- Lyricist
- Maniamudhan
- Singer
- Anand Aravindakshan
- Music director
- Vikram Selva
- Movie name
- Idiot
- Movie release year
- 2022
- Lyrics added on
- 27 Feb 2022
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This upbeat romance track from the horror-comedy film 'Idiot' expresses a young lover's ecstatic infatuation and playful adoration for his romantic interest. Filled with energetic English scatting, quirky analogies, and modern romantic slang, the protagonist describes how a single glance and smile from her rendered him completely spellbound.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monai (Initial Rhyme)
“Ettu eduthu neeyum kalla / Etti enna paakum vela”
Matching initial vowel sounds ('Ettu' and 'Etti') create a rhythmic flow across consecutive lines.
Ethugai (Second Letter Rhyme)
“Ettu eduthu neeyum kalla / Ettu kallu poochi polla”
The second consonant sound 'tt' (ட்) repeats in both lines, maintaining classical Tamil poetic meter.
Simile (Uwamai Ani)
“Ettu kallu poochi polla / Thoongurenae nanum mela”
The singer humorously compares himself hanging upside down in love to an eight-legged spider ('poochi polla').
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi Ani)
“En uyirin edai dhan enna / Unnai edai pottaal theriyum”
An exaggeration claiming that the physical weight of his soul is equal to the weight of his beloved.
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Trivia
The track features vocals by Super Singer Season 5 winner Anand Aravindakshan with music composed by Vikram Selva for the 2022 Tamil horror-comedy film 'Idiot', starring Mirchi Shiva and Nikki Galrani.
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