- Lyricist
- Viveka
- Singer
- Siddharth Mahadevan
- Music director
- Anirudh Ravichander
- Movie name
- Velaikkaran
- Movie release year
- 2017
- Lyrics added on
- 21 Oct 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Ezhu Velaikkara' from the 2017 Tamil film Velaikkaran is an inspiring worker's anthem that serves as a passionate call to action for the working class. Written by Viveka, the song urges laborers and common people to realize their collective strength, rise up against injustice, and stop living in quiet compliance. It highlights the stark social irony that the hard-working person who sows the seeds often ends up starving due to systemic exploitation, demanding that such imbalance between the privileged and the laboring class be erased. Narratively, the song represents the protagonist's rally cry to motivate workers to fight corporate greed and corruption. With energizing imagery—comparing sweat to fire and the worker's arrival to a storm—the song emphasizes self-respect, perseverance, and rewriting history through unified action rather than staying silent.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaipu (Rhyming Suffix / End Rhyme)
“Ezhu velaikkara indrae indrae / Ini seiyum velai nandrae.. / Ada melum keezhum ondrae ondrae.. / Varalaarai maatru vendrae..”
Lines ending with rhyming suffixes 'indrae', 'nandrae', 'ondrae', and 'vendrae' create a driving, march-like rhythm.
Simile (Uvamai)
“Ezhundhu vaa puyalai polae..”
Compares the rising of the worker to a powerful storm using the comparative word 'polae' (like).
Metaphor (Uruvagaim)
“Vervai theeyae.. un desam neeyae”
Metaphorically addresses hard-working sweat as 'fire' ('Vervai theeyae') to embody revolutionary passion and strength.
Antithesis / Contrast (Muran)
“Panindhomae kunidhomae / Nimirndhu vaa melae melae..”
Contrasts past subservience ('bowed and stooped') with future defiance ('stand tall and rise up').
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Trivia
'Ezhu Velaikkara' is a motivational track composed by Anirudh Ravichander for the movie Velaikkaran (2017), directed by Mohan Raja and starring Sivakarthikeyan and Nayanthara. The film explores corporate malpractice and the power of the working class. Lyricist Viveka crafted the song's lines as a modern labor anthem, heavily drawing on themes of social justice and working-class solidarity.
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