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Lyrics & meaning

Police Kaarana Kattikitta

From Jolly O Gymkhana · 2024

Lyricist
Shakthi Chidhambaram
Singer
Andrea Jeremiah
Music director
Ashwin Vinayagamoorthy
Movie name
Jolly O Gymkhana
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
22 Sept 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Hey police kaarana katikitta
Lathiya vechu adipaan
Doctor- ah naan kattikitta
Oosi aala kuthuvaan
Hey police kaarana katikitta
Lathiya vechu adipaan
Doctor- ah naan kattikitta
Oosi aala kuthuvaan
kuthuvaan kuthuvaan kuthuvaan
Body builder – ah katikitta
Dhinamum dhandaal eduppaan
Bus driver- ah kattikitta
Adikadi horn adippaan
Vathi maapula
Mutti poda solluvaan
Mechanic maapula
Dhinam kalati mattuvaan
Oru vela vetti illadhavan
Enakku mattum vela seiyuvaan
Vaan vaan vaan
Seiyuvaan enakku vela seiyuvaan
Vaan vaan vaan
Seiyuvaan nalla vela seiyuvaan
Hey barotta masterah kattikitta
Sozhatti sozhatti adippaan
Pazha kadaiya kattikitta
Urichu urichu paappaan
Paappaan paappaan paappaan
Chorus :Jinkuchikkan jinkuchikkan
Jinkuchikkan jinkuchikkan
Pala sarakka kattikitta
Potlampola madippaan
Naga kadaiya kattikitta
Sedharam thaan seivaan
Tailor maapula
Kizhi kizhi kizhichu thaippandi
Isthiri maapula
Madi madi madichi veippandi
Oru vela vetti illadhavan
Enakku mattum vela seiyuvaan
Vaan vaan vaan
Seiyuvaan enakku vela seiyuvaan
Vaan vaan vaan
Seiyuvaan nalla vela seiyuvaan
Chorus :Jinkuchikkan jinkuchikkan
Jinkuchikkan jinkuchikkan
Kothanara kattikitta
Sithaal pinnaal alaivaan
Carpenter ah kattikitta
Aaniya thaan pudunguvaan
Plumberah thaan kattikitta
Water connection kuduppaan
Electrician ah kattikitta
Fuse-ah pudungi viduvaan
Katchikara maapula
Monkey pola thaavuvaan
Conductor maapula
Whistle oodhi thalluvaan
Oru vela vetti illadhavan
Enakku mattum vela seiyuvaan
Vaan vaan vaan
Seiyuvaan enakku vela seiyuvaan
Vaan vaan vaan
Seiyuvaan nalla vela seiyuvaan
Vaan vaan vaan
Seiyuvaan nalla vela seiyuvaan
Chorus :Jinkuchikkan jinkuchikkan
Jinkuchikkan jinkuchikkan
Hey police kaarana katikitta
Kitta kitta
Doctor- ah naan kattikitta
Kitta kitta
Hey, if I marry a policeman,
He'll beat me with his baton!
If I marry a doctor,
He'll poke me with a needle!
Hey, if I marry a policeman,
He'll beat me with his baton!
If I marry a doctor,
He'll poke me with a needle!
He'll poke, poke, poke me!
If I marry a bodybuilder,
He'll do push-ups every day!
If I marry a bus driver,
He'll keep honking the horn!
A teacher husband...
...will make me kneel down!
A mechanic husband...
...will dismantle and fix things every day!
A guy with no job or work...
...will work only for me!
He will, will, will!
He'll do it, he'll work for me!
He will, will, will!
He'll do it, he'll do a great job!
Hey, if I marry a parotta chef,
He'll spin and toss me around!
If I marry a fruit shop owner,
He'll peel me and keep staring!
He'll stare, stare, stare!
Chorus: Jingu chikkan, jingu chikkan
Jingu chikkan, jingu chikkan
If I marry a grocery man,
He'll fold me up like a parcel!
If I marry a jewellery shop owner,
He'll only take out wastage!
A tailor husband...
...will tear and tear, then stitch me up, girl!
An ironing man husband...
...will fold and fold, and press me down, girl!
A guy with no job or work...
...will work only for me!
He will, will, will!
He'll do it, he'll work for me!
He will, will, will!
He'll do it, he'll do a great job!
Chorus: Jingu chikkan, jingu chikkan
Jingu chikkan, jingu chikkan
If I marry a mason,
He'll roam behind the helper girl!
If I marry a carpenter,
He'll just keep pulling nails!
If I marry a plumber,
He'll give me a water connection!
If I marry an electrician,
He'll pull out the fuse!
A politician husband...
...will jump sides like a monkey!
A bus conductor husband...
...will blow his whistle and shove me along!
A guy with no job or work...
...will work only for me!
He will, will, will!
He'll do it, he'll work for me!
He will, will, will!
He'll do it, he'll do a great job!
He will, will, will!
He'll do it, he'll do a great job!
Chorus: Jingu chikkan, jingu chikkan
Jingu chikkan, jingu chikkan
Hey, if I marry a policeman,
Marry, marry...
If I marry a doctor,
Marry, marry...
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a humorous, energetic folk-pop track where the singer comically evaluates various professions for potential grooms. She hilariously points out the hazards of marrying men from different occupations—such as a policeman using his baton, a doctor using needles, a teacher asking her to kneel, or a tailor tearing and stitching. Ultimately, she lightheartedly concludes that an unemployed man ('vetti') would be the best husband because he would have all the time in the world to serve and take care of only her.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Adukku Thodaru (Repetition for Emphasis)

kuthuvaan kuthuvaan kuthuvaan

Words are repeated consecutively for rhythmic effect and humor.

Simile (Upamai)

Monkey pola thaavuvaan

Compares a politician jumping between parties to a monkey hopping.

Monai (Initial Rhyme/Alliteration)

Kizhi kizhi kizhichu thaippandi / Isthiri maapula

Repetition of initial consonant sounds across adjacent lines.

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Trivia

The song carries forward the classic Tamil cinema trope of humorous profession-based bridegroom songs, modernized with energetic vocals by Andrea Jeremiah and composed by Ashwin Vinayagamoorthy.

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