- Lyricist
- Udumalai Narayanakavi
- Singer
- N. S. Krishnan
- Music director
- Alandur Sivasubramaniyam
- Movie name
- Ashok Kumar
- Movie release year
- 1941
- Lyrics added on
- 19 Feb 2020
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This playful and romantic track from the 1941 film Ashok Kumar expresses the joy and euphoria of coming to understand the true nature of love. The protagonist lightheartedly celebrates their sudden enlightenment about love, describing how their eyes dance with excitement, their heart yearns for physical closeness, and their mind invents sweet terms of endearment for the beloved.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monaai (Initial Alliteration)
“Kangal rendum / Karnam podudhu / Katti pidikka”
The repetition of the initial consonant 'K' across consecutive lines (Kangal, Karnam, Katti).
Metaphor (Uruvagamm)
“Kannae kaniyae / Kani rasamae yena”
The speaker addresses the beloved using sweet imagery like fruit ('kaniyae') and fruit juice ('kani rasamae').
Ezhuthu Rhyme / Ethukai (Second-letter Rhyming)
“Pithaasai yaagudhae / Nathaasai meerudhae”
End-rhyming with '-asai' and '-dhae' sound pattern in 'Pithaasai yaagudhae' and 'Nathaasai meerudhae'.
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Trivia
Ashok Kumar (1941) was a major box-office hit directed by Raja Chandrasekhar, starring M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar and Chittor V. Nagaiah. Udumalai Narayanakavi wrote colloquial, catchy lyrics for the film's lighter tracks, which helped popularize casual spoken Tamil phrasing in early Tamil cinema music.
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