ShermanGraham8 at 05:24, 11 February 2026

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{{Short description|Indian music producer}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Kalmi
| image =
| birth_name = Nikhil Kalimireddy
| origin = [[Visakhapatnam]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]<ref name="deccanchronicle_010919">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/010919/taking-the-musical-route.html|title=Taking the musical route|first=Swati|last=Sharma|date=September 1, 2019|website=www.deccanchronicle.com}}</ref>
| genre = [[Electronic Music]] • [[Hip-hop]]
| occupation = [[Music producer]] • [[DJ]] • [[Songwriter]]
| years_active = 2013-present
}}

'''Nikhil Kalimireddy''',<ref name="deccanchronicle_010919"/> known professionally as '''Kalmi''', is an Indian music producer and DJ based in [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/tag/kalmi/|title=Kalmi Archives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-explore/producer-kalmis-new-music-video-is-a-heartwarming-journey-through-pixelated-nostalgia|title=Kalmi's New Music Video Tells the Charming Story Of A South Indian Farmer & His Goat|first=Sobhika|last=Vasanthan|date=January 8, 2024|website=Homegrown}}</ref> He is perhaps best known for his song "[[Big Dawgs]]" with rapper [[Hanumankind]]. It entered the ''Billboard'' [[Canadian Hot 100]] chart at #9<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/|title=Billboard Canadian Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=January 2, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/hanumankind-interview-kerala-origin-bengaluru-rapper-catapults-into-the-big-leagues-with-big-dawgs/article68459336.ece|title=Hanumankind interview: Kerala-origin Bengaluru rapper catapults into the big leagues with 'Big Dawgs'|first=ANURAG|last=TAGAT|newspaper=The Hindu |date=July 30, 2024|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/big-dawgs-hanumankinds-new-music-video-pulls-you-right-into-a-well-of-death|title=Big Dawgs: Hanumankind's New Music Video Pulls You Right Into A Well Of Death|first=Disha|last=Bijolia|date=July 20, 2024|website=Homegrown}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesportsgrail.com/big-dawgs-by-hanumankind-song-lyrics-and-meaning-in-english-explained-as-video-goes-viral/|title=Big Dawgs by Hanumankind song lyrics and meaning in English explained as video goes viral|date=July 26, 2024}}</ref> and has peaked on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at #23, marking an achievement for both artists.

==Early life==
Kalimireddy was born in [[Hyderabad]] and attended an engineering college.<ref name="homegrown_the-reign-of-kalmi">{{Cite web |last=Khan |first=Mikhail |title=The Reign Of Kalmi: The Producer Behind 'Big Dawgs' Is Showing Us How To "Make Good Music" |url=https://homegrown.co.in/homegrown-creators/the-reign-of-kalmi-the-man-behind-big-dawgs-is-showing-us-how-to-make-good-music |website=Homegrown |publisher=Homegrown |date=12 September 2024 |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref>

==Early career==
Kalimireddy began taking [[music production]] seriously when he was in college, where he would start to engineer and produce tracks off of his mom's laptop. This, and a succession of his roommates with eclectic [[electronic music]] tastes opened him up to a world of new possibilities. They allowed him to draw on inspiration from pioneering artists like [[Flume (musician)|Flume]] and [[Odesza]].<ref name="homegrown_the-reign-of-kalmi"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Joshi |first=Anurag Tagat, Shamani |date=2025-10-27 |title=Behind the Beat: Hip-Hop’s Hidden Architects |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/indian-hip-hop-producers-kalmi-sez-karan-kanchan-hrishi/ |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=Rolling Stone India |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Production discography ==

