''Virattu/Dega'' is a 2014 Indian bilingual thriller film produced and directed by Kumar T. The film stars T Kumar's son Sujiv and

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Pragya Jaiswal Pragya Jaiswal is an Indian actress and model who predominantly works in Telugu films. She made her acting debut in 2014 with the Tamil–Telugu bilingual '' Virattu / Dega'' in 2014. Jaiswal had her breakthrough with the Telugu period drama '' ...

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appear in other pivotal roles. The Tamil version of the film was released on 21 February 2014 to average reviews, while the Telugu version ''Dega'' was released on 28 November 2014.

Cast

*Sujiv as Sujiv *

as Sri *

as Mavi *

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Production

Sequences were filmed on a train travelling from Thailand to Malaysia and the stunt scenes were composed by Dho Dho of Thailand and Williams of Malaysia. Further scenes were canned in

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Release

The film opened on 21 March 2014 to average reviews.

Music

The film's audio was released in June 2013 by

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received the first copy at a launch event. The film has four songs with four different lyricists contributing –

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. The film's soundtrack opened to average reviews, with a music critic noting it was as "mercurial as its composer". The song "Podhum Podhum" was released with a promotional video featuring the lead singers

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and was well received by critics.Andrea hot in 'Virattu' promo song – The Times of India
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References

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