- Lyricist
- Poovai Senguttavan
- Singer
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
- Music director
- T. V. Raju
- Movie name
- Rani Yaar Kuzhanthai
- Movie release year
- 1972
- Lyrics added on
- 29 Nov 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful and lighthearted Tanglish (Tamil-English hybrid) song captures a man expressing his charming fascination with a young woman. Filled with colloquial slang, cheerful rhymes, and upbeat English phrases, he admires her beauty, style, and gait while humorously confessing his romantic obsession and suggesting they get married.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaibu (End Rhyme)
“Maadi veettu ponnu / Oru jodi thedum kannu”
The lines end with matching phonetic sounds 'ponnu', 'kannu', and 'mannu' creating a rhythmic flow.
Code-Mixing / Tanglish Rhyme
“Un paruvathilae sex / En nenjathilae fix-u / Neeyum naanum mix-u”
English words are adapted into Tamil phonetic endings ('sex', 'fix-u', 'mix-u') to form modern rhyme schemes.
Metaphor
“Aahaa rold gold maeni / Nee romapuri raani”
Describing her skin tone and beauty by comparing her complexion to rolled gold ('rold gold maeni') and royal stature ('romapuri raani').
Onomatopoeia
“Kokkarakko kokkarakko Ko ko koo”
Imitation of rooster crowing sound 'Kokkarakko' used for playful stylistic effect.
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Trivia
Rani Yaar Kuzhanthai (1972) starred Jaishankar and Jayalalithaa. The song is an early example of 'Tanglish' lyrics in Tamil cinema, designed to reflect modern urban youth culture of the 1970s.
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