Enga Yeriya
From Pudhupettai · 2006
- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singers
- Dhanush, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Premgi Amaren
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Details
- Pudhupettai2006
Lyrics & meaning
| ♫ Tanglish lyrics | ↻ English translation |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Kunguma pottin mangalam | The auspiciousness of a bindi on the forehead |
| Nenjam irandin sangamam | The union of two hearts |
| Nenjam irandin sangamam | The union of two hearts |
| Irandrena koodum… | Joining as two... |
| Male | |
| Domaru | Domaru |
| Male :Dapsa | Male: Lie/Bluff |
| Male :Domae | Male: Domae |
| Male :Kumaru | Male: Kumaru |
| Male :Yei.. kokki kumaru | Male: Hey.. Kokki Kumaru! |
| Male | |
| Hey padicha naayae | Hey educated dog |
| Kitta varadhae…..ae…… | Don't come near! |
| Chorus :Enga area ulla varaadha… | Chorus: Don't enter our area... |
| Enga area ulla varaadha… | Don't enter our area... |
| Enga area ulla varaadha… | Don't enter our area... |
| Enga area ulla varaadha… | Don't enter our area... |
| Male | |
| Pudhupettai…kasimedu..ennore-u | Pudhupettai... Kasimedu... Ennore... |
| Viyasarpadi enga area.. | Vyasarpadi is our area.. |
| Male :Anna nagar…kk nagar…tnagar.. | Male: Anna Nagar... KK Nagar... T. Nagar.. |
| Boat club unga area.. | Boat Club is your area.. |
| Hey padicha naayae | Hey educated dog |
| Kitta varadhae…ae…ae…eyyyyyy | Don't come near! |
| Chorus | |
| Enga area ulla varaadha… | Don't enter our area... |
| Enga area ulla varaadha… | Don't enter our area... |
| Ee..ennga area ulla varaadha… | Hey.. don't enter our area... |
| Enga area ulla varaadha… | Don't enter our area... |
| Chorus | |
| Jana gana manga | Jana gana manga |
| Wanna get down down down down | Wanna get down down down down |
| We go for the gangster | We go for the gangster |
| Full of the night | Full of the night |
| We wanna be a monster | We wanna be a monster |
| In this town | In this town |
| We really really wanna | We really really wanna |
| Gangster free | Gangster free |
| Welcome to the pudhu pudhu pettai | Welcome to the brand new Pudhupettai |
| Male | |
| Padapada vellai tholu | Pale, trembling white skin |
| Nanga ellam karuppu | We are all dark-skinned |
| Peechai kayil kannathula | With rough hands and dirt, on your cheeks |
| Adipomda paruppu | We will slap and smash your face! |
| Padikura ponnu ellam | All the studying girls |
| Unnadhan parkum | Will look only at you |
| Enga area ponnu matum | Only the girls from our area |
| Ennadhan paarkum | Will look only at me |
| Male | |
| Thabal potti towser | Shorts like a mailbox |
| Oola mooku pasanga | Boys with runny noses |
| Thanni vandi lorry kitta | Near the water tanker lorry |
| Sanda podum ponnunga | Girls fighting for water |
| Dhinam dhinam kudichitu | Getting drunk every single day |
| Malaiyerum perusu | The old men passing out / high |
| Thenavetta karai vetti | With arrogant swagger, wearing bordered dhotis |
| Katti varum rowse-u | Walking around making a scene |
| Male | |
| Kadalu-la veyilu-la | In the sea, under the scorching sun |
| Uppedupom naanga | We harvest salt |
| Thayir saadham saapida | To eat your curd rice |
| Uppu kekureenga | You ask us for salt |
| Kallaraiku pakkathula | Right next to the cemetery |
| Vazhurom naanga | We live our lives |
| Paadai katti ponam pona | When a corpse is carried on a funeral bier |
| Mooka pothureenga | You cover your noses |
| Male | |
| A/C potta bathroomil | Inside an air-conditioned bathroom |
| Enna varum ponga | What even comes out? Go on! |
| Thandavalam kitta | Near the railway tracks |
| Odhunguvom naanga | We relieve ourselves |
| Nethu vacha meen kozhambu | Yesterday's fish curry |
| Kaathula veesum | Whiffs in the breeze |
| Malli poovum inga pootha | Even if jasmine blooms here |
| Meen vaasam veesum | It smells like fish |
| Chorus | |
| Oru naal povaar | One day he leaves |
