- Lyricist
- Dhanush
- Singer
- Dhanush
- Music director
- Yuvan Shankar Raja
- Movie name
- Naane Varuvean
- Movie release year
- 2022
- Lyrics added on
- 6 Aug 2022
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This excerpt uses a traditional fable-like storytelling narrative to explore the themes of duality, morality, and social bias. By narrating the tale of two kings—one good and one evil—living in the same town, the song establishes the core conflict of twin personalities or opposing forces existing in the same realm.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Fable Framing / Narrational Repetition
“Orey oru… oorukkullae / Rendu raaja irundhaaraam”
The recurring refrain sets up a traditional Tamil oral storytelling rhythm ('irundhaaraam', 'nallavaraam'), echoing how bedtime stories and folklore are told.
Antithesis / Contrast (Ethirsol)
“Oru raaja nallavaraam / Innoru raaja kettavaraam”
Directly juxtaposes moral opposites ('nallavaraam' vs 'kettavaraam') to underline the central dual-identity premise.
Parallelism and Analogy
“Paambukullum visham undu / Poovukkullum visham undu”
Compares two contrasting objects of nature (a snake and a flower) showing both hold poison ('visham undu'), questioning human hypocrisy in accepting one while destroying the other.
End Rhyme (Iyaibu)
“Rendu raaja irundhaaraam / Oru raaja nallavaraam”
The rhythmic suffix '-aam' at the end of consecutive lines creates harmonic sound alignment typical of Tamil folk songs.
Did you know?
Trivia
Written and sung by Dhanush himself for his film 'Naane Varuvean' (2022), the lyrics directly foreshadow the movie's plot, in which Dhanush plays dual roles as twin brothers—one good (Prabhu) and one psychopathic evil (Kathir).
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