- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Saibaba
- Music director
- M. S. Vishwanathan
- Movie name
- Payanam 1976 Film
- Movie release year
- 1976
- Lyrics added on
- 10 Dec 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Naattukku Kaaval Veettukku Kaadhal' is a joyful celebratory song from the 1976 Tamil film Payanam, written by the legendary lyricist Kannadasan. The song celebrates a brave soldier who protects the nation while embracing domestic love and marital bliss. Set around a festive wedding atmosphere, the lyrics welcome the groom and bride, wishing them a long, joyful life together enriched by traditional music and Vedic blessings. Kannadasan playfully blends English phrases with Tamil lyrics to highlight the modern military background of the groom. He gently advises the bride to handle her soldier husband with tenderness and to resolve any minor faults or misunderstandings privately within the bedchamber, honoring both his battlefield bravery and his innocent heart at home.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monai (Initial Assonance / Alliteration)
“Naattukku kaaval veettukku kaadhal”
Matching initial sounds in lines like 'Naattukku kaaval / Veettukku kaadhal' creating a balanced rhythmic structure.
Edhukai (Second Letter Rhyme)
“Thozhigal indri kaadhali vandhaal / Thozhargalodu kaadhalan nindraan”
Rhyming second letters seen in 'Penn' and 'Kann' or 'Thozhigal' and 'Thozhargalodu'.
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Penn odi vandhathu thaedi vandhathu / Naadi vandhathu vaazha vandhathu”
Repetition of end words and suffixes such as 'vandhathu', 'kondathu', and 'laaa' across consecutive lines for musical flow.
Code-Switching (Tanglish)
“My dear soldier vaazhiyavae”
Integration of English conversational phrases ('My dear soldier', 'Long long long happy life', 'Young young young u young boy') to fit the modern soldier context.
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Trivia
Payanam (1976) features lyrics by Kavignar Kannadasan, who often seamlessly mixed playful English phrases with traditional Tamil marital advice to reflect contemporary military characters.
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