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Year
! colspan="10" scope="col" |Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Certifications
! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Album
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! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%" |[[Billboard India Songs|{{abbr|IND|India}}]]
<ref name=":10">{{cite magazine |title=India Songs: Week of August 17, 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/india-songs-hotw/2024-08-24/ |access-date=13 August 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%" |[[ARIA Charts|{{abbr|AUS|Australia}}]]
<ref name=":11">{{cite web |date=19 August 2024 |title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart |url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2024-08-19 |access-date=16 August 2024 |publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%" |[[Canadian Hot 100|{{abbr|CAN|Canada}}]]
<ref name=":12">{{cite magazine |title=''Billboard'' Canadian Hot 100: Week of August 24, 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/canadian-hot-100/2024-08-24/ |access-date=20 August 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[GfK Entertainment charts|{{abbr|GER|Germany}}]]
<ref name="GER-singles">{{cite web |title=Hanumankind |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Hanumankind |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240924000222/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artistId=Hanumankind |archive-date=24 September 2024 |access-date=16 August 2024 |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Irish Singles Chart|{{abbr|IRE|Ireland}}]]
<ref name="IRE">{{cite web |title=Top 100 Singles, Week Ending 23 August 2024 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/irish-singles-chart/20240823/ie7501/ |access-date=23 August 2024 |publisher=Official Charts Company}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%" |[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|{{abbr|NZ|New Zealand}}]]
<ref name=":13">{{cite web |date=19 August 2024 |title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/singles/2024-09-13 |access-date=16 August 2024 |publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[Swiss Hitparade|{{abbr|SWI|Switzerland}}]]
<ref name="SWI">{{Cite web |title=Discography Hanumankind |url=http://swisscharts.com/artist/Hanumankind#charts |access-date=25 August 2024 |website=swisscharts.com |publisher=Hung Medien |language=de |format=Switch to the "Charts" tab}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |[[UK Singles Chart|{{abbr|UK|United Kingdom}}]]
<ref name="UK">{{cite web |title=Hanumankind {{!}} full Official Chart history |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/hanumankind/ |access-date=23 August 2024 |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%" |[[Billboard Hot 100|{{abbr|US|United States}}]]
<ref name=":14">{{cite magazine |title=''Billboard'' Hot 100: Week of August 24, 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2024-08-24/ |access-date=20 August 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%" |[[Billboard Global 200|{{abbr|WW|Worldwide}}]]
<ref name=":15">{{cite magazine |title=''Billboard'' Global 200: Week of August 24, 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-global-200/2024-08-24/ |access-date=20 August 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |"Options"<ref name="apple music" />{{small|(Hanumankind)}}
|2020
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! scope="row" |"Genghis"<ref name="apple music" />{{small|(Hanumankind)}}
| rowspan="2" |2021
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! scope="row" |"Skyline"<ref name="apple music" />{{small|(Hanumankind)}}
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! scope="row" |"Lola's Chant"<ref name="apple music" />
{{small|(with Hanumankind)}}
|2022
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! scope="row" |"Go To Sleep"<ref name="apple music" />{{small|(Hanumankind)}}
|2023
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! scope="row" |"Matha Garam"<ref name="apple music" /> {{small|(DG Immortals featuring Raga)}}
| rowspan="2" |2024
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! scope="row" |"[[Big Dawgs]]"<ref name="apple music" /> {{small|(with Hanumankind, remixed by [[ASAP Rocky]])}}
|3
|9
|9
|11
|30
|2
|9
|15
|23
|9
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* [[British Phonographic Industry|BPI]]: Silver<ref name="BPI2">{{cite certification|region=United Kingdom|artist=Hanumankind|access-date=5 January 2025}}</ref>
* [[Music Canada|MC]]: Platinum<ref>{{Cite web |last=Thaker |first=Naini |date=January 6, 2025 |title=Big Stepper: How Sooraj Cherukat aka Hanumankind set the world ablaze |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/showstoppers/big-stepper-how-sooraj-cherukat-aka-hanumankind-set-the-world-ablaze/95001/1 |access-date=October 21, 2025 |website=[[Forbes India]]}}</ref>
