- Lyricist
- V. Seetharaman
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- S. M. Subbaiah Naidu
- Movie name
- Athisaya Penn
- Movie release year
- 1959
- Lyrics added on
- 14 Aug 2020
Lyrics & meaning
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Overall song meaning
This playful and whimsical song from the 1959 film Athisaya Penn opens with joyful, nonsense rhythmic scatting that instantly sets a cheerful, childlike tone. The lyrics describe a groom dressed in a fancy zari cap who travels around bringing smiles to little girls whenever they pout, claiming that the whole town considers him family.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Nonsense Verse / Scatting (Rhythmic Rhyme)
“Eenaa meenaa teegaa... Haan jei jaamaa neegaa”
The song uses playful, non-lexical rhyming vocables to establish cadence and playful charm.
Moonaikkal (Initial Consonance / Alliteration)
“Chinna chinna pengal / Sinegam ivarkundu / Sinungum velai kandu / Sirikka vaippathundu”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds across consecutive lines (Chinna / Sinegam / Sinungum / Sirikka).
Hyperbole (Exaggeration)
“Maaman Maami kodi / Maiththunar mukkoodi”
Exaggerating the groom's relations to comedic proportions (crores of uncles and tens of millions of in-laws).
Anaphora / Repetition
“Marappaatchi marappaatchi”
Repetition of words for dramatic emphasis before the comedic twist reveal.
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Trivia
The film Athisaya Penn (1959) starred Vyjayanthimala and featured music composed by S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. The song's iconic nonsense rhythm 'Eenaa Meenaa Teegaa' became a popular trope in Indian cinema, influencing catchy rhyming scat hooks in later South Indian and Hindi film music.
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