- Lyricist
- Anthony Dasan
- Singer
- Anthony Daasan
- Music director
- Raghu Dixit
- Movie name
- Vallavanukkum Vallavan
- Movie release year
- 2017
- Lyrics added on
- 14 Jul 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song is a humorous, folk-style political satire from the movie 'Vallavanukkum Vallavan'. In the song, a local village election candidate addresses the villagers in a street performance style, grandly boasting about his family's deep communist roots. In a comedic stretch of hyperbole, he claims that even the local crows and his newborn child are staunch communists.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Aiyaamaarae kelunga / Ammaamaarae kelunga / Sanangalae kelunga”
Repetition of the ending word 'kelunga' (please listen) creates an engaging rhythmic cadence characteristic of folk street-play performances.
Hyperbole / Satire
“Intha karkyum Communistuthaan paarunga”
Extravagant exaggeration used for comedic effect, claiming that even a crow belongs to a political ideology.
Anaphora (Repetition)
“En thaatha communistu / En appanum communistu”
The repetition of 'communistu' at the end of consecutive lines reinforces the speaker's humorous attempt to prove his political lineage.
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Trivia
'Vallavanukkum Vallavan' (2017) is an action-comedy film starring Bobby Simha. The lyrics written by Anthony Dasan hilariously mock the absurd, improbable promises made by local politicians during rural election campaigns in Tamil Nadu by bringing up revolutionary icon Che Guevara.
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