Skip to content
Isaimozhi
Lyrics & meaning

Gilma

From Kick · 2022

Lyricist
Viveka
Singers
Jonita Gandhi, Arjun Janya
Music director
Arjun Janya
Details
Kick2022

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Gilmaama neeeYou are a fun-loving uncle/guy!
Majaakku maaalu sokkumaaA entertaining sweetheart who enchants...
Nee sokkumaaWill you enchant me?
Unnoda waacha-la naanuInside your wristwatch, should I...
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Unnoda waacha-la naanuInside your wristwatch, should I...
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Male
Gilmaama neeeYou are a fun-loving uncle/guy!
Majaakku maaalu sokkumaaA entertaining sweetheart who enchants...
Nee sokkumaaWill you enchant me?
Unnoda waacha-la naanuInside your wristwatch, should I...
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Unnoda waacha-la naanuInside your wristwatch, should I...
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Female
Needhanda license kudukkuraYou are the one who grants the license,
Nee yen da police-ah madakkuraWhy are you cornering the police, man?
Engapoyi muttikuven naanWhere will I go and bang my head in frustration?
Male
Gilmaama neeeYou are a fun-loving uncle/guy!
Majaakku maaalu sokkumaaA entertaining sweetheart who enchants...
Nee sokkumaaWill you enchant me?
Unnoda waacha-la naanuInside your wristwatch, should I...
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Unnoda waacha-la naanuInside your wristwatch, should I...
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Male
Leftula pottuFending off on the left,
Rightula vaangiReceiving on the right,
Innameri kooththuWith dramas like this,
Female
Nightula thoongaTo sleep at night,
Dhaavu theerudhuThe energy for romance is draining,
Paavam indha youthPity these poor youth!
Male
Ainooru Style-laIn five hundred different styles,
I love you sollikaaturen-diGirl, I will show you by saying 'I love you'!
Female
My lover nee-nuProclaiming that you are my lover,
Mount road-la banner poduren-daDude, I will put up a banner on Mount Road!
Male
Ae maina..Hey Myna bird...
Adi mainaOh Myna bird,
En manasula poondhutta rain-ahYou entered my heart like rain!
Ae maina..Hey Myna bird...
Adi mainaOh Myna bird,
En usurula oodura wine-ahYou are wine flowing in my soul!
Female
Naandhanda un mehboobaa….I am indeed your beloved...
Male
Gilmaama neeeYou are a fun-loving uncle/guy!
Majaakku maaalu sokkumaaA entertaining sweetheart who enchants...
Nee sokkumaaWill you enchant me?
Unnoda waacha-la naanuInside your wristwatch, should I...
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Unnoda waacha-la naanuInside your wristwatch, should I...
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?
Lockkumaa lockkumaGet locked? Get locked?

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

The song 'Gilmaama' from the film Kick (2022) is a playful, high-energy dance track heavy with colloquial Chennai (Madras) slang. The lyrics depict a fun, flirtatious exchange between two lovers who express their intense attraction and playful obsession with each other. Metaphorically asking to be locked inside the lover's wristwatch, the protagonist expresses the irresistible spell cast by their partner.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Metaphor

En usurula oodura wine-ah

Compares the beloved's presence to intoxicating wine flowing through one's soul/life.

Simile / Visual Imagery

En manasula poondhutta rain-ah

Compares the beloved entering the heart to a refreshing shower of rain.

Iyaipu (End Rhyme)

Adi maina ... rain-ah / wine-ah

The lines end with rhyming phonetic sounds ('maina', 'rain-ah', 'wine-ah') creating a musical rhythm.

Monai (Initial Alliteration)

Majaakku maaalu sokkumaa

Repetition of the 'Ma' sound at the start of words ('Majaakku', 'maaalu').

Did you know?

Trivia

'Kick' (2022) marks popular Kannada film composer Arjun Janya's debut soundtrack in Tamil cinema. Starring Santhanam in the lead role, the song 'Gilmaama' features dynamic vocals by Jonita Gandhi and Arjun Janya himself, set to lively slang-filled lyrics by prominent Tamil lyricist Viveka.

Keep listening

More from Kick