- Lyricist
- Snehan
- Singers
- Srinivas, Pop Shalini, Gopika Poornima
- Music director
- Bharathwaj
- Movie name
- Kalatpadai
- Movie release year
- 2003
- Lyrics added on
- 2 Mar 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Enna Ithu Kaathala from Kalatpadai (2003) is a romantic duet capturing the bewildering, paradoxical, and transformative sensation of falling in love. The lyrics explore how love blurs boundaries between opposing sensations—turning storms and thorns into pleasant touches, and sweet or bitter experiences into equal joys. It reflects on the mysterious birth of romance from friendship, observing that scientific logic or instruments fail to explain or measure the profound emotions of the human heart. As the song continues, love is described as an unstoppable, fearless force that grants confidence to the timid, shifts the heart's rhythm, and gives a true identity to one's existence.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Muran (Oxymoron / Antithesis)
“Mazhiyo puyalo malaro mullo”
Pairs opposing concepts like rain/storm (mazhi/puyal), flower/thorn (malar/mul), night/day (iravu/pagal), and sweet/bitter (inippu/kasappu) to highlight love's ability to equalize all feelings.
Upamai (Simile)
“Kadigaaraththin mutkalai pola”
Compares the singular, unyielding direction of a mind in love to the unidirectional clockwise motion of clock hands.
Uruvagam (Metaphor)
“Kaathal oru naaththigam”
Metaphorically describes love as atheism ('naaththigam') because it fears no conventional rules or sacred traditions.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)
“Roja pookal thulasi chediyil”
Uses dramatic exaggeration—a moon asking for non-veg after fasting or rose blossoms growing on a holy basil plant—to emphasize love's unnatural magic.
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Trivia
Written by lyricist Snehan, the lyrics stand out for using surreal scientific and philosophical imagery—such as love being like atheism or science lacking instruments to measure romance within friendship—to capture youth and passion.
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