- Lyricist
- Karthik Netha
- Singer
- Mangli
- Music director
- D. Imman
- Movie name
- Ezhumalai – 2025 Film
- Movie release year
- 2025
- Lyrics added on
- 30 Jul 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is an intense, heart-wrenching plea for salvation and divine help in the face of emotional turmoil and betrayal. The protagonist compares love to a delicate plant surrounded by fire or a river abruptly losing its natural course. Through vivid imagery of heat, ember, smoke, and blind desperation, the speaker questions why destiny or the divine gave sweet promises only to tear them away.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Theeyinile kaadhal chedi”
Compares love to a fragile plant trying to survive in scorching fire ('Theeyinile kaadhal chedi') and to a river midway ('kaadhal nadhi').
Simile (Uvamai)
“Keatten mazhai pole”
Compares the remembered sound of laughter to comforting rain ('mazhai pole').
Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Kannizhantha pillai / Sollizhantha unmai”
Rhyming of second consonant 'n' in 'Kannizhantha' and 'Sollizhantha'.
Rhetorical Question
“Maraichathu muraiya?”
Expresses anguish by posing unanswered emotional questions to fate or God.
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Trivia
The track features popular playback singer Mangli, who is famous for her powerful, raw folk voice across South Indian languages. Composed by D. Imman with lyrics by Karthik Netha, the song merges high-octane emotional vocals with grand orchestral and folk instrumentation.
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