- Lyricist
- Yugabharathi
- Singer
- Vijay Yesudas
- Music director
- Sean Roldan
- Movie name
- Mehandi Circus
- Movie release year
- 2018
- Lyrics added on
- 7 Dec 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Love Polladhadhu from the movie Mehandi Circus expresses the bittersweet torment and vulnerability of falling in love. The song laments how love can be cruel and blind, consuming a person's emotions and bringing uncontrollable tears. The protagonist addresses her own heart, pleading with it to reveal its true feelings while describing love as an fragile, dry leaf floating helplessly on water, caught in the net cast by a lover's eyes. The emotional anguish deepens as she speaks of the pain of separation, where even the fading sound of jingling anklets makes her soul scream in agony. Calling out to her beloved to rescue her life before it collapses, the song reiterates the overwhelming and unpredictable nature of romance.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Kanneerai pol nilladhadhu”
Compares the unstoppable nature of love to tears using the comparative marker 'pol' in 'Kanneerai pol nilladhadhu'.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Kann meengal veesidum valai valai”
Compares eyes to fish and glances to a fishing net trapping the heart in 'Kann meengal veesidum valai valai'.
End Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Love polladhadhu / Konjathilae kolladhadhu / Kann illadhadhu / Kanneerai pol nilladhadhu”
Uses matching rhyming suffixes across consecutive lines ('polladhadhu', 'kolladhadhu', 'illadhadhu', 'nilladhadhu') to create musicality.
Adukku Thodar (Word Repetition for Emphasis)
“Thanneeril kaintha or ilai ilai”
Doubling of words like 'ilai ilai', 'nilai nilai', and 'pizhai pizhai' enhances the poetic rhythm and accentuates helplessness.
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Trivia
Mehandi Circus (2019) features music composed by Sean Roldan, with lyrics written by Yugabharathi. This poignant track 'Love Polladhadhu' highlights Sean Roldan's soulful acoustic arrangements and unique melodic sensibility.
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