- Lyricist
- Kannadasan
- Singers
- Seerkazhi Govindarajan, L. R. Eswari
- Music director
- K. V. Mahadevan
- Movie name
- Saradha
- Movie release year
- 1962
- Lyrics added on
- 25 Sept 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
Thattu Thadumaari Nenjam from the 1962 Tamil film Saradha is a romantic duet expressing intense affection, playful intimacy, and deep emotional bond between lovers. The song describes how love overwhelms the senses, causing the heart to falter with joy at a touch, while the lover's smile satisfies all romantic hunger.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Uvamaani (Metaphor / Imagery)
“Chittu mugam kaadhal sollum / Kai pattu malar maeni thullum”
Compares the beloved's face to a playful sparrow ('Chittu mugam') and her tender body to a delicate flower ('Malar maeni').
Monal / Alliteration
“Thattu thadumaari nenjam”
Use of repeating consonant sounds in 'Thattu thadumaari' creating a rhythmic, stumbling sensation in music matching the literal meaning of stumbling.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navitchi)
“Iravendrum pagalendrum ariyaadha ulagil”
Describing a world beyond the constraints of day and night where lovers exist endlessly together.
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Trivia
Saradha (1962) was a acclaimed Tamil drama film directed by K. S. Gopalakrishnan. Kannadasan's lyrics in this track beautifully capture the sensuous yet poetic nature of early 1960s Tamil cinema romance.
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