- Lyricist
- Gangai Amaran
- Singers
- Premgi Amaren, Sakthi Amaran
- Music director
- Premgi Amaren
- Movie name
- Kasada Tabara
- Movie release year
- 2021
- Lyrics added on
- 15 Sept 2021
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
The song is a celebratory, carpe diem anthem encouraging a person to enjoy life to the fullest once prosperity and success arrive. It emphasizes that human life is a one-time opportunity and that accumulating wealth without spending or enjoying it is meaningless. One should break free from unnecessary restraints, fly high, and live life joyously before old age catches up.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Rhyme (Eshai/Iyaibu)
“Vaa un neram vandhadhe / Ponnaaram thandhadhae”
The lines end with identical rhyming suffixes like 'vandhadhe' and 'thandhadhae', creating a rhythmic bounce.
Simile (Uwamai)
“Kaetti melam pola kottumae”
Compares the shower of wealth and notes to the continuous beat of wedding or festive drums ('Kaetti melam').
Anaphora / Parallelism
“En vaazhkai enbadhu / Un vaazhkai enbadhu”
Repetition of phrase structures starting with 'En vaazhkai enbadhu' and 'Un vaazhkai enbadhu' to contrast life's nature.
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Trivia
Kasada Tabara (2021) is a hyper-link anthology film directed by Chimbudeven. A unique aspect of the film is that each of the six short stories featured a different editor, cinematographer, and music composer. This particular track was composed by Premgi Amaren, written by his father Gangai Amaran, and sung by Premgi together with his brother Sakthi Amaran.
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