- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Movie name
- Anadhai Anandhan
- Movie release year
- 1970
- Lyrics added on
- 5 Dec 2024
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful and rhythmic dance song features a woman teasingly addressing a stylish man who stands silently despite her alluring presence. She playfully remarks on how easily men fall for charm, how money naturally comes and goes in pursuit of pleasure, and how life needs passion, hunger, and love to be truly meaningful.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhyming / Assonance (Anaphora & Sound Play)
“Jammunnu vantheenaga summaa / Kummunnu ninneenga / Kammunnu ninnaakka”
The opening words 'Jammunnu', 'Kummunnu', and 'Kammunnu' form a stylish, rhythmic triad of colloquial Tamil adverbs that catch the listener's ear instantly.
Simile (Upamai)
“Maththalam polae kannodu / Manasum adikkuthu pennaalae”
The singer compares the fluttering eyes and pounding heart of a man captivated by a woman to the heavy rhythmic beating of a drum ('Maththalam').
End Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Ice-ah urugum munnaale / Nice-ah irukkum thannaalae”
The usage of matching trailing suffixes ('munnaale', 'thannaalae', 'pinnaalae', 'paravaalae') adds poetic flow and melodic consistency to the verse.
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Trivia
This track showcases lyricist Kannadasan's expertise in incorporating informal Madras Tamil street slang ('Jammunnu', 'Kummunnu', 'Kammunnu') into popular playback cinema music, effortlessly rendered by P. Susheela under K. V. Mahadevan's composition.
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