- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singer
- Nandini Srikar
- Music director
- Vidyasagar
- Movie name
- Uyirodu Uyiraga
- Movie release year
- 1998
- Lyrics added on
- 22 Jul 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful youth song opens with a clever riddle where the word 'Naan unnai kaadhalikkiren' (I love you) and 'Naan unnai' are reversed into humorous gibberish. The lead character playfully confesses love while exaggerating their total ignorance about basic facts of literature, science, and math—playfully asking ridiculous questions like the color of a green pencil or on which tree a lotus grows. The core emotion conveys that when a young adult falls in love at age nineteen, every common sense logic fades away, leaving 'I love you' as the only truth they know.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Anagram / Word Reversal (Pirivu Moli)
“In rae kik li tha kaa”
The lyrics intentionally reverse Tamil phonemes 'Kaadhalikkiren' and 'Naan unnai' into 'In rae kik li tha kaa' and 'Ik nai nun naa' as a romantic word puzzle.
Humorous Paradox (Slesai / Irony)
“Pachai color pencil niram Theriyaadhu”
The lyrics use absurd questions like asking the color of a green pencil or how many zeroes a zero has, highlighting playful ignorance.
Anaphora / Repetition (Edual)
“Naan arindhadhum Therindhadhum Thelindhadhum idhu ondrudhaan”
Repeated line endings with 'Theriyaadhu' emphasize the theme of ignoring worldly knowledge in favor of love.
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Trivia
Composed by Vidyasagar for the 1998 romantic drama 'Uyirodu Uyiraga' starring Ajith Kumar and Richa Ahuja. Lyricist Vairamuthu cleverly formatted the intro lines by reversing Tamil letters phonetically to simulate a secret language.
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