- Lyricist
- Mohan Rajan
- Singers
- G. V. Prakash Kumar, Maalavika Sundar
- Music director
- G. V. Prakash Kumar
- Movie name
- 100% Kadhal
- Movie release year
- 2018
- Lyrics added on
- 2 Oct 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful track uses mathematical, scientific, and biological terminology as metaphors for romantic chemistry and young love. Concepts like positive/negative charges, equations, Newton's law of gravity, Darwinian evolution, and hormone responses are cleverly woven into the lyrics to express how intense infatuation feels like a scientific phenomenon.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor / Scientific Imagery
“Rendu minus serndha thaanae Equation”
Compares romance and attraction to mathematical equations (plus, minus, X and Y) and physical laws (gravitation, centigrade, Fahrenheit).
Emonai (Initial Rhyme)
“Mann nokki vanthaalo gravitation / Pen nokki veezhthaalo thaan infactuation”
Matching initial sounds across lines, such as 'Mann' and 'Pen'.
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Mudhal sparisam pudhiraagum / Maru sparisam bathil aagum”
Rhyming end words in successive lines, such as 'pudhiraagum' and 'bathil aagum'.
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Trivia
'100% Kadhal' (2019) is the Tamil remake of the hit 2011 Telugu romantic comedy '100% Love'. The track is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, who also played the lead male role in the film.
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