Diljit Dosanjh

Diljit Dosanjh Biography

Diljit Dosanjh – Full Information

• Full Name: Diljit Dosanjh
• Birth Name: Diljit Singh
• Profession: Singer, Actor, Film Producer
• Date of Birth: 6 January 1984
• Age: 42 years (as of 2026)
• Birthplace: Dosanjh Kalan, Phillaur tehsil, Jalandhar district, Punjab, India
• Citizenship: Indian (1984–2022); American (2022–present)
• Religion: Sikhism (born into a Jat Sikh family)
• Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
• Years Active: 2002 – present

Family Background

• Father: Balbir Singh (former Punjab Roadways employee)
• Mother: Sukhwinder Kaur (homemaker)
• Siblings: One elder sister and one younger brother
• Spouse: Sandeep Kaur
• Children: One son

Education

• Schooling: Guru Harkrishan Public School, Ludhiana — he moved to his uncle’s home in Ludhiana as a child for financial reasons
• Music training: Learned music from Gobinder Singh Alampuri and Kartar Singh

Career Highlight

Recent Activity

• Performed worldwide on his sold-out Dil-Luminati Tour in 2024
• Performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023, the first Indian Punjabi artist to do so
• Made his Met Gala debut in 2025 in a custom Maharaja ensemble
• Released his fifteenth studio album, AURA, on 15 October 2025
• Played the title role in the ZEE5 film Detective Sherdil (2025)
• Chose not to release Sardaarji 3 in India in 2025; the film released overseas and was a commercial success
• Starred in Border 2 (2026), one of the highest-grossing Indian films of the year
• Released his third EP, The Call of Punjab, and returned to The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in April 2026
• Reunited with Imtiaz Ali for the partition-era romance Main Vaapas Aaunga (2026)
• Played activist Jaswant Singh Khalra in Satluj (2026), released on ZEE5

Awards List