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Karakudi Ilavarasi

From Kalakalappu 2 · 2018

Lyricist
Mohan Rajan
Singers
Jassie Gift, Sudharshan Ashok
Music director
Hiphop Tamizha
Movie name
Kalakalappu 2
Movie release year
2018
Lyrics added on
4 Jan 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Karakudi ilavarasi
En nenja thaakura mavarasi
Thoothukudi varagarisi
Nee kayapodura enna alassi
Kannu
Male :Adhu gun-u madhiri
Chorus :Kannam
Male :Adhu bun-u madhiri
Chorus :Paarva
Male :Adhu gin-u madhiri
Bodha yethudhu da
Mooku
Male :Adhu kulfi madhiri
Chorus :Udhadu
Male :Adhu barfi madhiri
Chorus :Ponnu
Male :Iva verai madhiri
Enna konna da
{Masakiyae masakiyae
Mayangi naanum porennadi
Sirukiyae sirukiyae
Sethari naanum porennadi} (2)
{Yen di…yen di
Male :Ottu motha ulaga azhaga ellam
Oruthi nee vechirikkiyae
Chorus :En manasa kaima panni
Male :Kuruma pol kodhika nee vittuputtiyae} (2)
All in all azhagu raja
Naathan ammadi
Un manasa repair-aka
Porandha killadi
Paatha odanae pulse-a yethi
Male :Poralae yemma yemma di
Chorus :GPS illamalae
Male :Varuvenae na un pinnadi
{Karakudi ilavarasi
En nenja thaakura mavarasi
Thoothukudi varagarisi
Nee kayapodura enna alassi} (2)
{Masakiyae masakiyae
Mayangi naanum porennadi
Sirukiyae sirukiyae
Sethari naanum porennadi} (2)
{Yen di…yen di
Male :Ottu motha ulaga azhaga ellam
Oruthi nee vechirikkiyae
Chorus :En manasa kaima panni
Male :Kuruma pol kodhika nee vittuputtiyae} (2)
Kannu…
Male :Ye yeyae yeye
Chorus :Kannam…
Male :Ye yeyae yeye
Chorus :Paarva…
Male :Ye yeyae yeye yae…
Kannu
Male :Adhu gun-u madhiri
Chorus :Kannam
Male :Adhu bun-u madhiri
Chorus :Paarva
Male :Adhu gin-u madhiri
Bodha yethudhu da
Mooku
Male :Adhu kulfi madhiri
Chorus :Udhadu
Male :Adhu barfi madhiri
Chorus :Ponnu
Male :Iva verai madhiri
Enna konna da
{Karakudi ilavarasi
En nenja thaakura mavarasi
Thoothukudi varagarisi
Nee kayapodura enna alassi} (2)
Hoi hoi hoi hoi
Hoi hoi hoi hoi
Masakiyae masakiyae
Sirukkiyae sirukkiyae…
Princess of Karaikudi,
Blessed girl who strikes my heart!
Like Thoothukudi's millet rice,
You rinse me clean and hang me out to dry!
Her eyes?
Male: They are like a gun!
Chorus: Her cheeks?
Male: Soft like a bun!
Chorus: Her gaze?
Male: It is just like gin,
It gets me totally intoxicated, man!
Her nose?
Male: It is like a kulfi ice cream!
Chorus: Her lips?
Male: Sweet like a burfi sweet!
Chorus: The girl?
Male: She is on a whole other level,
She totally killed me, man!
Oh charming seductress,
I am completely swooning over you, girl!
You mischievous beauty,
I am completely falling apart, girl!
Tell me why, girl... why, girl?
Male: How can you alone hold
All the beauty in the entire world?
Chorus: You minced my heart like meat,
Male: And left it boiling like a spicy kurma curry!
The all-round handsome prince,
That is who I am, my girl!
To fix and win over your heart,
I am the clever champ born for the job!
Sending my pulse racing the moment I look at her,
Male: She walks away, oh my!
Chorus: Even without any GPS,
Male: I will follow right behind you!
Princess of Karaikudi,
Blessed girl who strikes my heart!
Like Thoothukudi's millet rice,
You rinse me clean and hang me out to dry!
Oh charming seductress,
I am completely swooning over you, girl!
You mischievous beauty,
I am completely falling apart, girl!
Tell me why, girl... why, girl?
Male: How can you alone hold
All the beauty in the entire world?
Chorus: You minced my heart like meat,
Male: And left it boiling like a spicy kurma curry!
Eyes...
Male: Hey yeye yeye
Chorus: Cheeks...
Male: Hey yeye yeye
Chorus: Gaze...
Male: Hey yeye yeye hey...
Her eyes?
Male: They are like a gun!
Chorus: Her cheeks?
Male: Soft like a bun!
Chorus: Her gaze?
Male: It is just like gin,
It gets me totally intoxicated, man!
Her nose?
Male: It is like a kulfi ice cream!
Chorus: Her lips?
Male: Sweet like a burfi sweet!
Chorus: The girl?
Male: She is on a whole other level,
She totally killed me, man!
Princess of Karaikudi,
Blessed girl who strikes my heart!
Like Thoothukudi's millet rice,
You rinse me clean and hang me out to dry!
Hoy hoy hoy hoy
Hoy hoy hoy hoy
Oh charming seductress, charming seductress,
You mischievous beauty, mischievous beauty...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

'Karakudi Ilavarasi' is a catchy, energetic folk-pop track from the film Kalakalappu 2. The song revolves around a hero playfully praising a heroine's beauty through quirky, everyday comparisons—comparing her eyes to a gun, cheeks to a soft bun, glance to gin, nose to kulfi, and lips to barfi. He humorously describes how her charms knock him out, mince his heart like meat, and leave him utterly spellbound.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Simile (Upamai)

Kannu / Adhu gun-u madhiri / Kannam / Adhu bun-u madhiri

Directly comparing facial features to everyday food items and objects using 'madhiri' (like).

Rhyme / Monai & Ethirai

Karakudi ilavarasi / En nenja thaakura mavarasi / Thoothukudi varagarisi

Use of end rhymes linking regional places with descriptive titles ('ilavarasi', 'mavarasi', 'varagarisi').

Hyperbole (Atisayokti)

En manasa kaima panni / Kuruma pol kodhika nee vittuputtiyae

Exaggerating emotional impact through culinary terms (mincing heart into kaima and boiling like kurma).

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Trivia

The track features music composed by Hiphop Tamizha for Sundar C's ensemble comedy Kalakalappu 2 (2018), with lyrics written by Mohan Rajan that blend commercial folk humor with modern slang.

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