- Lyricist
- Poonguyilan
- Singer
- Malaysia Vasudevan
- Music director
- Sankar Ganesh
- Movie name
- Saatchi
- Movie release year
- 1983
- Lyrics added on
- 29 Sept 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This powerful track from the 1983 Tamil film 'Saatchi' serves as a fiery clarion call against judicial corruption, systemic failure, and societal injustice. The song laments how the legal system shackled the honest while letting arrogance flourish, leaving righteousness imprisoned and the guardians of justice in tears. It urges the brave protagonist—hailed as a child of a lion—to rise like a storm, take up arms, and personally deliver justice when the law fails to protect the righteous. Through stirring metaphors of motherly justice and sacrifice, the song calls for a complete reform and bold new leadership to restore true morality.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Personification
“Dharmangal yaenguthu sattangal Thoonguthu koodaathae”
Giving human actions like sleeping or crying to abstract concepts like 'sattangal' (laws) and 'dharmam' (righteousness).
Metaphor
“Singaththin pillaiyae”
Comparing the hero to a lion's cub ('Singaththin pillaiyae') and justice to a mother ('Needhi ennum thaayai').
Rhetorical Question
“Needhi engae ada niyaayam engae”
Questions asked to emphasize frustration and despair over the legal collapse rather than expecting an answer.
Alliteration (Moonaai)
“Needhi ennum thaayai vanangu Neeyae theerppai vazhangu”
Repetition of initial consonants/sounds like 'Needhi' and 'Neeyae' across adjacent lines.
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Trivia
'Saatchi' (1983) is an iconic Tamil action-drama directed by S. A. Chandrasekhar, starring Vijayakanth in the lead role alongside S. A. Chandrasekhar himself. The film's musical score was composed by the duo Shankar-Ganesh, and this song highlights the director's signature theme of vigilante justice against a broken legal system.
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