- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Chorus
- Music director
- Ilayaraja
- Movie name
- Pillai Pasam
- Movie release year
- 1991
- Lyrics added on
- 26 Dec 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song from 'Pillai Pasam' serves as an inspiring anthem for youth, encouraging perseverance, bravery, and high ambition. The lyricist Vaali uses vibrant imagery to remind the listener that life's opportunities only unfold when one continuously strives forward and boldly faces conflict.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagaim)
“Vaazhkkai ennum vaasal ingu Thirakkaadhaa”
Life is conceptualized as an entrance/doorway ('Vaazhkkai ennum vaasal') that opens up upon taking action.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi Ani)
“Vaanagathai kaigal neetti Parikkaadhaa”
Exaggerating human ambition and valor by speaking of reaching out hands to pluck the sky itself.
Repetition / Anaphora (Adukku Thodar)
“Melum melum podaa”
Repetition of words like 'Melum melum' (higher and higher) and 'modhum podhu modhu' for rhythmic emphasis.
Rhyme Scheme (Iyaibu)
“Pirakkaadhaa”
Rhythmic rhyming end-words with rhetorical questioning ('Thirakkaadhaa', 'Pirakkaadhaa', 'Parikkaadhaa').
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Trivia
'Pillai Paasam' (1991) stars Ramarajan. Lyricist Vaali penned this uplifting song emphasizing youthful energy and determination, which was a recurring theme in many early 1990s Tamil rural-hero dramas.
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