- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Sandakozhi
- Movie release year
- 2005
- Lyrics added on
- 24 Apr 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is an energetic, high-spirited college farewell anthem from the movie Sandakozhi (2005). Penned by Na. Muthu Kumar, the lyrics reject traditional gloomy, tearful farewells. Instead, the students choose to celebrate their shared memories, banter, and unbreakable bond through dance, laughter, and high-energy music. The song playfully highlights college life culture—backlogs (arrears), movie outings, nicknames, and campus jokes. The emotional core of the song lies in its optimistic view of separation. Rather than treating graduation as a painful end, the students remind each other that the world is round and well-connected by transport. Separation is viewed merely as a temporary phase, and friendship is presented as something eternal that easily survives distance and time.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai Ani)
“Ice-a pola urugi nikka venaam”
Compares emotional breakdown and tears to ice melting in heat, warning friends not to melt away in sadness.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Kanneer moota thookki sumakka / Kangal onnum porter illa”
Metaphorically states that human eyes are not porters meant to carry heavy loads of tears, rejecting overt grief.
Iyaipu (Rhyming Ends)
“Photo venaam / Polambal venaam / Autograph- nottum vennaam”
Repeats the suffix 'venaam' at the end of consecutive lines for rhythmic emphasis and flow.
Muran / Wordplay (Antithesis)
“Padichchu kizhichom / Kizhichum padichchom”
Swaps words playfully to create humorous contrast, capturing casual student slang about exams and studies.
Analogy
“Trainoda thandavaalam piriyanum / Timeoda rendu mullum piriyanum”
Uses natural and mechanical separations (rail tracks diverging, clock hands moving apart) as normal, everyday analogies for human parting.
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Trivia
This track adapts the famous Sri Lankan Sinhala Baila rhythm 'Surangani', which gained immense popularity across South Asia through artists like A.E. Manoharan. Composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the film Sandakozhi (2005), the song featured vocals by Jassie Gift, Pop Shalini, and Vijay Yesudas. Na. Muthu Kumar's lyrics encapsulated contemporary Tamil youth culture, using real-world college slang such as 'arrears' and 'bit movie', making it an instant anthem for college farewell events across Tamil Nadu.
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