- Lyricist
- Kadhirmozhi Sudha
- Singers
- Uthara Unnikrishnan, Unnikrishnan
- Music director
- Prithvi Chandrasekhar
- Movie name
- Connect
- Movie release year
- 2022
- Lyrics added on
- 19 Nov 2022
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Naan Varaigira Vaanam from the 2022 movie Connect is an uplifting and emotionally resonant track exploring themes of freedom, hope, and boundless innocent desires. The song uses vivid natural imagery—drawing skies, chasing waves, flying birds, and rivers flowing to the sea—to express a deep yearning to break past confinement and reach for greater horizons.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Manam kulanthaiyaai”
Compares the speaker's mind directly to a child throwing a tantrum ('Manam kulanthaiyaai adam pidikkuthae').
Metaphor
“Kannaadi thottikkul thaedum Or kadalae vaazhvaa?”
Compares human confinement and longing for freedom to a fish searching inside a glass bowl for its true home, the ocean.
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Nagargira nadhigalae”
Repetition of the 'Na' sound at the start of words ('Nagargira nadhigalae').
Personification
“Kadal alaigal sollaamal En kaaladi urasudhae!”
Attributes human action to sea waves, describing them as silently brushing against feet.
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Trivia
This song is rendered by the real-life father-daughter pair, National Award-winning classical singer P. Unnikrishnan and his daughter Uthara Unnikrishnan, adding genuine warmth and familial emotion to the track.
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