेरा बेहिसाब सा है
तेरे लफ्ज़ चूमलूं मैं
उर्दू की किताब सा है
इश्क़-ए-ख़्वाब ख़्वाब सा है
मेरा बेहिसाब सा है
तेरे लफ्ज़ चूमलूं मैं
उर्दू की किताब सा है
जग तेरे लिए छोड़िया
इश्क़ में दिल फ़ना है
दिल तेरे संग जोड़िया
इश्क़ में दिल फ़ना है हो हो
अब तेरा मैं तो हो गया
पाके तुझे मैं खो गया
जग तेरे लिए छोड़िया
मिटा दे या बना दे
दिल तेरे संग जोड़िया
मैंने तुझको चुना है हो हो
पाके तुझे मैं खो गया
खो गया हाँ
Kaathellam kaadhal aagum
Kaalamae ninnu oodum oohhhh..
Pakkama neeyum naanum
Appadhaan vaazha thonum oh..hoo..
Onna paartha kannu ooruthae
Kandam aaguthae
Buthi maariyae saththam poduthae oh..hoo..
Ne thottu pesa
Koochamaguthae moochu vaanguthae
Kaalu un vahzi pogalangunthaey.. oh..hoo..
Male and Chorus : Ulaara hayooda
Ava partha parvai meiyooda
Avalooda bodhai thannalae… eruthaee
Thalli poi uyir aaduthae
Hayooda ava partha parvai meiyooda
Avalooda bodhai thannalae… eruthaee
Thalli poi uyir aaduthae
Nilavula oru paadhiya
Nilathula vilum meedhiya
Enkennu vandha jodiyaa
Mayakkuthu enna kodiyaa..kodiyaa
Nilavula oru paadhiya..paadhiya
Nilathula vilum meedhiya..meedhiya
Enkennu vandha jodiyaa..jodiyaa..
Mayakkuthu enna kodiyaa..kodiyaa
Haan
Azhagu dhaan neeyum naanum
Kittiyea illai yaarum ohoo…
Kaathullam yaaru vaasam
Moovaril modhi pesum.ohhoo. ohoo..
Siricha podhum
Kaththi veesuthae minnal pesudhae
Andha neramae kannu koosuthae..oh. hoo..
Yedhoo lessa
Sikki ooduthae sokki ooduthae
En kanavellam kutti poduthae ..oh…hoo..
Nee yaaroo ayyooda
Avan partha parvai ayyooda
Avanoda bodhai thannalae eruthae
Thalli poi uyir aaduthae
Hayyooda
Avan partha parvai ayyooda
Avanoda bodhai thannalae eruthae
Thalli poi uyir aaduthae
Un melae aasai aasai vaithen
Ennai alli saapidathae
Undhan nenjil oivu eduthen
Ennai engum koopidathae
Un melae aasai aasai vaithen
Ennai alli saapidathae
Undhan nenjil oivu eduthen
Ennai engum koopidathae
Kaathellam kaadhal aagum
Kaalamae ninnu oodum oohhhh..(overlapping)
Male : Nilavula oru paadhiya
Nilathula vilum meedhiya
Enkennu vandha jodiyaa
Mayakkuthu enna kodiyaa..kodiyaa
Haan
Love is what forms the heart
The heart has fallen in love
Make or break me
I’ve already picked you
I’m coloured in your colours and I’m adopting your ways
I’ve become yours leaving everyone else behind
I don’t want to love you with restrictions
I’ve come here after telling everyone
I’m coming towards you
You have total control over me
I’ve become all yours
I’ve forgotten about the world
I’m coming towards you
You have total control over me
I’ve become all yours
I’ve forgotten about the world
I’ve left the world for you
I’ve connected my heart with yours
Now I’ve become yours
I’ve lost myself after attaining you
I’ve left the world for you
I’ve connected my heart with yours
Now I’ve become yours
I’ve lost myself after attaining you, lost myself
Love is what forms the heart
The heart has fallen in love
Make me laugh or cry
I’ve already picked you
The world says that love is a mistake, it’s useless
Yet I embrace it wholeheartedly
I see the light of God in you
I’m honoured that you are mine
I’m coming towards you
You have total control over me
I’ve become all yours
I’ve forgotten about the world
I’m coming towards you
You have total control over me
I’ve become all yours
I’ve forgotten about the world
You’re like a dream of love
You’re mine without any limits
I want to kiss your words
You’re like an Urdu poetry book
You’re like a dream of love
You’re mine without any limits
I want to kiss your words
You’re like an Urdu poetry book
I’ve left the world for you
I’ve connected my heart with yours
Now I’ve become yours
I’ve lost myself after attaining you
I’ve left the world for you
I’ve connected my heart with yours
Now I’ve become yours
I’ve lost myself after attaining you, lost myself
Chaleya Song Meaning
Strip away the poetry and Chaleya is a song about surrender, the good kind. It captures that specific moment in a relationship where logic stops mattering and you simply follow the pull toward another person.
The lyrics lean on Sufi inspired imagery, comparing the narrator to a wandering mystic, a jogi or faqeer, who has given up everything material for one devotion. That is not a coincidence. Sufi poetry has always used the language of romantic love to talk about deeper spiritual surrender, and Chaleya borrows that tradition to describe a very human, very grounded kind of love.
For Indian listeners, the layered references to folk and Sufi phrasing will land immediately. For listeners outside India, the emotional shape of the song still comes through clearly even without knowing every word: this is a song about choosing someone completely, without holding anything back.
