The song was first revealed on 16 December 2011 and features Katrina Kaif as the lead, along with Hrithik Roshan and Sanjay Dutt.

[1] It is a remake of the Marathi song "Kombadi Palali"[2] from the film Jatra (2006),[3] which was acted by Bharat Jadhav & Kranti Redkar and sung by Anand Shinde & Vaishali Samant.

Chikni Chameli is an item song, although the video is provocative, it also boost the plot forward as it shows the communication between the hero and villain.

The choreography was not easy for Katrina Kaif, she expressed the difficulty in an interview by saying "The response to Chikni Chameli has been fun so far.

This injured the soles of Katrina Kaif, as revealed by Ganesh Acharya in an interview, “The song is a rustic number, so she had to dance bare-feet on the uneven ground.