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Pattaya Kelappu

From Bairavaa · 2017

Lyricist
Vairamuthu
Singer
Ananthu
Music director
Santhosh Narayanan
Movie name
Bairavaa
Movie release year
2017
Lyrics added on
30 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

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↻ English translation
Pattaya kelappu
Kuttaya kulappu
Pattaya kelappu
Patti thotti yellam
Pattaya kelappu
Kurava meena pudikka
Kuttaya kulappu
Aaa.. Kattu katta saetha nottu kattu
Perumpoottu pottu kedaku..
Paravaikellam oru vangi illa
Athu patiniya kedakku
Kattu katta saetha nottu kattu
Perumpoottu pottu kedaku..
Paravaikellam oru vangi illa
Athu patiniya kedakku
Hey saetha sakarai
Udamba kedukum
Saetha panamum
Usura kuraikum
Paathu paathu selavalikanumae..
Aaahaaa
Vellai nilavu
Tharaiku varuthu
Velli kiragam
Vilaiku varuthu
Kaasai veesi kanaku pananumae
Kaasai edu..
Kaathum thisaiyai maathum
Kaasai edu..
Oo kadalil railum pogum
Kaasai edu..
Imayam konjam kuniyum
Kaasai edu..
Pootti vechu ennu panna pora…aaaa…
Alli kodu..
Illa aatam podhu
Singam ellam saemikaadhu
Jill endra kondaadu
Kattu katta saetha nottu kattu
Perumpoottu pottu kedaku..
Paravaikellam oru vangi illa
Athu patiniya kedakku
Vazhanumae…
Yezhai pazhai nammai
Vazhuthanumeae..
Oh ethiri vanthal..
Modhi paakumae..
Yaikum koottam endral
Saikanumae
Needhi ketu thambi
Neeyae nillu..
Puthi sollu..
Illa potu thallu..
Ada thapathapa
Vijayun villu..
Dharmathil nilachu nillu…
Rendaayiram aanda vazha pora
Chumma pooti vechu edhukku
Paravaikellam oru vangi illa
Athu pattiniya kedakku..
Pattaya kelappu
Kuttaya kulappu
Pattaya kelappu
Patti thotti yellam
Pattaya kelappu
Kurava meena pudikka
Kuttaya kulappu
Aaa.. Kattu katta saetha nottu kattu
Perumpoottu pottu kedaku..
Paravaikellam oru vangi illa
Athu patiniya kedakku
Kattu katta saetha nottu kattu
Perumpoottu pottu kedaku..
Paravaikellam oru vangi illa
Athu patiniya kedakku
Pattaya kelappu..
Kuttaya kulappu…
Pattaya kelappu…
Set the place on fire!
Stir up the waters!
Set the place on fire!
Across every hamlet and town,
Set the place on fire!
To catch the snakehead fish,
Stir up the waters!
Ah, bundles and bundles of hoarded cash,
Lie locked away under huge padlocks...
Birds do not have a single bank,
Yet do they ever starve?
Bundles and bundles of hoarded cash,
Lie locked away under huge padlocks...
Birds do not have a single bank,
Yet do they ever starve?
Hey, excess sugar
ruins your health,
And hoarded wealth
cuts your life short!
You must spend it wisely and well!
Aahaahaa
The bright white moon
is coming down to earth,
Even the silver planet
is up for sale!
Throw your cash and make things happen!
Bring out the money...
Even the wind will change its direction!
Bring out the money...
Oh, a train will run across the ocean!
Bring out the money...
Even the Himalayas will bow down a bit!
Bring out the money...
What are you going to do locking it away? Ah...
Give it away with open hands,
Or dance and celebrate!
Lions never save for tomorrow,
So chill out and celebrate!
Bundles and bundles of hoarded cash,
Lie locked away under huge padlocks...
Birds do not have a single bank,
Yet do they ever starve?
We must live well...
And the poor and struggling
Should bless us!
Oh, if an enemy shows up...
Face him head-on!
If it is a gang of cheats,
Strike them down!
Demanding justice, brother,
Stand up on your own!
Talk some sense into them...
Or knock them down!
Ah, swift and relentless
Like the bow of Vijayan (Arjuna),
Stand firm in righteousness!
Are you going to live for two thousand years?
Why keep it locked away for nothing?
Birds do not have a single bank,
Yet do they ever starve?
Set the place on fire!
Stir up the waters!
Set the place on fire!
Across every hamlet and town,
Set the place on fire!
To catch the snakehead fish,
Stir up the waters!
Ah, bundles and bundles of hoarded cash,
Lie locked away under huge padlocks...
Birds do not have a single bank,
Yet do they ever starve?
Bundles and bundles of hoarded cash,
Lie locked away under huge padlocks...
Birds do not have a single bank,
Yet do they ever starve?
Set the place on fire...
Stir up the waters...
Set the place on fire...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Pattaya Kelappu is a high-energy hero intro track from the movie Bairavaa. Lyricist Vairamuthu weaves philosophical reflections on wealth, greed, and social justice into a catchy, upbeat anthem. The song criticizes the unnecessary hoarding of money, drawing a parallel to nature where birds live freely without banks or savings, yet never starve.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Monorhyme / Ethukai (Second-letter rhyming)

Pattaya kelappu / Kuttaya kulappu

Tamil poetic device where the second letter/sound matches across adjacent lines ('Pattaya' / 'Kuttaya').

Analogy / Metaphor

Hey saetha sakarai / Udamba kedukum / Saetha panamum / Usura kuraikum

Comparing excess accumulated wealth to excess sugar in the body, emphasizing that hoarding money destroys peace of mind just as sugar damages health.

Hyperbole

Kaathum thisaiyai maathum / Imayam konjam kuniyum

Exaggerating the power of money to influence nature itself (changing wind directions or bowing mountains).

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Trivia

Pattaya Kelappu is a mass track composed by Santhosh Narayanan for the Vijay-starrer 'Bairavaa' (2017). Written by veteran lyricist Vairamuthu, the song blends folk rhythm with philosophical commentary on wealth, aligning with the movie's theme of tackling corruption in private educational institutions.

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