| Oru naal varuvaar | One day he returns |
| Male : Oru naal povaar | Male: One day he leaves |
| Oru naal varuvaar | One day he returns |
| Ovvoru naalum thuyaram | Every single day is full of sorrow |
| Chorus | |
| Enga area ulla varaadha.. | Don't enter our area.. |
| Male :We come to the gangster | Male: We come to the gangster |
| Chorus :Enga area ulla varaadha.. | Chorus: Don't enter our area.. |
| Male :We wanna be a monster | Male: We wanna be a monster |
| Chorus :Enga area ulla varaadha.. | Chorus: Don't enter our area.. |
| Male :We come to the gangster | Male: We come to the gangster |
| Chorus :Enga area ulla varaadha.. | Chorus: Don't enter our area.. |
| Male :We wanna be a monster | Male: We wanna be a monster |
| Male | |
| Pozhappuku kadalu-la odurom naanga | We run into the sea just for a living |
| Thoppaiku kadalu-la odreenga neenga | You run along the sea just to reduce your belly fat |
| Kaasu panam serthu vachu kanja thanam yenga | Why hoard money with such stinginess? |
| Puttukitta panathaala enna pannuveengaaaaa…. | If you drop dead, what will you do with all that money? |
| Chorus | |
| Enga enga …area ulla varaadha.. | Don't enter our area.. |
| Enga area ulla varaadha.. | Don't enter our area.. |
| Enga enga …area ulla varaadha.. | Don't enter our area.. |
| Enga area ulla varaadha.. | Don't enter our area.. |
விசில் :
..................................
The auspiciousness of a bindi on the forehead
The union of two hearts
The union of two hearts
Joining as two...
குங்கும பொட்டின் மங்களம்
நெஞ்சம் இரண்டின் சங்கமம்
நெஞ்சம் இரண்டின் சங்கமம்
இரண்டென கூடும்
Domaru
Male: Lie/Bluff
Male: Domae
Male: Kumaru
Male: Hey.. Kokki Kumaru!
டோமரு
டப்சா
டொம்ம
குமாரு
ஏய்....கொக்கி குமாரு
Hey educated dog
Don't come near!
Chorus: Don't enter our area...
Don't enter our area...
Don't enter our area...
Don't enter our area...
ஹேய் படிச்ச நாயே
கிட்ட வராத....ஏ...
Pudhupettai... Kasimedu... Ennore...
Vyasarpadi is our area..
Male: Anna Nagar... KK Nagar... T. Nagar..
Boat Club is your area..
Hey educated dog
Don't come near!
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத
Don't enter our area...
Don't enter our area...
Hey.. don't enter our area...
Don't enter our area...
புதுபேட்டை....காசிமேடு....என் ஊரு
வியாசர்பாடி எங்க ஏரியா
அண்ணா நகர்....கேகே நகர்....டிநகர்...
போட் கிளப் உங்க ஏரியா
ஹேய் படிச்ச நாயே
கிட்ட வராத....ஏ.....ஏ....ஏய்ய்....
Jana gana manga
Wanna get down down down down
We go for the gangster
Full of the night
We wanna be a monster
In this town
We really really wanna
Gangster free
Welcome to the brand new Pudhupettai
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
ஏ....எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
Pale, trembling white skin
We are all dark-skinned
With rough hands and dirt, on your cheeks
We will slap and smash your face!
All the studying girls
Will look only at you
Only the girls from our area
Will look only at me
ஜன கன மன
Wanna get down down down down
We go for the gangster
Full of the night
We wanna be a monster
In this town
We really really wanna
Gangster free
Welcome to the புது புது பேட்டை
Shorts like a mailbox
Boys with runny noses
Near the water tanker lorry
Girls fighting for water
Getting drunk every single day
The old men passing out / high
With arrogant swagger, wearing bordered dhotis
Walking around making a scene
படபட வெள்ளை தோலு
நாங்க எல்லாம் கருப்பு
பீச்சை கையில் கன்னத்துல
அடிபோம்டா பருப்பு
பிடிக்குற பொண்ணு எல்லாம்
உன்னதான் பார்க்கும்
எங்க ஏரியா பொண்ணு மட்டும்
என்னதான் பார்க்கும்
In the sea, under the scorching sun
We harvest salt
To eat your curd rice
You ask us for salt
Right next to the cemetery
We live our lives
When a corpse is carried on a funeral bier
You cover your noses
தபால் பொட்டி டவ்சர்
ஊளை மூக்கு பசங்க
தண்ணி வண்டி லாரிகிட்ட
சண்ட போடும் பொண்ணுங்க
தினம் தினம் குடிச்சுட்டு
மலையேறும் பெருசு
தெனாவெட்டா கரை வேட்டி
கட்டி வரும் ரவ்ஸ்சு
Inside an air-conditioned bathroom
What even comes out? Go on!
