Emiway Bantai and Sunidhi Chauhan team up on Mumbai Sapno Ka Samandar, a new track from Rajkummar Rao and Wamiqa Gabbi's film releasing October 16.
Sunidhi Chauhan raps now. That's the headline inside the headline here, because the actual news is a new track from Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam, and it puts the veteran singer, known for everything from club bangers to wedding staples, inside a rap verse alongside Emiway Bantai.
The song is called Mumbai Sapno Ka Samandar, and both Koimoi and Bollywood Hungama confirm it dropped Monday, presented by T-Series. Emiway and a composer-performer credited as Swaalina wrote and performed the track, with Memax handling the music and Emiway himself running music direction. It's built loud and fast, the kind of thing meant to loop on a commute rather than sit in a playlist quietly.
The idea, going by both outlets' reporting, is Mumbai as a city that keeps getting knocked down and keeps getting up anyway, a theme the makers are tying directly to the film's own spine. The music video follows Emiway through the city's streets and local spots, cut against footage from Prahaar itself, so you get the real hustle of Mumbai bleeding into the film's story.
What Emiway said about the Sunidhi pairing
Emiway called the collaboration "a special track because it brings together different energies while staying true to the spirit of rap." On working with Chauhan specifically, he said it was "exciting, and having her explore rap on this song adds a fresh vibe to the track," adding that the sound is "peppy, energetic" and that he's looking forward to audiences hearing this side of the film through the music.
Neither outlet carries a quote from Sunidhi Chauhan herself, so her side of the experiment stays unheard for now, at least in the press material out so far.
Prahaar: The Untold Story of Ujjwal Nikam comes from Dinesh Vijan's Maddock Films, directed by Avinash Arun Dhaware, and stars Rajkummar Rao opposite Wamiqa Gabbi. Both Koimoi and Bollywood Hungama list the release date as October 16, 2026, which puts it four days out from this song drop, right in the thick of the promotional push.
That's a tight runway. One music video, one rap collaboration nobody was asking for but might actually work, and then a Friday release that has to carry Rajkummar Rao's name and a title built around one of the country's more recognisable public prosecutors. Whether the song does the job of getting people talking before the trailer cycle properly kicks in is the next thing to watch. The film hits screens in four days, and that's really the only number that matters right now.
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