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Lyrics & meaning

Parapara

From Yatchan · 2015

Lyricist
Pa. Vijay
Singers
Vijay Yesudas, Ranjith
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Yatchan
Movie release year
2015
Lyrics added on
15 Dec 2018

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Parapara kaatti
Para parapae than
Sarasara kaatti
Sara sarakae than
Parapara kaatti
Para parapae than
Sarasara kaatti
Sara sarakae than
Hey thutharikka maala
Namma thoothukudi aala
Intha kadal kaathu pola
Dhinam suthi suthi vaalae
Ada daaru daaru daara
Ini aadi kizhippen
Hey nooru nooru nooraa
Padam kaatti nadipen
Adangoiyya adangoiyya
Intha gandhi note u poiya
Nam kaiyil idhu vandha podum
Aatam thaangathaiyaa
Hey vaaya nee vaaya
Puthu vesham katta vaaya
Nee vandhu nee vandhu
Oru paateduthu thaaya
Parapara kaatti
Para parapae than
Sarasara kaatti
Sara sarakae than
Hey hey hey hey
Hey hey hae hae
Apadi aagunum
Ippadi aaganum
Kazhudha saapudum
Postera maaranum
Vaada raasa vaadaannu
Kodambakkum thaan
Nee vaaya thoranthu koopitta
Vaazhka sorgam than
Hey avangitta vaanganum
Ivangitta vaanganum
Athana payalayum
Diwaal aakkanum
Kudutha kaasa kekuraven
Suthi vaaranda
En azhukku en lungi
Na avuthu thaaren da
Sukkuranae namma kattathula
Yethi vida poraan uchathula
Oru kutty rendu jetti
En sothu thaan la
Thutharikka maala
Andha pazhani mala mela
Avan kaiyil ulla velu
Tharum nallthoru naala
Parapara kaatti
Para parapae than
Sarasara kaatti
Sara sarakae than
Hey thutharikka maala
Namma thoothukudi aala
Intha kadal kaathu pola
Dhinam suthi suthi vaalae
Ada daaru daaru daara
Ini aadi kizhippen
Hey nooru nooru nooraa
Padam kaatti nadipen
Adangoiyya adangoiyya
Intha gandhi note u poiya
Nam kaiyil idhu vandha podum
Aatam thaangathaiyaa
Hey vaaya nee vaaya
Puthu vesham katta vaaya
Nee vandhu nee vandhu
Oru paateduthu thaaya
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Stirring up excitement,
it is pure adrenaline!
Gliding so smoothly,
flowing with the groove!
Stirring up excitement,
it is pure adrenaline!
Gliding so smoothly,
flowing with the groove!
Hey, celebratory rhythm,
our man from Tuticorin!
Just like this sea breeze,
he roams around and lives every day!
Oh, tearing it apart,
I will rock and tear up the dance floor from now on!
Hey, in hundreds and hundreds,
I will put on a show and act!
Oh man, oh boy!
Can this Gandhi note ever lie?
If this money lands in our hands,
no one can handle our wild celebration!
Hey, come on, come on!
Come put on a brand-new look!
You come along, come along,
and strike up a song for us!
Stirring up excitement,
it is pure adrenaline!
Gliding so smoothly,
flowing with the groove!
Hey hey hey hey!
Hey hey hey hey!
I want to become this,
I want to become that,
even if chewed on by street donkeys,
I must turn into a movie poster!
Saying, "Come on, darling, come on!"
if Kodambakkam (cinema hub) itself
opens its mouth and calls out,
then life is absolute heaven!
Hey, borrow money from them,
borrow money from these folks,
and make every single one of them
go totally bankrupt!
The guy asking for his loaned cash back
is circling around me, man!
My dirty lungi cloth—
I will untie it and hand it over, man!
The lucky planet Sukran in our horoscope chart
is going to raise us straight to the top!
A pretty girl and two pairs of shorts,
that is all my wealth, man!
Celebratory rhythm,
atop that Palani hill,
the spear (Vel) in Murugan's hand
will bring a wonderful tomorrow!
Stirring up excitement,
it is pure adrenaline!
Gliding so smoothly,
flowing with the groove!
Hey, celebratory rhythm,
our man from Tuticorin!
Just like this sea breeze,
he roams around and lives every day!
Oh, tearing it apart,
I will rock and tear up the dance floor from now on!
Hey, in hundreds and hundreds,
I will put on a show and act!
Oh man, oh boy!
Can this Gandhi note ever lie?
If this money lands in our hands,
no one can handle our wild celebration!
Hey, come on, come on!
Come put on a brand-new look!
You come along, come along,
and strike up a song for us!
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This energetic folk-pop track captures the wild ambitions, street-smart survival spirit, and carefree attitude of a youth trying to make it big in the cinema hub of Chennai (Kodambakkam). Coming from Thoothukudi, the protagonist lives a bohemian lifestyle with minimal possessions, dreaming of stardom, financial luck, and recognition in the Tamil film industry despite endless struggles and debts.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Emona / Monai (Alliteration)

Hey thutharikka maala / Namma thoothukudi aala

Repetition of the initial sound 'Th' across words in the same line.

Edhugai (Second Letter Rhyme)

Parapara kaatti / Sarasara kaatti

Matching second letter 'ra' across consecutive lines.

Simile (Upamana)

Intha kadal kaathu pola / Dhinam suthi suthi vaalae

Comparing the protagonist's roaming nature directly to the sea breeze using 'pola'.

Hyperbole (Athisayokthi)

Kazhudha saapudum / Postera maaranum

Exaggerating the obsession with cinema by expressing a desire to become a poster even if eaten by a donkey.

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Trivia

The song features music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja for the 2015 action-comedy film 'Yatchan', directed by Vishnuvardhan, starring Arya and Kreshna.

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