- Lyricist
- Yurekha
- Singer
- Harikumar
- Music director
- Jhon Peter
- Movie name
- Madurai Sambavam
- Movie release year
- 2009
- Lyrics added on
- 30 Dec 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful folk snippet uses bold metaphors to describe romantic passion and intimate affection. The heroine compares her lover's intense gaze and kisses to being shot with a gun and having a permanent tattoo etched onto her lips, expressing cheekiness and intense emotional impact in local Madurai dialect.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Adukkuthodhar (Repetition)
“Suttuputtaan suttuputtaan”
Words like 'Suttuputtaan' and 'Kuththiputtaan' are repeated consecutively to enhance the rhythmic tempo and highlight excitement.
Edhukai (Rhyming second syllable)
“Suttuputtaan / Kuththiputtaan”
The matching consonant cluster sounds in 'Suttuputtaan' and 'Kuththiputtaan' establish a traditional Tamil folk rhyme scheme.
Metaphor
“Udhattula pachchaiyaththaan kuththiputtaan doi”
Romantic intimacy and kisses are metaphorically compared to getting tattooed ('pachchai') on the lips.
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Trivia
Madurai Sambavam (2009) features music composed by John Peter. The song's lyrics by Yurekha leverage authentic Madurai folk idioms and dialectal phrasing to capture a raw local atmosphere.
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