- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- Anupama Dominic, Sipra Bose
- Music director
- Ranjit Barot
- Movie name
- V.I.P
- Movie release year
- 1997
- Lyrics added on
- 11 Jul 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Indhiran Alla from the movie V.I.P (1997) is a sensual and youth-centric track expressing a young woman's passionate infatuation and idealization of her lover. She asserts that he surpasses legendary figures like Indra, Manmatha, and Chandran, depicting his charm as something capable of transforming her emotions into rainbows and blooming flowers. His mere presence makes her heart skip a beat and fills her imagination with modern visions of romance. The lyrics combine classical Tamil romantic tropes—such as flower gardens, secret fragrances, and storm metaphors—with trendy 90s youth references like teenage lessons and hostel posters. Overall, it captures the heady, intoxicating rush of youthful desire and fantasy.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Anaphora / Rhyme (இயைபு அணி)
“Indhiran alla / Manmadhan alla / Chandhiran alla”
Repetition of 'alla' at the end of consecutive opening lines creates a rhythmic refrain.
Metaphor (உருவகம்)
“En vetkam vaanavil aanathu”
Compares female shyness directly to a colorful rainbow.
Hyperbole (உயர்வுநவற்சி அணி)
“Ivan vaarthai Pudhu dhesiya geetham”
Exaggerates the hero's charisma by stating his word is like a national anthem and his posters fill every hostel.
Metaphor (உருவகம்)
“Malarthottam adhil Puyalaaga vandhaan”
Compares the hero entering her romantic life to a storm sweeping through a garden of flowers.
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Trivia
V.I.P (1997) featured music composed by Ranjit Barot, a prominent Indian drummer and composer, marking a rare full soundtrack contribution by him in Tamil cinema. Lyricist Vairamuthu cleverly blended traditional Tamil poetry imagery (blooming flowers, night dreams) with 90s modern pop-culture slang like 'love graphics' and 'hostel posters'.
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