- Lyricist
- A. N. Pitchumani
- Singer
- Deva
- Music director
- Bobo Shashi
- Movie name
- Jarugandi
- Movie release year
- 2018
- Lyrics added on
- 14 Sept 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'Aadupuli Aattam' from the movie Jarugandi humorously describes a chaotic situation where a small mistake escalates into a major catastrophe. Metaphorically framed as 'Aadupuli Aattam' (a traditional game of strategy between tigers and goats), the main character gets stuck in a cat-and-mouse predicament, being squeezed between villains and police after a key target slips away.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Aadupuli aattam / Aadu odi pochu”
Compares a tricky chase situation to 'Aadupuli Aattam', a traditional Tamil board game of strategy between hunting tigers and fleeing goats.
Proverb / Idiom
“Madhilula pora / Onaan pudichi / Madiyila soruguna”
Uses the popular Tamil proverb about catching a fence lizard and putting it in one's waist, which means inviting unnecessary trouble onto oneself.
Simile
“Petrol rate-u yerura pol / Ivan crime rate-um / Ippo egiri pochu”
Directly compares the rapid rise in crime rate to the famously rising price of petrol.
Repetition (Anaphora / Polyptoton)
“Thappu onnu senju / Thappu thappa pochu”
Repeats variations of 'Thappu' (mistake/wrong) to emphasize how errors kept compounding sequentially.
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Trivia
The movie 'Jarugandi' (2018) stars Jai and Reba Monica John. The film was directed by A.N. Pitchumani, who also penned the lyrics for this song, with music composed by Bobo Shashi.
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