- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- P. Adinarayana Rao
- Movie name
- Adutha Veettu Penn
- Movie release year
- 1960
- Lyrics added on
- 6 Mar 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song 'Malar kodi naanae' expresses the blissful inner world of a young woman celebrating love, nature, and the fine arts. Metaphorically comparing herself to a blossoming creeper ('Malar kodi') and a singing cuckoo ('Kavikuyil'), she revels in the ecstasy of music and poetry. She addresses her beloved as 'Kalai Maara' (the Cupid of arts) and invites him to seek her out, comparing her playful heart to a bounding deer. The lyrics blend imagery of classical arts—prose, music, rhythm, and dance—with lush nature, capturing a euphoric state of emotional and romantic fulfillment carried upon gentle breezes.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamaani (Simile)
“Kavikuyil polae inba gaanam paaduvenae”
Compares the singer's voice and joy to a singing poet cuckoo ('Kavikuyil polae').
Uruvagamy (Metaphor)
“Malar kodi naanae magizhnthiduvaenae”
Metaphorically compares herself to a delicate flowering creeper ('Malar kodi').
Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Asainthaadum thendral alai melae”
Rhyming second letters in adjacent lines: 'Asainthaadum' (sain) and 'Anuraaga' (nu/r- sound harmony).
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Kavikuyil polae inba gaanam paaduvenae”
Repetition of the ending suffix '-enae' across lines creating melodic rhyme.
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Trivia
'Adutha Veettu Penn' (1960) is a famous romantic comedy starring Anjali Devi and TR Ramachandran, adapted from the Bengali movie 'Pasher Bari'. The soundtrack composed by P. Adinarayana Rao remains iconic in Tamil cinema for its classical yet light melody structure.
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