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Lyrics & meaning

Chinna Machan

From Charlie Chaplin 2 · 2018

Lyricist
Chella Thangaiah
Singers
Senthil Ganesh, Rajalakshmi
Music director
Amrish
Movie name
Charlie Chaplin 2
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
13 Aug 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Eh eh eh eh…
Chinna machan
Male :Enna pulla
Female :Sevatha machan
Male :Sollu pulla
Female :En sevatha machan
Male :Adi sollu pulla
Eh eh eh eh…
Chinna machan
Male :Enna pulla
Female :Sevatha machan
Male :Sollu pulla
Female :En sevatha machan
Male :Enna sollu pulla
Oorukulla
Ungala yesuraaga
Dhinam onnu rendaa
Solli pesuraaga
Namma oorukulla
Ungala yesuraaga
Onna rendaa
Solli pesuraaga
Eh eh eh eh…
Chinna pulla
Female :Enna machan
Male :Sevatha pulla
Female :Sollu machan
Male :Adi sevatha pulla
Female :Enna sollu machan
Yaaru yaaru
Enna pesunaaga
Adi enna vellam
Solli yesunaaga
Inga yaaru yaaru
Enna pesunaaga
Adi enna vellam
Solli yesunaaga
Ah ah ah ah…aan
Aasai machan
Male :Enna pulla
Female :Azhagu machan
Male :Sollu pulla
Female :En azhagu machan
Male :Enna sollu pulla
Aandipatti anitha
Yaaru machan
Ithu akkam pakkam
Pesum pechu machan
Ah ah ah ah…aan
Aththai pulla
Female :Enna machan
Male :Azhagu pulla
Female :Sollu machan
Male :En azhagu pulla
Female :Enna sollu machan
Aandipatti anitha
Akka ponnu
Ava anjanglass-u padikkum
Chinna ponnu
……………………………
Ho ho ho ho…
Chella machan
Male :Enna pulla
Female :Nalla machan
Male :Sollu pulla
Female :Romba nalla machan
Male :Adi sollu pulla
Cell phone-ula
Paarthen peru machan
Antha sirukki mava
Sathiya yaaru machan
Ho ho ho ho…
Katta pulla
Female :Enna machan
Male :Karutha pulla…
Female :Hei
Male :Mudi karutha pulla
Female :Sollu machan
Sathiyama solluren
Kelu pulla
Antha sathiya thaan
En uyir thozhan pulla
Hmm hmm hmm hmm…
Nesa machan
Male :Enna pulla
Female :Paasa machan
Male :Sollu pulla
Female :En aasai machan
Male :Adi sollu pulla
Thungaiyilum
Devi-nu solluriga
Ennai yengavechu
Yen machan kolluriga
Hmm hmm hmm hmm…
Maaman pulla
Female :Enna machan
Male :Manasukkulla
Female :Sollu machan
Male :En manasukkulla
Female :Enna sollu machan
Karumari deviyathan
Nenachirukken
Namma kalyana thethiyathan
Kurichirukken
Hmmm hmmm hmm hmhm
Ah ahFemale :Eh eh…
Male :Ah ah ah aaan
Female :Ah ah ah aan
Male :Hmmm hmm hmm
Ah ha aan namma
Female :Haa..aa..hmm..
Hahahahaha….
Hey hey hey hey...
My dear machan!
Male: What is it, my girl?
Female: My fair-skinned machan!
Male: Tell me, my girl!
Female: My fair-skinned machan!
Male: Come on, tell me, my girl!
Hey hey hey hey...
My dear machan!
Male: What is it, my girl?
Female: My fair-skinned machan!
Male: Tell me, my girl!
Female: My fair-skinned machan!
Male: What is it? Tell me, my girl!
All over town,
people are gossiping about you!
Every day, making up stories,
they keep talking about you!
In our village,
people are gossiping about you!
Making up one story after another,
they keep talking about you!
Hey hey hey hey...
My dear girl!
Female: What is it, machan?
Male: My fair-skinned girl!
Female: Tell me, machan!
Male: Hey, my fair-skinned girl!
Female: What is it? Tell me, machan!
Who, oh who,
was talking about me?
Tell me, what all
did they say to badmouth me?
Who around here,
was talking about me?
Tell me, what all
did they say to badmouth me?
Ah ah ah ah... aan
My beloved machan!
Male: What is it, my girl?
Female: My handsome machan!
Male: Tell me, my girl!
Female: My handsome machan!
Male: What is it? Tell me, my girl!
Who is this Anitha
from Andipatti, machan?
That is the gossip buzzing
all over the neighborhood, machan!
Ah ah ah ah... aan
My dear cousin!
Female: What is it, machan?
Male: My pretty girl!
Female: Tell me, machan!
Male: My pretty girl!
Female: What is it? Tell me, machan!
That Anitha from Andipatti
is my elder sister's daughter!
She is just a little child
studying in the fifth grade!
.........................
Ho ho ho ho...
My darling machan!
Male: What is it, my girl?
Female: My good machan!
Male: Tell me, my girl!
Female: My wonderful machan!
Male: Come on, tell me, my girl!
In your mobile phone,
I saw a name, machan!
Who is that girl,
that Sathya, machan?
Ho ho ho ho...
My petite girl!
Female: What is it, machan?
Male: My dark-skinned girl...
Female: Hey!
Male: I mean my dark-haired girl!
Female: Tell me, machan!
I swear on everything,
listen to me, girl!
That Sathya
is my closest male friend, girl!
Mmm mmm mmm mmm...
My loving machan!
Male: What is it, my girl?
Female: My affectionate machan!
Male: Tell me, my girl!
Female: My beloved machan!
Male: Come on, tell me, my girl!
Even in your sleep,
you keep calling out Devi's name!
Why do you make me pine
and torment me like this, machan?
Mmm mmm mmm mmm...
My dear cousin!
Female: What is it, machan?
Male: Deep in my heart,
Female: Tell me, machan!
Male: Deep in my heart,
Female: What is it? Tell me, machan!
It is Goddess Karumari Devi
I have been praying to!
And the date for our wedding
is what I have finalized!
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Aa aa Female: Hey hey...
Male: Aa aa aa aan
Female: Aa aa aa aan
Male: Mmm mmm mmm
Aha aan our...
Female: Haa.. aa.. mmm..
Hahahahaha...
Female
Female
Female
Male
Male
Female
Female
Male
Male
Chorus
Female
Female
Male
Male
Female
Female
Male
Male
Male

