- Lyricist
- Na. Muthu Kumar
- Singer
- Ramakrishnan Murthy
- Music director
- Harris Jayaraj
- Movie name
- Nanban
- Movie release year
- 2012
- Lyrics added on
- 6 Apr 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This emotional song from Nanban captures the raw grief and despair of friends fighting to save their beloved companion's life. They desperately bargain with God and personified Death, offering their own lives in exchange for his. Through tender metaphors, they recall his joyful presence and beg him to wake up, re-affirming their commitment to support him through all of life's struggles.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Personification
“Nalla nanban vendum endru / Antha maranamum ninaikkindradha”
Death is personified as an entity seeking a good friend to take away.
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)
“Ivan engal roja chedi”
The friend is lovingly compared to a tender rose plant ('roja chedi').
Metaphor (Uruvagaimai)
“Manam ennum mel vaanathil”
The mind is metaphorically described as the vast high sky ('mel vaanam').
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Trivia
This emotional track is composed by Harris Jayaraj with lyrics by Na. Muthukumar for Shankar's Nanban (2012), the official Tamil remake of 3 Idiots. It plays during a crucial hospital sequence where Panchavan Parivendan (Vijay) and Vijay Ramakrishna (Srikanth) desperately try to revive Senthil (Jiiva).
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