- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singer
- P. Susheela
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Movie name
- Annavin Aasai
- Movie release year
- 1966
- Lyrics added on
- 5 Feb 2025
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Poopol malara mottu vaiththaan' is a classic Tamil song celebrating feminine beauty, longing, and romantic solitude. Through vivid imagery, lyricist Vaali describes how the Creator intricately crafted a woman's features—putting sweetness in her smile, a fluttering sparrow in her look, and making her eyebrows like bows and eyes like arrows—yet left her in isolation yearning for love. The composition blends delicate sensuality with poetic elegance as it paints a scene of nature embracing her beauty. Set to K. V. Mahadevan's gentle melody and sung with emotive richness by P. Susheela, the song captures both painterly romanticism and subtle melancholy.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Uvamai)
“Poopol malara mottu vaiththaan”
Compares the opening/blossoming beauty directly to a flower bud using 'pol'.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“Puruvam ennum villeduththu / Poovizhi ennum kanai thoduththu”
Metaphorically equates eyebrows to a bow ('vil') and eyes to an arrow ('kanai').
Alliteration (Monaai)
“Poopol malara mottu vaiththaan”
Repetition of initial consonant 'P' across consecutive lines (Poopol, Punnagaiyil, Paarvaiyil).
Personification
“Alaigal vanthu mella thazhuva / Anbu kadhaigal solli nazhuva”
Waves are personified as loving storytellers that gently touch and whisper tales of love.
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Trivia
'Annavin Aasai' (1966) features music by the legendary composer K. V. Mahadevan and lyrics by Vaali. The song is famed for P. Susheela's delicate vocal expression and vocalizations (the melismatic 'Oo... ooo...' hooks), which elevated the song into a memorable classic of 1960s Tamil cinema.
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