Near the railway tracks
We relieve ourselves
Yesterday's fish curry
Whiffs in the breeze
Even if jasmine blooms here
It smells like fish
கடலுல வெயிலுல
உப்பெடுப்போம் நாங்க
தயிர் சாதம் சாப்பிட
உப்பு கேட்க்குறீங்க
கல்லறைக்கு பக்கத்துல
வாழுறோம் நாங்க
பாடை கட்டி பொணம் போனா
மூக்க பொத்துறிங்க
One day he leaves
One day he returns
Male: One day he leaves
One day he returns
Every single day is full of sorrow
ஏசி போட்ட பாத்ரூமில்
என்ன வரும் போங்க
தண்டவாளம் கிட்ட
ஒதுங்குவோம் நாங்க
நேத்து வச்ச மீன் கொழம்பு
காத்துல வீசும்
மல்லி பூவும் இங்க பூத்தா
மீன் வாசம் வீசும்
Don't enter our area..
Male: We come to the gangster
Chorus: Don't enter our area..
Male: We wanna be a monster
Chorus: Don't enter our area..
Male: We come to the gangster
Chorus: Don't enter our area..
Male: We wanna be a monster
ஒரு நாள் போவார்
ஒரு நாள் வருவார்
ஒரு நாள் போவார்
ஒரு நாள் வருவார்
ஒவ்வொரு நாளும் துயரம்
We run into the sea just for a living
You run along the sea just to reduce your belly fat
Why hoard money with such stinginess?
If you drop dead, what will you do with all that money?
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
We come to the gangster
குழு :
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
We wanna be a monster
குழு :
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
We come to the gangster
குழு :
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
We wanna be a monster
Don't enter our area..
Don't enter our area..
Don't enter our area..
Don't enter our area..
பொழப்புக்கு கடலுல ஓடுறோம் நாங்க
தொப்பைக்கு கடலுல ஓடுரைங்க நீங்க
காசு பணம் சேர்த்து வச்சு கஞ்சதனம் எங்க
புட்டுகிட்டா பணத்தால என்ன பண்ணுவீங்க......
எங்க எங்க..... ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
எங்க எங்க..... ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
எங்க ஏரியா உள்ள வராத....
Kunguma pottin mangalam
The auspiciousness of a bindi on the forehead
Nenjam irandin sangamam
The union of two hearts
Nenjam irandin sangamam
The union of two hearts
Irandrena koodum…
Joining as two...
Domaru
Domaru
Male :Dapsa
Male: Lie/Bluff
Male :Domae
Male: Domae
Male :Kumaru
Male: Kumaru
Male :Yei.. kokki kumaru
Male: Hey.. Kokki Kumaru!
Hey padicha naayae
Hey educated dog
Kitta varadhae…..ae……
Don't come near!
Chorus :Enga area ulla varaadha…
Chorus: Don't enter our area...
Enga area ulla varaadha…
Don't enter our area...
Enga area ulla varaadha…
Don't enter our area...
Enga area ulla varaadha…
Don't enter our area...
Pudhupettai…kasimedu..ennore-u
Pudhupettai... Kasimedu... Ennore...
Viyasarpadi enga area..
Vyasarpadi is our area..
Male :Anna nagar…kk nagar…tnagar..
Male: Anna Nagar... KK Nagar... T. Nagar..
Boat club unga area..
Boat Club is your area..
Hey padicha naayae
Hey educated dog
Kitta varadhae…ae…ae…eyyyyyy
Don't come near!
Enga area ulla varaadha…
Don't enter our area...
Enga area ulla varaadha…
Don't enter our area...
Ee..ennga area ulla varaadha…
Hey.. don't enter our area...
Enga area ulla varaadha…
Don't enter our area...
Jana gana manga
Jana gana manga
Wanna get down down down down
Wanna get down down down down
We go for the gangster
We go for the gangster
Full of the night
Full of the night
We wanna be a monster
We wanna be a monster
In this town
In this town
We really really wanna
We really really wanna
Gangster free
Gangster free
Welcome to the pudhu pudhu pettai
Welcome to the brand new Pudhupettai
Padapada vellai tholu
Pale, trembling white skin
Nanga ellam karuppu
We are all dark-skinned
Peechai kayil kannathula
With rough hands and dirt, on your cheeks
Adipomda paruppu
We will slap and smash your face!
