- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singers
- L. R. Eswari, M. S. Rajeswari
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Movie name
- Kaveriyin Kanavan
- Movie release year
- 1959
- Lyrics added on
- 24 Dec 2024
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is a cheerful Tamil folk rhyme that depicts a rural wedding procession with humor and nostalgia. It playfully describes the arrival of different family members in various traditional bullock carts—the groom in a regular bullock cart, the bride in a private box-cart, the groom's mother in an open-top cart, and the bride's father in a rickety cart. The later verses transition into a nostalgic portrayal of childhood games where young girls play-act house and marriage—using broken clay shards as money, cooking rice in coconut shells, and pretending a grinding stone is their newborn baby.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second-letter Rhyme)
“Mappillai vandhaan... / Maattu vandiyile...”
Matching second consonants across lines, such as 'Ma-pp-illai' and 'Ma-tt-u', 'Po-nn-u' and 'Po-tt-i', or 'Pu-ll-aiya' and 'Mo-tt-a'.
Monaai (Alliteration)
“Kakka kadi kadichu kodutha / Kammarkattu muttayi”
Repetition of initial consonant sounds within a phrase, e.g., 'Kakka kadi kadichu' and 'Kammarkattu'.
Anaphora / Repetition
“Mappillai vandhaan mappillai vandhaan”
Iterative repeating of key phrases like 'Mappillai vandhaan' and 'Ponnu vandha' to establish a rhythmic folk rhythm.
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Trivia
This playful track from Kaveriyin Kanavan (1959), set to music by K. V. Mahadevan and written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass, evokes traditional Tamil children's folk games (like 'Kottaanchoru' cooking play). The vocal pairing of L. R. Eswari and M. S. Rajeswari highlights the earthy, authentic village folk style popular in Tamil cinema of the 1950s.
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