- Lyricist
- A. Maruthakasi
- Singers
- P. Susheela, Jayalakshmi Santhanan
- Music director
- Master Venu
- Movie name
- Pudhiya Pathai – 1960
- Movie release year
- 1960
- Lyrics added on
- 9 Dec 2024
Lyrics & meaning
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Overall song meaning
This song is a powerful tribute to womanhood and female empowerment from the 1960 Tamil film Pudhiya Pathai. The lyrics praise women who excel in fine arts, walk with swan-like grace, and speak the sweet Tamil language. It highlights famous female icons from history and literature—such as the legendary poet Avvaiyar, the heroic and chaste Kannagi, and the brave freedom fighter Jhansi Rani—reminding listeners that these great figures belong to the female gender. Furthermore, the song reflects on how mothers give birth to great thinkers and scientists, how life-giving perennial rivers bear female names, and why nations are reverently called 'Thaainadu' (Motherland). It concludes with the foundational truth that the world cannot exist without women.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Amutham ennum mozhiyodu / Karpu kanal kannagiyum yaaru? Lisboa/Kannagi as a spark/flame of chastity. Also comparing the language to sweet nectar (Amutham).”
Simile (Upamai)
“Annamena nadai payindru”
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Trivia
Composed by Master Venu with lyrics by A. Maruthakasi, 'Amutham ennum mozhiyodu' from Pudhiya Pathai (1960) is one of the early iconic Tamil film songs explicitly dedicated to praising female power, historical heroines, and gender equality.
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