- Lyricist
- Ra. Thanikodi
- Singer
- Adithya RK
- Music director
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Movie name
- Kathar Basha Endra Muthuramalingam
- Movie release year
- 2023
- Lyrics added on
- 16 Apr 2023
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This romantic folk track captures the passionate exuberance of a lover expressing affection towards his beloved using rich rural metaphors. The lyrics draw vivid imagery from Tamil rustic life, comparing love to a flourishing harvest, cattle grazing in a millet field, and blooming flowers like jasmine and tuberose. Through playful banter, the singer describes how love has unified their souls, swapped their destinies, and caused a celebratory fervor in his heart akin to hundreds of kites spinning at once.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Nee ippam kammangaadu / Naa ippa kaala maadu”
The lover compares his beloved to a fertile millet field (kammangaadu) and himself to a bull (kaala maadu), symbolizing natural attraction and rural attachment.
Simile
“Mullangi thanda pola”
Uses the comparative word 'pola' (like) to compare soft, fair legs to a radish stalk.
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Muppogam muppogam / Kaadhal vellaamai / Mummaari peiyyadhae”
Repetition of the initial 'M' sound across words creates a rhythmic and melodic resonance characteristic of Tamil poetic prosody.
Hyperbole
“Ainooru kaathadi / En nenjukulla / Suthu dhamma kaadhal kondaadi”
Exaggerates the feeling of romantic excitement as having five hundred kites spinning inside the heart.
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Trivia
Composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar for the 2023 Tamil rural action film 'Kathar Basha Endra Muthuramalingam' starring Arya, the song features lyrics by Ra. Thanikodi that heavily utilize authentic southern Tamil Nadu agrarian terms and rustic slang.
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