- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singers
- L. R. Eswari, S. C. Krishnan, T. V. Rathinam
- Music director
- T. R. Pappa
- Movie name
- Vijayapuri Veeran
- Movie release year
- 1960
- Lyrics added on
- 11 Feb 2023
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This humorous and lively dialogue song from the 1960 movie 'Vijayapuri Veeran' features a classic comedic trope: a husband caught between two competing wives or lovers. The women boast about their cleverness, warning him not to fall for the other's sweet-talking tricks, while calling each other 'sakkalathi' (co-wife). Meanwhile, the bewildered husband laments his predicament, comparing managing two wives to tying two elephants to a single pole, which leaves him stranded in embarrassing public dilemmas.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor / Analogy (உவமை/உருவகம்)
“Oru kambathila rendu yaanai kattadhinga”
Comparing managing two women in one's life to tying two giant elephants to a single pole ('Oru kambathila rendu yaanai kattadhinga').
Rhyme / Alliteration (எதுகை / மோனை)
“Indha sakkalathi pechai kettu thulladhinga / Indha sakkarai kasukudhunnu solladhinga”
Use of internal rhyming and rhythmic repetition between 'Kokkarichu' and 'vakkarikkum', as well as 'Sakkalathi' and 'sakkarai'.
Idiom / Colloquial Metaphor (வழக்குத் தொடர்)
“Ennai sandhiyila kondu vandhu vittalunga”
'Sandhiyila kondu vandhu vidudhal' is a traditional Tamil idiom meaning to expose someone's private troubles to public humiliation or bring them to the crossroads.
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Trivia
'Vijayapuri Veeran' (1960) was a popular swashbuckling Tamil action-adventure film based on Alexandre Dumas's 'The Three Musketeers'. The music was composed by T. R. Pappa, and lyricist Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass was widely celebrated for writing folk-flavored, catchy comedic songs like this one.
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