- Lyricist
- Thiyaru
- Singer
- Ujjayinee Roy
- Music director
- N. Kannan
- Movie name
- Thamizh Padam 2.0
- Movie release year
- 2018
- Lyrics added on
- 28 May 2018
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song from Thamizh Padam 2.0 serves as a hilarious parody of vintage 1980s Tamil cinema seduction and item numbers. The lyrics feature standard sensual tropes where the female dancer invites the hero to cast aside righteousness (represented by Lord Rama) and embrace worldly desire (represented by Kaama, the God of Love). Through elaborate and melodramatic metaphors involving flowers, thin waists, veenas, and overflowing rivers of desire, the song spoofs the poetic exaggeration common in classic retro Tamil dance tracks.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Edhugai (Second-letter rhyme)
“Kondral paavam / Ennai thindral theerum”
Rhyming of the second letter ('ndra') in 'Kondral' and 'thindral'.
Metaphor
“Noolidayil porul thedalam”
Comparing the waist to a thin thread ('Nool').
Simile
“Koodalil poovudal veenai polae”
Comparing a woman's body during intimacy to a string instrument (Veena).
Metaphor
“Malligai solai naan”
The speaker metaphorically refers to herself as a jasmine garden.
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Trivia
This track is a tongue-in-cheek homage to classic 80s dance numbers composed by Ilaiyaraaja and performed by legendary dance queens like Silk Smitha and Disco Shanti. The film Thamizh Padam 2.0 is famous for spoofing iconic Tamil cinema tropes across genres.
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