Arasiyal Kedi
From Tughlaq Durbar · 2020
- Lyricist
- Karthik Netha
- Singers
- Sid Sriram, Bhuvana Ananth
- Music director
- Govind Vasantha
- Details
- Tughlaq Durbar2020
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Arasiyal kedi athanaiyum poli | A political crook, completely fake |
| Pachapulla pola sirikkiraan | He smiles like an innocent newborn child |
| Kedachavan bangam ketta paiyan singam | Anyone caught gets wrecked, this bad boy is a lion |
| Nikka vachu aappu adikkiraan | He makes you stand and traps you cold |
| Male | |
| Karithundu veesi kandathaiyum pesi | Throwing a piece of charcoal and blabbering nonsense |
| Mandaikulla oosi yerakkuraan | He injects ideas straight into your mind |
| Puzhukaiya maathi thangamena kaati | Turning dirt around to present it as gold |
| Bongu bongu bongu viduraan | He keeps pulling off scam after scam |
| Male | |
| Hero hero hero hero | Hero hero hero hero |
| Karukka murukkum | Crisp and crunchy |
| Maalu deal-u mavanda..aa.. | This fellow is full of fishy deals, my son! |
| Maala mela maala pottu | Garlanding you with garland after garland |
| Asarum neram | When you lower your guard in exhaustion |
| Kaala vaarum yemandaa…aa… | He is the Lord of Death who trips your legs! |
| Female | |
| Agulavuttu aattu appa kooda sikkuchinna | Shake it wide, and if even your father gets caught... |
| Igulavuttu yethu sikkavudu sikkatha | Push it with a smirk, trap others without getting trapped |
| Dagulu dabba aattu thokka vara mukkuchinna | Play your bluff trick, if it gets squeezed till the end... |
| Ragudu raththam aadu pagachukatha singatha | Play with rugged blood, don't pick a fight with the lion |
| Female | |
| Karanttu kambimela kaala vachutta | You placed your foot on a live electric wire! |
| Mudhala vaayikulla kaiya vuttutta | You shoved your hand right into a crocodile's mouth! |
| Pagada aattathula pagudu ellam pekkuraan | In the game of dice, he tears down all opponent tricks |
| Saguni veshathula vachu vachu seiyuraan | Disguised as Shakuni, he thoroughly destroys you step by step |
| Male | |
| Poo malaiya kaathula suthuvaan | He spins a garland of flowers around your ear to trick you |
| Kadapaaraiya muthukula kuthuvaan | And plunges a crowbar straight into your back |
| Oru quater-u bottle-la koduthu | By handing over a quarter bottle of liquor |
| Kadha vaangidum kadhakaaran | He is a storyteller who buys up your story |
| Male | |
| Muzhu poosani sothula maraipaan | He hides an entire pumpkin in a small plate of rice |
| Yemakadhagan kaariyam mudippaan | The ruthless master-scammer gets the job done |
| Padupaathagan yerimalai kozhampula | That mega-villain, in a stew of volcanic lava... |
| Soup-u poduvaan | Makes a bowl of soup! |
| Male | |
| Hero hero hero hero | Hero hero hero hero |
| Karukka murukkum | Crisp and crunchy |
| Maalu deal-u mavanda..aa.. | This fellow is full of fishy deals, my son! |
| Kaalavaari kaalavaari | Tripping people up again and again |
| Idatha pudikkum | Taking over the top spot |
| Molla maari ivanda…aa… | He is a slippery fraudster! |
| Male | |
| Enakkaanadhu kottaiyin saavi | The key to the fort belongs to me |
| Adhu onnu thaan | That is the only thing |
| Nadu medaiyil poranthavan naanda | I am the one born right in the middle of the stage |
| Singam | A lion! |
| Nara narampula naadiyil ellaam | In every nerve, vein, and pulse |
| Adam pudikkuthu kottaiya aala | There is a stubborn urge to rule the fort |
| Edha pudunganum pudunguven neataa…. | Whatever needs to be uprooted, I will uproot it cleanly... |
அரசியல் கேடி அத்தனையும் போலி
பச்சபுள்ள போல சிரிக்கிறான்
கெடச்சவன் பங்கம் கெட்ட பையன் சிங்கம்
நிக்க வெச்சு ஆப்பு அடிக்கிறான்
A political crook, completely fake
He smiles like an innocent newborn child
Anyone caught gets wrecked, this bad boy is a lion
He makes you stand and traps you cold
கரித்துண்டு வீசி கண்டதயும் பேசி
மண்டைக்குள்ள ஊசி எரக்குறான்
புழுக்கைய மாத்தி தங்கமென காட்டி
போங்கு போங்கு போங்கு விடுறான்
Throwing a piece of charcoal and blabbering nonsense
He injects ideas straight into your mind
Turning dirt around to present it as gold
He keeps pulling off scam after scam
ஹீரோ ஹீரோ ஹீரோ ஹீரோ
கருக்க முறுக்கும்
மாலு டீலு மவன்டா.. ஆ...
