Overview
- Badshah released 'Chimna' on Monday, August 31, 2026, and the track is now available across major streaming platforms.
- 'Chimna' was produced by Hiten and credits Divya Kumar and Marathi folk singer Nagesh Morwekar on vocals, with the song opening on the folk hookline “Ek chimna chiv chivla / majha sajan jaga zhala ho / surya ugavla.”
- The music video was filmed entirely on location in Kolhapur and shows everyday local life, including wedding processions, daily-wage workers and mud-wrestling akhadas, with Marathi actress Neha Khan appearing in the visuals.
- The release follows months after Badshah's March controversy over the Haryanvi song 'Tateeree' and his subsequent apology, and it is being framed by his team as a celebratory, community-focused 'love letter' to Maharashtra.
- Industry coverage places 'Chimna' within Badshah's broader move into regional sounds—after earlier experiments with Himachal and Haryana—suggesting he is using local collaborations and on-location visuals to anchor mainstream hip-hop in regional traditions.