* [[Recorded Music NZ|RMNZ]]: Gold<ref>{{cite certification|region=New Zealand|title=Big Dawgs|artist=Hanumankind and Kalmi|type=single|access-date=2024-11-20|id=2024-09-06|source=newchart}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" |''[[Monsoon Season]]''
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! scope="row" |"[[Run It Up (Hanumankind song)|Run It Up]]"<ref name="apple music" />{{small|(with Hanumankind)}}
| rowspan="4" |2025
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|—{{efn|"Run It Up" did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 24 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/hot-singles/2025-03-14|title=NZ Hot Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=14 March 2025|access-date=14 March 2025}}</ref>|group=upper-alpha}}
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! scope="row" |"[[Holiday - A COLORS SHOW|Holiday]]"<ref name="apple music" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Hanumankind continues hot streak with ‘Holiday’ on COLORS |url=https://liftedasia.com/article/hanumankind-holiday |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=LiFTED Asia |language=en-US}}</ref>{{small|(Hanumankind)}}
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! scope="row" |"[[Villainous Freestyle]]"{{small|(Hanumankind)}}<ref name="apple music">{{cite web |title=Kalmi – Singles & EPs |url=https://music.apple.com/us/artist/kalmi/1290896883 |access-date=10 January 2026|publisher=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Hirwani |first=Peony |date=July 11, 2025 |title=Hanumankind Jumps Off a Cliff to Announce ‘Monsoon Season’ Mixtape |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/hanumankind-new-mixtape-monsoon-season-release-date/ |access-date=July 13, 2025 |website=Rolling Stone India}}</ref>
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! scope="row" |"Love & Limerance"{{small|(Rudy)}}<ref name="apple music" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Rudy Mukta Returns With Kalmi-Produced Single 'Love & Limerance' |url=https://www.thewildcity.com/news/21310-rudy-mukta-returns-with-kalmi-produced-single-love-limerance |access-date=2026-01-10 |website=Wild City |language=en}}</ref>
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=== Production credits ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"
! scope="col" style="width: 19em;" |Title
!Artist(s)
! scope="col" |Year
! scope="col" |Featuring artist(s)
! scope="col" |Album
|-
! scope="row" |"Wildshit"<ref name="augustman_best-hanumankind-songs">{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Guniya |date=August 13, 2025 |title=The Best HanuMankind Songs To Listen To If You Can’t Get Enough Of The ‘Big Dawgs’ Rapper |url=https://www.augustman.com/in/entertainment/music/best-hanumankind-songs-big-dawgs-rapper/ |access-date=December 7, 2025 |website=[[Augustman]]}}</ref>
| rowspan="12" |Hanumankind
| rowspan="2" |2019
| -
| rowspan="2" |''Kalari<ref name="apple music" />''
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! scope="row" |"Bottle of MH"<ref name="augustman_best-hanumankind-songs"/>
|Soorya
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! scope="row" |"No Hook"<ref name=":162">{{Cite web |last=Tagat |first=Anurag |date=2020-10-07 |title=Hanumankind and Kalmi Swim Against the Tide on New Mixtape ‘Surface Level’ |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/hanumankind-and-kalmi-swim-against-the-tide-on-new-mixtape-surface-level/ |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=[[Rolling Stone India]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
| rowspan="4" |2020
| rowspan="2" | -
| rowspan="4" |''Surface Level<ref name=":16">{{Cite web |last=Tagat |first=Anurag |date=2020-10-07 |title=Hanumankind and Kalmi Swim Against the Tide on New Mixtape ‘Surface Level’ |url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/hanumankind-and-kalmi-swim-against-the-tide-on-new-mixtape-surface-level/ |access-date=2025-08-07 |website=[[Rolling Stone India]] |language=en-US}}</ref>''<ref name="apple music" />
|-
! scope="row" |"Cowboy Samurai"
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! scope="row" |"Catharsis"
|Rudy
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! scope="row" |"Rest In Power"
| -
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! scope="row" |"Reckless"
| rowspan="6" |2025
|[[Denzel Curry]]
| rowspan="6" |''[[Monsoon Season]]<ref name="apple music" />''
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! scope="row" |"Someone Told Me"
|Roisee
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! scope="row" |"Cause"<ref name=":0" />
|Rudy Mukta<ref name=":1" />
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! scope="row" |"26.11.23"
| rowspan="3" | -
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! scope="row" |"[[Monsoon Season]]"
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! scope="row" |"Sicko"<ref name=":0" />
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist|group=upper-alpha}}

==References==
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[[Category:Indian record producers]]

Kalmi - Revision history

ShermanGraham8 at 05:24, 11 February 2026