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Lyrics & meaning

Adi Mathalam Podum

From Ilaya Raagam · 1995

Lyricist
Piraisoodan
Singer
Arun Mozhi
Music director
Ilayaraja
Movie name
Ilaya Raagam
Movie release year
1995
Lyrics added on
22 Mar 2020

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Hahahahahahah
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Kallooriyin nilavae kallooridum malarae
Senthaamarai mugamae sirithaal adhu sugamae
Un sidu moonji raajjiyathai seeraakka vandhom
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Poovukku mul enna thaevaiyaa
Adhu thappammaa thappu
Adha vettammaa vettu
Paerukku attendance podurae
Un ishtamaa pochu adhu kashtamaa aachu
Kottunaa kuninju ponadhundu
Vattiyum mudhalum saendhirikku
Ilam vattamaa naanga valachirukkom
Adha kotturom valanju vaangikka nee
Panakkaara thimiraalae nee
Parakkaadhae ammaa
Pandhaattam aada porom
Moraikkaadhae summaa
Oru malaiyodu modha vandha
Marangothi kuruvi
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Kallooriyin nilavae kallooridum malarae
Senthaamarai mugamae sirithaal adhu sugamae
Un sidu moonji raajjiyathai seeraakka vandhom
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Ponnukku porumai thaan seedhanam
Idhai katthu kol thaayae
Adhai othu kol neeyae
Paadathil nee romba thaeranum
Ila nenjatha killu nee nalladha chollu
Ulladhai chollum ullamadi
Unnidam sollum naeramadi
Kattilam kaalai puratchiyadi
Kettadhai thaduthu virattiyadi
Nagaraatchi kuppa vandi
Vandhirukku ingae
Magaraasi um manasa alli podu angae
Oru kaattaaru thirandu vandhaa
Thaangaadhu karaiyae
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Male :Hey hey
Chorus :Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Kallooriyin nilavae kallooridum malarae
Senthaamarai mugamae sirithaal adhu sugamae
Un sidu moonji raajjiyathai seeraakka vandhom
{Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Chorus :Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa
Male :Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa
Chorus :Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa} (2)
Hahahahaha!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Little lady, showing off without bounds!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Little lady, showing off without bounds!
O moon of our college, sweet blooming flower!
O red lotus face, what joy it is if you smile!
We have come to set right your grumpy little kingdom!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Little lady, showing off without bounds!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Little lady, showing off without bounds!
Does a flower really need thorns?
That is wrong, girl, totally wrong!
So cut them away, just trim them off!
You mark attendance just for the sake of it,
Doing as you please, while making it tough for us!
When you struck us, we once bowed our heads,
But now the debt has piled up with interest!
We young lads have surrounded you in a circle,
We are striking back now, so bend down and take it!
Filled with the arrogance of wealth,
Do not fly too high, girl!
We are going to play around with you like a ball,
Do not just stand there glaring!
You are like a woodpecker
Trying to clash with a massive mountain!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Little lady, showing off without bounds!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Little lady, showing off without bounds!
O moon of our college, sweet blooming flower!
O red lotus face, what joy it is if you smile!
We have come to set right your grumpy little kingdom!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Little lady, showing off without bounds!
Patience is a woman's greatest treasure,
Learn this lesson, girl!
Accept it yourself!
You have a long way to go in your lessons,
Pinch this young heart and say something kind!
This is a heart that speaks the truth,
And it is time to say it straight to you!
It is a rebellion of strong young bulls,
To block what is bad and drive it away!
The city garbage truck
Has arrived right here,
Blessed girl, dump that grumpy mind of yours in it!
When a wild mountain river surges ahead,
The banks cannot hold it back!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Little lady, showing off without bounds!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Male: Hey hey!
Chorus: Little lady, showing off without bounds!
O moon of our college, sweet blooming flower!
O red lotus face, what joy it is if you smile!
We have come to set right your grumpy little kingdom!
Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Chorus: Hey Mangamma, beating your loud drum!
Male: Little lady, showing off without bounds!
Chorus: Little lady, showing off without bounds!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Adi Mathaalam Podum Mangammaa from the film Ilaya Raagam (1995) is a high-energy college teasing song. The male protagonist and his friends playfully challenge an arrogant, wealthy college girl who acts superior and moody toward others. Through rhythmic folk-style couplets, they advise her to shed her pride, cultivate patience, and smile more, comparing her belligerent attitude to a tiny woodpecker trying to smash into a mountain. The song mixes youth banter with moral advice about humility, friendship, and collective unity. Using vivid imagery like garbage trucks sweeping away ill feelings and wild rivers bursting through riverbanks, the track celebrates the spirit of campus camaraderie overcoming individual ego.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor (Uvamaani)

Kallooriyin nilavae kallooridum malarae

Compares the college girl to the campus moon and a lotus flower to highlight her potential grace if she gives up her moodiness.

Monai and Edugai (Tamil Rhyme Schemes)

Adi mathaalam podum mangammaa / Kodi kattaama aadum chinnammaa

Employs first-letter alliteration and second-letter rhyming across lines to create a rhythmic, folk-infused chant.

Hyperbole & Analogy

Oru malaiyodu modha vandha / Marangothi kuruvi

Compares the heroine's arrogance facing the student group to a tiny woodpecker attempting to strike down a giant mountain.

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Trivia

Ilaya Raagam (1995) features lyrics penned by lyricist Piraisoodan. The song captures the quintessential 1990s Tamil cinema campus genre, blending traditional folk percussion (mathaalam) beat patterns with youth chorus arrangements.

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