Pichhi Premalo: Karthik sings Alias Rukmini’s second song; Nithiin film opens 4 December

Saregama Telugu released Pichhi Premalo, the second song from Nithiin’s Alias Rukmini, on YouTube at about 5 pm on Friday, 13 November. In under 12 hours the lyrical video had passed 13.5 lakh views. Karthik sings the melody, Krishna Kanth wrote the lyrics, and Vijai Bulganin composed and arranged the track.

The song runs 3 minutes 54 seconds. A 37-second promo went up on the evening of Thursday, 12 November, and has drawn more than 3 lakh views of its own. Nithiin plays the lead opposite Aafiya Sayed, and Murali Kanth Devasoth has written and directed the film.

Strings from Budapest

The song’s string section was recorded by the Budapest Scoring Orchestra at Rottenbiller Hall, the credits on the official lyrical video show. For the opening song, Ruku Ruku Rukmini, the strings came from Studio 28 Bangkok Orchestra in Thailand.

That first song, sung by Anurag Kulkarni with lyrics by Purnachary, was released on 27 October and stood at about 52.8 lakh views on Saturday morning. Bulganin, who was born in Vedurupaka in Andhra Pradesh, composed the songs of the 2023 Telugu film Baby.

In cinemas on 4 December

Alias Rukmini opens in cinemas worldwide on Friday, 4 December, three weeks after the new song. Nani presents the film, and Deepthi Ganta produces it under the Unanimous Productions banner. She directed the 2022 SonyLIV web series Meet Cute, which Nani co-produced. Jomon T. John is the cinematographer and Srujana Adusumilli the editor.

Unanimous Productions announced the end of filming on 9 November and followed it with a wrap video on 12 November. Nithiin was last seen in theatres in Thammudu, which reached cinemas on 4 July 2025, so the new film will end a 17-month gap.