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Lyrics & meaning

Jackket Vaali Billa

From Uthami Petra Rathinam · 1959

Lyricist
Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
Singers
A. L. Ragavan, S. V. Ponnusami
Music director
T. Chalapathi Rao
Details
Uthami Petra Rathinam1959

Lyrics & meaning

Tanglish lyrics English translation
Male
Lalalalalalalalalala ohoo hoooLalalalalalalalalala ohoo hooo
Jacket vaali billaa laadam pona lakkadiThe lady wearing a jacket, badge, and wearing wooden shoes
Layanai paaru akkaadiLook at her style and rhythm, sister!
Aanum pennum illatti yedhu kelattaWithout men and women, where is the fun and celebration?
Male
Lalalalalalalalalala ohoo hoooLalalalalalalalalala ohoo hooo
Male
Love love love aanadhaeIt has all become love, love, love!
Rubber polae thulladhaeDon't bounce around like rubber!
Aanum pennum illatti yedhu kelattaWithout men and women, where is the fun and celebration?
Male
Lalalalalalalalalala ohoo hoooLalalalalalalalalala ohoo hooo
Male
Aadu meikkura bangaaruBangaaru, who grazes the goats
Aattam poduraan mannaruMannaru is dancing around wildly
Aanum pennum illatti yedhu kelattaWithout men and women, where is the fun and celebration?
Male
Lalalalalalalalalala ohoo hoooLalalalalalalalalala ohoo hooo
Male
Thandha seepu kannadiGiven a comb and a mirror
Thaluku pannadhu pinnadiShe preened and dressed up behind
Aanum pennum illatti yedhu kelattaWithout men and women, where is the fun and celebration?
Male
Lalalalalalalalalala ohoo hoooLalalalalalalalalala ohoo hooo

Beyond the translation

Song interpretation

This playful folk song from the 1959 film 'Uthami Petra Rathinam' celebrates love, attraction, and social camaraderie through lively, humorous verse. It paints rustic pictures of characters like Bangaaru the goat-herder and Mannaru dancing, alongside light teasing about dressing up and vanity with combs and mirrors. The main refrain highlights a simple truth of human life: without the joyful interaction between men and women, life loses its spirit, excitement, and celebratory fun.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Rubber polae thulladhae

Compares energetic behavior or excitement to a bouncing rubber ball ('Rubber polae thulladhae').

Ethukai (Second letter rhyme)

Aadu meikkura bangaaru / Aattam poduraan mannaru

The second consonant sound 'd' is repeated in 'Aadu' and 'Aattam' to create a rhythmic folk beat.

Iyaibu (End Rhyme)

Aadu meikkura bangaaru / Aattam poduraan mannaru

The words 'Bangaaru' and 'Mannaru' rhyme at the end of consecutive lines, providing catchy rhythmic cadence.

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Trivia

'Uthami Petra Rathinam' (1959) featured music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao, with iconic folk lyrics penned by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, famous for his catchy, rhythmic, and colloquial songwriting style in early Tamil cinema.

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