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Chinna Machan' from Charlie Chaplin 2 is a playful, upbeat folk duet between a young woman and her cousin (machan). The song takes the form of a humorous interrogation where the woman confronts her lover about various rumors circulating in the village and suspicious details she has noticed—such as a female name on his phone or him calling out 'Devi' in his sleep. With teasing jealousy, she demands explanations for every suspicion.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)

Chinna machan / Enna pulla

Matching second consonants across consecutive lines, prominent in folk poetry such as 'Chinna' / 'Enna' and 'Aasai' / 'Paasa'.

Call-and-Response Folk Dialogue Structure

Female: Sevatha machan / Male: Sollu pulla

A classic Tamil folk song structure where male and female singers take alternating lines as characters engaged in a comedic argument.

Alliteration (Monaai)

Sathiyama solluren / Kelu pulla

Repetition of initial consonants or vowels across rhythmic units, such as 'Sathiyama solluren' and 'Karumari deviyathan'.

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Trivia

Composed by Amresh Ganesh (lyrics written by Chella Thangaiah), 'Chinna Machan' became a massive viral sensation across Tamil Nadu. The song was originally rendered by popular folk singers Senthil Ganesh and Rajalakshmi, real-life husband and wife who rose to fame after winning the reality show 'Super Singer', bringing authentic rural folk flavor to mainstream film music.

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