- Lyricist
- Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass
- Singers
- T. Gajalakshmi, V. T. Rajagopalan
- Music director
- G. Ramanathan
- Movie name
- Digambara Samiyar
- Movie release year
- 1950
- Lyrics added on
- 6 Aug 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful and festive song from 'Digambara Samiyar' (1950) portrays a humorous dialogue between a young girl and her grandfather during Deepavali celebrations. The girl enthusiastically describes various types of traditional firecrackers—such as needle crackers, lady crackers, whistling cannons, snake tablets, rockets, and sparklers—playfully threatening to shoot the grandfather with a heavy 'elephant cracker'. The grandfather playfully pleads with her not to be reckless with dangerous crackers and promises to give her money the next day to buy safer, beautiful fireworks like flowerpot fountains ('poovaanam'). The song captures the lively spirit, childish joy, and affectionate family banter typical of South Indian festival traditions.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Onomatopoeia
“Vedi dabaar dabaar”
The word 'dabaar' imitates the sudden loud sound of exploding firecrackers.
Simile (Upamai)
“Beerangi polae seerangi vediyai vachaalae”
Compares the high-pitched burst of a whistling cracker ('seerangi') to the booming force of a cannon ('beerangi') using 'polae' (like).
Simile (Upamai)
“Seeriyae paambaai maaridumaam thee vachaalae”
Compares the burning firecracker tablet expanding into ash to a hissing snake ('paambaai').
Monai (Initial Rhyme / Alliteration)
“Thaarendi kannu naalaikku kaasu / Thaaraalamaagha poovaanam vaangu”
Repetition of the initial 'Thaa-' sound across lines ('Thaarendi' and 'Thaaraalamaagha').
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Trivia
'Digambara Samiyar' (1950) was a hit comedy-thriller film produced by Modern Theatres and directed by T. R. Sundaram, based on Vaduvur K. Duraiswamy Iyengar's famous detective novel. The music composed by G. Ramanathan and written by Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass reflected contemporary South Indian culture by naming real, popular Diwali firecrackers of the era (oosi pattasu, lady pattasu, yaanai vedi, poovaanam) into a rhythmic folk-dialogue style.
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