"Pillaa Raa" is an Indian

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song composed by

Chaitan Bharadwaj Chaitan Bharadwaj (born 2 August 1988) is an Indian music composer who works predominantly in Tollywood and Telugu Music. He is best known for composing the music album of the 2018 Tollywood film ''RX 100''. He composed the song " Pillaa R ...

and sung by

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for the soundtrack of the 2018 romantic action-thriller film ''RX 100''. The lyrics are penned by Chaitanya Prasad. The song's official lyrical version was released on 26 June 2018, while the full video song was released on 6 August 2018 under the music label Mango Music. The video song features

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and

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who play the lead roles in the film.

Music video

The full video version of the song was officially released on 6 August 2018 on

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by Mango Music. The music video features

Kartikeya Gummakonda Kartikeya Gummakonda (born 21 September 1992) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Telugu films. He made his acting debut in 2017 with ''Prematho Mee Karthik'' and is noted for his performance in the 2018 romantic action film ''RX 100 ...

and

acting for the single.

Reception

The music video was popular because of its new-age music. The singer of the song,

received huge recognition in Telugu music for his work for the song. The film ''RX 100'', gained popularity and recognition due to this song at the early stage of its release. After the release, the film went on to become superhit due to its versatile story-telling. ''Pillaa Raa'' became one of the most-played Telugu songs of the year.

Records

The full video version of the song had around 250 million views (before it was removed) and the lyrical version of the song has around 20 million views on

Other versions

Mango Music also produced other versions of the song, such as the female version, Karaoke version and others.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{YouTube, id=ounfulDDQSc, title="Pillaa Raa" (lyrical) Songs written for Telugu films 2018 songs Indian songs Songs in Telugu