- Lyricist
- Madhan Karky
- Singer
- Deepthi Suresh
- Music director
- Santhosh Dhayanidhi
- Movie name
- Paranthu Po
- Movie release year
- 2025
- Lyrics added on
- 31 Aug 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful track celebrates the sharp intelligence, speed, and cheekiness of a young child named Anbu. By comparing Anbu's agility to a cheetah, a jet, and a shark, the song emphasizes how quick-witted today's children are—even outsmarting smartphones. Through the extended metaphor of a clever little fish outmaneuvering an angler, the lyrics describe a fun power dynamic between clever kids and their well-meaning, exhausted parents who struggle to keep up with them.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Oodum bothu cheetah”
Compares the child's speed and agility directly to a cheetah, a jet, and a shark without using explicit comparative conjunctions.
Anaphora / Repetition
“Anbu’s smart”
The phrase 'Anbu's smart' is repeated at the start of several stanzas to reinforce the central theme of the child's sharpness.
Allegory
“Kulathukulla periya meenu”
Uses the scenario of a little fish ('chinna meenu') outsmarting the fisherman/big fish to represent the child outwitting authority figures like parents.
Iyalbu Navitchi / Colloquial Rhyme
“Kaiya veikka shock”
Employs energetic conversational Tamil paired with rhythmically rhyming English words ('jet', 'shark', 'shock') typical of modern child-centric film tracks.
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Trivia
Composed by Santhosh Dhayanithi with lyrics by Madhan Karky, the song uses playful 'Tanglish' (Tamil-English blend) phrasing tailored to modern kids, drawing humor from tech-savvy children outsmarting traditional parenting.
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