Gill Machhrai

Some Lesser Known Facts About Gill Machhrai

• Gill Machhrai is an Indian lyricist and music composer who is prominent in the Punjabi music industry. He is famous for working with his business partner who is also a lyricist and a composer named Rony Ajnali. Gill got into the limelight for working with famous singer Yo Yo Honey Singh in his album released in 2023.

• Gill Machhrai started writing songs when he was in his ninth standard. Initially, he was more inclined towards writing romantic songs.

• He chose his pen name ‘Gill Machhrai’ as a token of respect for his village and his surname.

• Gill and Rony have a good relationship with the Punjabi singer and producer Bunty Bains and Gill shares pictures with him on social media.

  

• In 2019, Gill Machhrai and Rony Ajnali collaborated to work as lyricists and music composers and started their musical journey.

  

• In the same year, Gill and Rony got linked with the singer Diljit Dosanjh for a song the lyrics of which were written by the lyricist-duo. The song was named ‘Navi Navi Yaari,’ which was part of Diljit’s album titled ‘G.O.A.T,’ which was released in 2020.

  

• In 2020, Gill and Rony collaborated with singer Nimrat Khaira and wrote the lyrics of her song titled ‘Time Chakda,’ followed by writing lyrics for the songs of the Punjabi film titled ‘Saunkan Saunkne,’ which was released in 2023.

• Together, they have written the lyrics and composed the songs for many popular Punjabi singers including Amrit Maan, Pari Pandher, Jassie Gill, Gurnam Bhullar, and Prince Narula.

  

• Gill Machhrai and Rony Ajnali were introduced with the singer Yo Yo Honey Singh by Prince Narula. On liking their work, Yo Yo Honey Singh offered them a collaboration project for his album titled ‘Honey 3.0.’ Gill and Rony wrote a few songs for the album and one of them was titled ‘Kalaastar’ which became a massive success.