- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- Mano, Swarnalatha
- Music director
- Deva
- Movie name
- Kalloori Vaasal
- Movie release year
- 1996
- Lyrics added on
- 5 Mar 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful track from the 1996 movie 'Kalloori Vaasal' is a energetic duet filled with Madras bashai slang and lively humor. The male protagonist teases and praises the heroine's beauty using colorful street metaphors, comparing her to fragrant sandalwood so valuable that even the famous forest bandit Veerappan would kidnap her. He promises extreme devotion like tonsuring his head at Palani temple if she accepts his love. The heroine banteringly responds, accusing him of flattery, spinning tall tales ('reelu katturiye'), and singing fast rap lines to charm her. Packed with rhythmic Gana flavor and colloquialisms, the song captures a spirited romantic duel between two young lovers exchanging humorous insults and flirtatious expressions.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uvamai)
“Vasamulla shanthana katta…..yaei yaeyaei yaeyaei”
Compares the heroine's figure to a fragrant sandalwood log ('vasamulla shanthana katta') and her legs to smooth banana trunks ('kaalu rendum vaazha patta').
Rhyme / Monai (Initial Rhyme)
“Kannuthaan vaaththu mutta / Kaalu rendum vaazha patta”
Matching starting sounds in consecutive lines ('Kannuthaan' and 'Kaalu').
Emonai / Rhyming Endings (Iyaibu)
“Gana paatta ellam katturiye / Nenjil poster pola otturiye”
Consistent end rhyming with 'mutturiye', 'thatturiye', 'katturiye', 'otturiye' across four consecutive lines.
Pop Culture Metaphor
“Veerappan paaththupputtaa / Kadaththiduvaan kaatta vittae”
Refers to the notorious real-life sandalwood smuggler Veerappan to hyperbolically praise her value and beauty.
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Trivia
'Kalloori Vaasal' (1996) starred Ajith Kumar, Prashanth, and Pooja Bhatt, featuring music composed by Deva. Lyricist Vaali infused authentic Madras slang (Gana dialect) into the song to evoke the youth culture of Chennai colleges in the mid-1990s.
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