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Football Is A Feeling

From Paranthu Po · 2025

Lyricist
Madhan Karky
Singer
Nithesh Kanna
Music director
Santhosh Dhayanidhi
Movie name
Paranthu Po
Movie release year
2025
Lyrics added on
26 Aug 2025

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Humming
Mathathellam bore
If footbaal is a feeling
Mathathellam bore
If football is support
Anbu has got a team
A team like a dream
They pass they kick
They jump and jump and scream
Kaathu pammi urulaama
Nera mazhaiyaa poliyaama
Ye record onnu vaangaama
Aattam enna aattam
Kaathu pammi urulaama
Nera mazhaiyaa poliyaama
Ye record onnu vaangaama
Aattam enna aattam
Anbu has got a team
A team like a dream
They pass they kick
They jump and jump and scream
......................
Everything else is boring,
If football is a feeling,
Everything else is boring,
If football is support.
Anbu has got a team,
A team like a dream!
They pass, they kick,
They jump and jump and scream!
Will the wind just crouch and roll?
Will it pour straight down like rain?
Without breaking a single record,
What kind of game is this?
Will the wind just crouch and roll?
Will it pour straight down like rain?
Without breaking a single record,
What kind of game is this?
Anbu has got a team,
A team like a dream!
They pass, they kick,
They jump and jump and scream!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This energetic track celebrates passion for football and camaraderie centered around the protagonist, Anbu. The lyrics elevate football from a mere sport to an intense emotion and ultimate support system, rendering all other activities mundane by comparison. The song captures the dynamic energy of the field—passing, kicking, jumping, and shouting—while posing poetic rhetorical questions about playing with full force rather than playing it safe. It underscores the ultimate goal of making a mark and breaking records through teamwork and unstoppable passion.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile

A team like a dream

Compares Anbu's football team to a 'dream', highlighting their unity, high skill level, and perfection.

Iyaipu (Rhyming Endings)

Kaathu pammi urulaama / Nera mazhaiyaa poliyaama

The consecutive lines end with the rhyming rhythmic suffix '-aama' ('urulaama', 'poliyaama', 'vaangaama').

Metaphor

Nera mazhaiyaa poliyaama

Compares an aggressive, relentless style of gameplay directly to a heavy downpour of rain.

Epizeuxis (Repetition)

They jump and jump and scream

Repeats the word 'jump' sequentially to emphasize continuous enthusiasm and physical energy on the field.

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Trivia

This track features lyrics by lyricist Madhan Karky and music by Santhosh Dhayanithi for the film 'Paranthu Po' (2025). Sung by Nithesh Kanna, the song showcases Madhan Karky's signature style of seamlessly mixing colloquial Tamil idioms with conversational English to create a youthful sports anthem.

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