- Lyricist
- Yugabharathi
- Singer
- Velmurugan
- Music directors
- Not listed
- Movie name
- Mahabalipuram
- Movie release year
- 2015
- Lyrics added on
- 22 Oct 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'Kudiya Vidu Dumma Vidu' from the movie Mahabalipuram is a carefree, youthful anthem advocating a hedonistic, live-in-the-moment philosophy. The lyrics encourage listeners to cast aside societal rules, moral preaching, and anxieties, urging them to indulge in worldly pleasures like partying, drinking, and enjoying youth with friends.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhyme / Ethukai
“Mama collegu girlsu / Kaiyoda glassu”
Repetition of second consonant sounds or rhyming end-words like 'girlsu' and 'glassu' or 'trainu' and 'painu'.
Monaai (Alliteration)
“Kattaiyila pora lifeyae maathu / Kattuppattu vaazhnthaa”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds in 'Kattaiyila' and 'Kattuppattu'.
Metaphor
“Kavalaikku vachidalaam vaa vaa aappu”
Comparing grief/worry to something that can be trapped or checked ('aappu').
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Trivia
The song from the 2015 Tamil film 'Mahabalipuram' features music composed by K. K. Senthil Prasath and lyrics penned by Yugabharathi, capturing local street-style 'gaana' dialect popular among Chennai youth.
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