- Lyricist
- Mohan Rajan
- Singer
- Vijay Prakash
- Music director
- Arjun Janya
- Movie name
- Bailwaan
- Movie release year
- 2019
- Lyrics added on
- 13 Jul 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This upbeat romantic track expresses the exhilaration and overwhelming sweet agony of falling deeply in love. The protagonist describes how the presence, gaze, and subtle smiles of his beloved completely disarm him, making him feel weightless as if floating in the air while leaving him swooning with love-sickness.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaipu (End Rhyming)
“Unnai paarthaa / Kaigal korthaa / Konjam sirichaa”
The lines end with similar sounding rhyming suffixes ('paarthaa', 'korthaa', 'sirichaa'), creating a rhythmic musical flow.
Ethugai (Second Letter Rhyming)
“Manasula mazhaiyadi / Kanavula adithadi”
The second consonant 'na' (ன) rhymes between 'Manasula' and 'Kanavula'.
Metaphor
“En vella katti”
The lover refers to his beloved as a 'block of jaggery' (vella katti) to metaphorically highlight her extreme sweetness and charm.
Hyperbole
“Ennai kannil vizhungi pora / Perum kaichal thandhu pora”
Exaggerating the effect of her gaze by saying she 'swallows him with her eyes' and 'gives him a severe fever' as she passes by.
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Trivia
This song is from the movie 'Bailwaan' (2019), which is the Tamil dubbed version of the hit Kannada sports action drama 'Pailwaan', starring Kichcha Sudeep and Aakanksha Singh. The music was composed by Arjun Janya with Tamil lyrics penned by Mohan Rajan.
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