- Lyricist
- Sulaiman Fazil
- Singer
- Saisharan
- Music director
- Deepan Chakravarthy
- Movie name
- Oru Kuppai Kadhai
- Movie release year
- 2015
- Lyrics added on
- 17 Apr 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song highlights the selfless labor and hardship of sanitation workers who clean streets and sewer drains without hesitation, risking their health and lives daily. It uses the concept of garbage as a metaphor to criticize human greed, environmental degradation, plastic pollution, and nuclear waste that threaten the entire planet.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor
“Indha boomiyin kuppai manithan / Kadavul innum allalaiyae”
Compares corrupt or destructive human beings to garbage on Earth that God has not yet cleaned away.
Rhyme / Tanglish Coupling
“Everestil garbage-u / Iyarkai aaguthae damage-u”
Uses end-rhyme blending English loan words into Tamil poetic meters (Garbage-u / Damage-u).
Alliteration (Monai)
“Saakkadayil sewage alla / Suththam oorai athu pola”
Repetition of the initial 'S' sound across consecutive lines.
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Trivia
The film 'Oru Kuppai Kadhai' (2018) tells the story of a Chennai-based municipal sanitation worker. Although credited to composer Joshua Sridhar for the overall soundtrack, the song focuses heavily on environmental awareness and social realism regarding waste management.
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