- Lyricist
- Vaali
- Singers
- Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam, Chorus
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Movie name
- Neram Vandhachu
- Movie release year
- 1982
- Lyrics added on
- 15 Jul 2022
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Pullaiyaarae Pullaiyaarae from the movie Neram Vandhachu (1982) is a playful folk-devotional track where characters address Lord Ganesha (Mukkuruni Pillaiyar) with witty banter and sincere pleas. The speaker playfully teases Ganesha about remaining unmarried while his younger brother Lord Murugan has two wives, offering delicacies like paniyaaram and kozhukkattai in exchange for finding a good spouse and ensuring a endless flow of life's spirits. The narrative blends comedic negotiation with underlying themes of personal hardship, metaphorically describing the speaker as a caged parrot yearning for divine blessings, relief from suffering, and the freedom to flourish like a fluttering banner.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Apostrophe / Direct Address
“Pullaiyaarae pullaiyaarae mukkuruni pullaiyaarae”
Directly addressing Lord Ganesha ('Pullaiyaarae', 'Annaatchi') with colloquial intimacy, treating the deity as an approachable, older companion.
Metaphor (Uvamaanam)
“Naanthaan oru koondukkili thaangaathu naan pattappaadu”
The speaker compares their trapped, restricted life state to a 'koondukkili' (caged parrot) suffering in captivity.
Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyming in Tamil Prosody)
“Paniyaaramum kozhukkattaiyum / Pasiyaara naan aakki padaichchu vaippenyaa”
The second letters of 'Paniyaaramum' and 'Pasiyaara' share the consonant 'si/ni' family harmony, creating traditional Tamil acoustic rhythm.
Simile / Imagery
“Ennappadi vannakkodi naanaada nee konjam vaazhththu”
The wish to dance freely like a colorful flag ('vannakkodi') represents joy and liberation.
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Trivia
Mukkuruni Pillaiyar refers to a giant icon of Lord Ganesha, famously enshrined at the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, where a huge measure of rice flour ('mukkuruni') is used to make a giant Kozhukkattai offering during Vinayagar Chaturthi. Lyricist Vaali adeptly combines this deity's traditional lore with rural folk humor for the music score composed by Shankar-Ganesh.
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