Padikura ponnu ellam
All the studying girls
Unnadhan parkum
Will look only at you
Enga area ponnu matum
Only the girls from our area
Ennadhan paarkum
Will look only at me
Thabal potti towser
Shorts like a mailbox
Oola mooku pasanga
Boys with runny noses
Thanni vandi lorry kitta
Near the water tanker lorry
Sanda podum ponnunga
Girls fighting for water
Dhinam dhinam kudichitu
Getting drunk every single day
Malaiyerum perusu
The old men passing out / high
Thenavetta karai vetti
With arrogant swagger, wearing bordered dhotis
Katti varum rowse-u
Walking around making a scene
Kadalu-la veyilu-la
In the sea, under the scorching sun
Uppedupom naanga
We harvest salt
Thayir saadham saapida
To eat your curd rice
Uppu kekureenga
You ask us for salt
Kallaraiku pakkathula
Right next to the cemetery
Vazhurom naanga
We live our lives
Paadai katti ponam pona
When a corpse is carried on a funeral bier
Mooka pothureenga
You cover your noses
A/C potta bathroomil
Inside an air-conditioned bathroom
Enna varum ponga
What even comes out? Go on!
Thandavalam kitta
Near the railway tracks
Odhunguvom naanga
We relieve ourselves
Nethu vacha meen kozhambu
Yesterday's fish curry
Kaathula veesum
Whiffs in the breeze
Malli poovum inga pootha
Even if jasmine blooms here
Meen vaasam veesum
It smells like fish
Oru naal povaar
One day he leaves
Oru naal varuvaar
One day he returns
Male : Oru naal povaar
Male: One day he leaves
Oru naal varuvaar
One day he returns
Ovvoru naalum thuyaram
Every single day is full of sorrow
Enga area ulla varaadha..
Don't enter our area..
Male :We come to the gangster
Male: We come to the gangster
Chorus :Enga area ulla varaadha..
Chorus: Don't enter our area..
Male :We wanna be a monster
Male: We wanna be a monster
Chorus :Enga area ulla varaadha..
Chorus: Don't enter our area..
Male :We come to the gangster
Male: We come to the gangster
Chorus :Enga area ulla varaadha..
Chorus: Don't enter our area..
Male :We wanna be a monster
Male: We wanna be a monster
Pozhappuku kadalu-la odurom naanga
We run into the sea just for a living
Thoppaiku kadalu-la odreenga neenga
You run along the sea just to reduce your belly fat
Kaasu panam serthu vachu kanja thanam yenga
Why hoard money with such stinginess?
Puttukitta panathaala enna pannuveengaaaaa….
If you drop dead, what will you do with all that money?
Enga enga …area ulla varaadha..
Don't enter our area..
Enga area ulla varaadha..
Don't enter our area..
Enga enga …area ulla varaadha..
Don't enter our area..
Enga area ulla varaadha..
Don't enter our area..
Beyond the translation
Song interpretation
'Enga Area' from Pudhupettai (2006) is a gritty, raw anthem highlighting the sharp socio-economic divide between Chennai's working-class/slum neighborhoods (like Kasimedu, Vyasarpadi, and Pudhupettai) and its affluent localities (like Anna Nagar and Boat Club). Through punchy slang, raw colloquialisms, and stark contrasts, lyricist Na. Muthu Kumar juxtaposes the survivalist, harsh reality of the underprivileged—who live near cemeteries, open railway tracks, and harsh seas—against the sanitized, privileged lives of the wealthy upper class. Despite systemic poverty, daily struggles, and sorrow, the youth in these neighborhoods exhibit fierce pride, territoriality, and resilience. The song serves as a defiant warning to privileged outsiders to keep out of their turf while proudly asserting their own unvarnished identity, street-smart survival instincts, and community solidarity.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Muran (Contrast / Antithesis)
“Pozhappuku kadalu-la odurom naanga / Thoppaiku kadalu-la odreenga neenga”
Striking contrast highlighting social inequality: the poor run into the sea out of necessity for a living, whereas the rich run by the sea to lose belly fat.
Iyaipu (Rhyming Endings)
“Padikura ponnu ellam unnadhan parkum / Enga area ponnu matum ennadhan paarkum”
The repetitive ending with 'parkum' emphasizes the colloquial rhythm and reinforces territorial loyalty.
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Pudhupettai…kasimedu..ennore-u”
The rhythm established by local place names creates an authentic, street-style rap cadence.
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Trivia
'Enga Area' became an iconic anthem in Tamil cinema for representing North Chennai street culture and urban slang. Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja with lyrics by Na. Muthu Kumar for Selvaraghavan's cult classic 'Pudhupettai', the song features Dhanush and Yuvan on vocals, blending traditional gaana elements with modern hip-hop rhythm.
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