மால மேல மாலை போட்டு
அசரும் நேரம்
கால வாரும் எமண்டா.. ஆ..
Hero hero hero hero
Crisp and crunchy
This fellow is full of fishy deals, my son!
Garlanding you with garland after garland
When you lower your guard in exhaustion
He is the Lord of Death who trips your legs!
அகுலவுட்டு ஆட்டு அப்பா கூட சிக்குசின்னா
இகுலவுட்டு எத்து சிக்கவுடு சிக்காத
டகுலு டப்பா ஆட்டு தொக்கா வர முக்குசின்னா
ரகுடு ரத்தம் ஆடு பகசுக்காத சிங்கத்த
Shake it wide, and if even your father gets caught...
Push it with a smirk, trap others without getting trapped
Play your bluff trick, if it gets squeezed till the end...
Play with rugged blood, don't pick a fight with the lion
கரண்ட்டு கம்பிமேல கால வெச்சுட்ட
முதல வாயிக்குள்ள கைய வுட்டுட்ட
பகட ஆட்டத்துல பகுடு எல்லாம் பேக்குறான்
சகுனி வேஷத்துல வெச்சு வெச்சு செய்யுறான்
You placed your foot on a live electric wire!
You shoved your hand right into a crocodile's mouth!
In the game of dice, he tears down all opponent tricks
Disguised as Shakuni, he thoroughly destroys you step by step
பூ மாலைய காத்துல சுத்துவான்
கடப்பாறைய முதுகுல குத்துவான்
ஒரு க்வார்டரு பாட்டில கொடுத்து
கத வாங்கிடும் கதக்காரன்
He spins a garland of flowers around your ear to trick you
And plunges a crowbar straight into your back
By handing over a quarter bottle of liquor
He is a storyteller who buys up your story
முழு பூசணி சோத்துல மறைப்பான்
எமகாதகன் காரியம் முடிப்பான்
படுபாதகன் எரிமலை கொழம்புல
சூப்பு போடுவான்
He hides an entire pumpkin in a small plate of rice
The ruthless master-scammer gets the job done
That mega-villain, in a stew of volcanic lava...
Makes a bowl of soup!
ஹீரோ ஹீரோ ஹீரோ ஹீரோ
கருக்க முறுக்கும்
மாலு டீலு மவன்டா.. ஆ..
காலவாரி காலவாரி
இடத்த புடிக்கும்
மொள்ளமாரி இவன்டா... ஆ...
Hero hero hero hero
Crisp and crunchy
This fellow is full of fishy deals, my son!
Tripping people up again and again
Taking over the top spot
He is a slippery fraudster!
எனக்கானது கோட்டையின் சாவி
அது ஒன்னு தான்
நாடு மேடையில் பொறந்தவன் நான்டா
சிங்கம்
நர நரம்புல நாடியில் எல்லாம்
அடம் புடிக்குது கோட்டைய ஆள
எத புடுங்கனும் புடுங்குவேன் நீட்டா...
The key to the fort belongs to me
That is the only thing
I am the one born right in the middle of the stage
A lion!
In every nerve, vein, and pulse
There is a stubborn urge to rule the fort
Whatever needs to be uprooted, I will uproot it cleanly...
