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Star In The Making

From Star – 2024 Film · 2024

Lyricist
Elan
Singer
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Music director
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Movie name
Star – 2024 Film
Movie release year
2024
Lyrics added on
31 Mar 2024

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Kanave en iravai kettaai
Azhagaai nee urangave
Kanave en uravai kettaai
Thanimai unakedhu
Kanave en kaanal kettaai
Malaraai nee pookavae
Kanave en sadhal kettaai
Irappoo unakedhu
Oru naal naan vaazhven
Oru naal naan velven
Nadhi engu pogum
Naan varuven
Naane ethirthu nindraalum
En kanavadhu veezhaadhu
Idhayam thunai undaalaum
En manam adhu ooyadhu
O dream, you asked for my night,
So you could sleep peacefully.
O dream, you asked for my company,
How could you ever be alone?
O dream, you asked for my mirage,
So you could bloom like a flower.
O dream, you asked for my death,
How could death ever touch you?
One day, I will live.
One day, I will live.
Wherever the river flows,
I will come.
Even if I stand against myself,
My dream will never fall.
Even if my heart finds support,
My spirit will never rest.
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a passionate ode to personal ambition and resilience, personifying a dream as a living entity that demands sacrifice—nights, companionship, mirages, and even mortality—so that it may flourish. The protagonist willingly offers everything to keep this dream alive, vowing that loneliness or death should never claim it. In the latter half, the narrative shifts into an empowering anthem of self-determination. The speaker declares an unshakeable belief that they will overcome all odds, even self-doubt or opposition, ensuring their dream remains standing and their spirit never rests until victory is achieved.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Personification

Kanave en iravai kettaai

The speaker addresses 'Kanave' (Dream) as a living person capable of asking for things, sleeping, blooming, and experiencing loneliness or death.

Anaphora / Emoni

Kanave en iravai kettaai

Repetition of the opening phrase 'Kanave en...' across multiple lines to build rhythmic intensity and emotional emphasis.

Simile

Malaraai nee pookavae

Comparing the dream's flourishing to the blooming of a flower ('Malaraai nee pookavae').

Metaphor

Nadhi engu pogum

Comparing life's journey and inevitable arrival at destiny to a river flowing to its destination ('Nadhi engu pogum / Naan varuven').

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Trivia

This track is featured in the 2024 Tamil film 'Star', starring Kavin. Director Elan himself penned the lyrics for this song, continuing his successful creative partnership with composer Yuvan Shankar Raja following their earlier hit collaboration in 'Pyaar Prema Kaadhal' (2018).

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