Understanding the Words Behind Chaleya
A few phrases in Chaleya carry more weight than a literal translation suggests, and readers searching for these lines are usually trying to understand the song rather than just find the words.
The line nange nange pairi maye katre toh chaleya uses bare feet as a symbol of vulnerability, someone walking toward love without armor or hesitation.
Maye ni jogi faqeer ho chaleya leans directly on the Sufi wandering ascetic image, with maye acting as an informal address, close to the English mother or oh, used here more as an exclamation than a literal reference.
Gurmukh janam savaar dargeh chaleya draws from Punjabi devotional vocabulary, where gurmukh refers to someone who has found their true path, and dargeh points to a shrine or a place of spiritual surrender, extending the song’s central idea that romantic love and spiritual devotion are described in the same breath.
Veer akbar tu chaleya and maaf karin sada boleya chaleya both carry a tone of gentle apology and acceptance, common in Punjabi folk lyrical style, where a person asks forgiveness for their own boldness in loving someone so openly.
Swali mud chaleya continues that same idea of turning back toward someone, reinforcing the song’s repeated theme of being drawn back no matter what.
None of these lines are meant to be picked apart word by word. Together, they build the picture of someone who has stopped resisting their feelings and is walking, quite literally in the song’s own language, toward the person they love.
Chaleya Song Meaning in English
For an international listener coming to Chaleya without any Hindi, here is the short version. This is a love song about a man and woman who fall for each other almost instantly and then spend the rest of the song trying to describe how completely that feeling has taken over.
The tune places two voices against each other in a way that is meant to feel like a conversation, Arijit Singh’s part carrying a slightly more restrained, longing energy, and Shilpa Rao’s part responding with warmth and certainty. The Sufi folk influence in the lyrics gives the song a spiritual undertone, so rather than reading purely as romantic pop, Chaleya plays more like a devotional song that happens to be about a person instead of a deity. That blend of the sacred and the romantic is a signature move in a lot of Hindi film music, and it is a big part of why the song resonated so widely even with audiences who do not understand a word of Hindi.
The Story and Feeling Behind Chaleya
Within Jawan, Chaleya arrives as a breather, a romantic pause inside a film otherwise built around action and social commentary. It marks the first time Shah Rukh Khan and Nayanthara share the screen, and the sequence was shot across Mumbai, including on the Bandra Worli Sea Link, giving the song a glossy, cinematic backdrop that suits its dreamlike tone.
The picturisation leans into classic Bollywood romance, with the two leads moving through streets, open air settings, and quieter intimate frames, choreographed by Farah Khan. It is not meant to advance the plot in a major way. Its job is to let two of Indian cinema’s biggest stars share a tender, old school love song moment before the film returns to its central story.
Who Is the Actress in Chaleya
The actress in Chaleya is Nayanthara, one of South Indian cinema’s biggest stars, making her Hindi film debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Jawan. Her pairing with Khan in this song was widely covered as a major moment for the film, partly because it was their first on screen collaboration and partly because it introduced a large segment of the Hindi film audience to an actress already established as a leading star in Tamil and Telugu cinema.
Chaleya Jawan Connection
Searches for Chaleya Jawan are usually people trying to confirm which film the song belongs to, and the answer is straightforward. Chaleya is one of the key songs from Jawan, the 2023 Hindi action thriller directed by Atlee and led by Shah Rukh Khan. The film also stars Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara, with Deepika Padukone in a special appearance.
Composed by Anirudh Ravichander for the full soundtrack, Chaleya was released as the film’s second single, following the high energy Zinda Banda, and its softer, romantic tone offered a deliberate contrast to that opening track. The song’s popularity independent of the movie is part of why so many people search for it separately, without necessarily having seen the film yet.
Chaleya Song Lyrics and Popular Searches
Beyond the main lyrics, people search for this song in a lot of related ways, and most of them point to the same core need: understanding the words and the story behind them. Chaleya song lyrics and Jawan Chaleya lyrics are usually just looking for the same Hindi original discussed above. Chaleya song lyrics in English and Chaleya song lyrics in Hindi searches tend to split between readers who want the script in Devanagari and those who prefer it written out in English letters, which is exactly what the Hindi and Romanized sections above are meant to help with. And Chaleya song lyrics meaning in English is generally the most useful of all these searches, since it is less about the exact words and more about actually understanding what the song is trying to say, which this guide has covered from a few different angles.
Chaleya FAQs
Who sang Chaleya?
Chaleya was sung by Arijit Singh and Shilpa Rao.
Who wrote Chaleya lyrics?
The lyrics were written by Kumaar.
Who composed Chaleya?
The music was composed by Anirudh Ravichander.
Who is the actress in Chaleya?
Nayanthara appears alongside Shah Rukh Khan in the song.
What movie is Chaleya from?
Chaleya is from the 2023 Hindi film Jawan, directed by Atlee.
What does Chaleya mean?
Chaleya loosely translates to I have started walking or I am moving, used here as a metaphor for falling into love almost involuntarily.
When was Chaleya released?
The song released on August 14, 2023, ahead of the film’s September 7, 2023 theatrical debut.
Final Words
Chaleya works because it does something simple very well, it takes a familiar feeling, the moment love takes over before you have fully decided to let it, and wraps it in Sufi folk imagery and a melody built for two voices to lean on each other. Combined with Shah Rukh Khan and Nayanthara’s first on screen pairing, it earned its place as one of Jawan’s most replayed songs. For the full lyrics and the best listening experience, streaming the song through an official platform like JioSaavn, Spotify, or the official YouTube upload remains the best way to enjoy it as intended.