Arasiyal kedi athanaiyum poli
A political crook, completely fake
Pachapulla pola sirikkiraan
He smiles like an innocent newborn child
Kedachavan bangam ketta paiyan singam
Anyone caught gets wrecked, this bad boy is a lion
Nikka vachu aappu adikkiraan
He makes you stand and traps you cold
Karithundu veesi kandathaiyum pesi
Throwing a piece of charcoal and blabbering nonsense
Mandaikulla oosi yerakkuraan
He injects ideas straight into your mind
Puzhukaiya maathi thangamena kaati
Turning dirt around to present it as gold
Bongu bongu bongu viduraan
He keeps pulling off scam after scam
Hero hero hero hero
Hero hero hero hero
Karukka murukkum
Crisp and crunchy
Maalu deal-u mavanda..aa..
This fellow is full of fishy deals, my son!
Maala mela maala pottu
Garlanding you with garland after garland
Asarum neram
When you lower your guard in exhaustion
Kaala vaarum yemandaa…aa…
He is the Lord of Death who trips your legs!
Agulavuttu aattu appa kooda sikkuchinna
Shake it wide, and if even your father gets caught...
Igulavuttu yethu sikkavudu sikkatha
Push it with a smirk, trap others without getting trapped
Dagulu dabba aattu thokka vara mukkuchinna
Play your bluff trick, if it gets squeezed till the end...
Ragudu raththam aadu pagachukatha singatha
Play with rugged blood, don't pick a fight with the lion
Karanttu kambimela kaala vachutta
You placed your foot on a live electric wire!
Mudhala vaayikulla kaiya vuttutta
You shoved your hand right into a crocodile's mouth!
Pagada aattathula pagudu ellam pekkuraan
In the game of dice, he tears down all opponent tricks
Saguni veshathula vachu vachu seiyuraan
Disguised as Shakuni, he thoroughly destroys you step by step
Poo malaiya kaathula suthuvaan
He spins a garland of flowers around your ear to trick you
Kadapaaraiya muthukula kuthuvaan
And plunges a crowbar straight into your back
Oru quater-u bottle-la koduthu
By handing over a quarter bottle of liquor
Kadha vaangidum kadhakaaran
He is a storyteller who buys up your story
Muzhu poosani sothula maraipaan
He hides an entire pumpkin in a small plate of rice
Yemakadhagan kaariyam mudippaan
The ruthless master-scammer gets the job done
Padupaathagan yerimalai kozhampula
That mega-villain, in a stew of volcanic lava...
Soup-u poduvaan
Makes a bowl of soup!
Hero hero hero hero
Hero hero hero hero
Karukka murukkum
Crisp and crunchy
Maalu deal-u mavanda..aa..
This fellow is full of fishy deals, my son!
Kaalavaari kaalavaari
Tripping people up again and again
Idatha pudikkum
Taking over the top spot
Molla maari ivanda…aa…
He is a slippery fraudster!
Enakkaanadhu kottaiyin saavi
The key to the fort belongs to me
Adhu onnu thaan
That is the only thing
Nadu medaiyil poranthavan naanda
I am the one born right in the middle of the stage
Singam
A lion!
Nara narampula naadiyil ellaam
In every nerve, vein, and pulse
Adam pudikkuthu kottaiya aala
There is a stubborn urge to rule the fort
Edha pudunganum pudunguven neataa….
Whatever needs to be uprooted, I will uproot it cleanly...
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
Arasiyal Kedi from Tughlaq Durbar is a satirical, high-energy track describing the deceptive craftiness of an ambitious political rogue. The song contrasts the protagonist's innocent facade with his ruthless, cunning antics. Through vivid local metaphors and street slang, the lyrics illustrate how he tricks the public, stabs opponents in the back, and navigates political corruption with absolute audacity.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile
“Pachapulla pola sirikkiraan”
Compares a corrupt politician's deceptive smile to that of an innocent newborn baby (Pachapulla pola).
Allusion
“Saguni veshathula vachu vachu seiyuraan”
Refers to Shakuni from the epic Mahabharata to symbolize ultimate masterminding and backstabbing in games of power.
Hyperbole
“Padupaathagan yerimalai kozhampula Soup-u poduvaan”
An extreme exaggeration depicting the antagonist making soup out of boiling volcanic lava.
Idiom / Metaphor
“Muzhu poosani sothula maraipaan”
Uses the famous Tamil idiom of hiding a whole pumpkin in a small plate of rice to express grand deception.
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Trivia
Tughlaq Durbar is a political satire film starring Vijay Sethupathi. Composed by Govind Vasantha with lyrics by Karthik Netha, the track uses raw Chennai street slang to satirize political campaigns and backstabbing tactics.
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