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Vechuthaan Seiyyuranga

From Azhagiya Kanne – 2022 Film · 2022

Lyricist
Ekadasi
Singers
Mano Eswaran, Meenakshi Elayaraja
Music director
N. R. Raghunanthan
Movie name
Azhagiya Kanne – 2022 Film
Movie release year
2022
Lyrics added on
15 Mar 2023

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
Vechuthaan seiyuranga
Vayathila thaan adikkiraanga
Vechuthaan seiyuranga
Vayathila thaan adikkiraanga
Road paaru kundu kuzhi
Pithunguthinga kannu muzhi
Road paaru kundu kuzhi
Pithunguthinga kannu muzhi
Ennangada nyayam
Ippo velukka povuthu saayam
Ennangada nyayam
Ippo velukka povuthu saayam
Maasupetta
Ayya maasupetta
Ippadi maasupetta
Kaathulatha
Moochu muttuthu
Ada kosukoottam nursattam
Oosi kuthuthu
Female :Aama aama aama aama
Unmai than saami
Private aaspathiri
Pursa paakuthu
Namma GH ku thookkipona
Usira kekkuthu
Muttakkullil irukkurappo
Muppathu books aama
Moonn appp padikkurappo
Public exama
Tasmac thuranthu vechu
Thaliyatha akkuraan
Corparatuku India va
Kooru ketti vikkuraan
Ennangada nyayam
Ippo velukka povuthu saayam
Ennangada nyayam
Ippo velukka povuthu saayam
Arisi paruppu podamalae…
Arisi paruppu podamalae…
Adhisayama samakkavom
Kaikarinnu perezhuthi
Kaigithatha rusikkavom
Ey aama aama aama
Aama appadipodu
Seeppu soap kannadikkum
Kattana variya
Seerukatta velan sattam
Eppadi sariyaam
Gas cylinder onnu ippo
Aayiram rooba
Petrol vela thaarumaaru
Ennagadappa
Vottu poatta nammalukku
Varuthu aathiram
Ayya ula vekka kodukkuraane
Otta paathiram
Ayya otta paathiram
Ennangada Ennangada
Ennangada nyayam
Ippo velukka povuthu saayam
Ennangada nyayam
Ippo velukka povuthu saayam
Vechuthaan seiyuranga
Vayathila thaan adikkiraanga
Vechuthaan seiyuranga
Vayathila thaan adikkiraanga
Road paaru kundu kuzhi
Pithunguthinga kannu muzhi
Road paaru kundu kuzhi
Pithunguthinga kannu muzhi
Ennangada nyayam
Ippo velukka povuthu saayam
Ennangada nyayam
Ippo velukka povuthu saayam
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They are really screwing us over,
hitting us right in the belly!
They are really screwing us over,
hitting us right in the belly!
Look at the road, full of bumps and potholes,
our eyeballs are popping right out!
Look at the road, full of bumps and potholes,
our eyeballs are popping right out!
What kind of justice is this?
Now your true colors are about to fade!
What kind of justice is this?
Now your true colors are about to fade!
Polluted,
oh sir, so polluted!
In such heavily polluted
air,
we are suffocating!
Ah, a swarm of mosquitoes
is pricking us like needles!
Female: Yes, yes, yes, yes!
That is the absolute truth, friend!
The private hospital
looks only at your wallet!
If we are rushed to the government hospital,
it demands our very life!
While still inside the egg,
there are thirty books, oh yes!
While studying in the third grade,
do we really need a board exam?!
Keeping liquor shops wide open,
they make everyone stagger drunk!
To greedy corporations, India
is being sliced up and sold!
What kind of justice is this?
Now your true colors are about to fade!
What kind of justice is this?
Now your true colors are about to fade!
Without adding rice or lentils...
Without adding rice or lentils...
shall we magically cook a meal?
Writing the word 'vegetable',
shall we just chew on paper?
Hey, yes, yes, yes!
Yes, that is the way to say it!
Even on combs, soap, and mirrors,
there is a heavy tax!
How will these broken farm laws
ever set things right?
A single cooking gas cylinder now
costs a thousand rupees!
Petrol prices have gone crazy,
what is going on, friend?
For us who cast our votes,
furious anger is boiling up!
Oh sir, to cook our food, he gives us
a pot with holes!
Oh sir, a pot with holes!
What is this? What is this?
What kind of justice is this?
Now your true colors are about to fade!
What kind of justice is this?
Now your true colors are about to fade!
They are really screwing us over,
hitting us right in the belly!
They are really screwing us over,
hitting us right in the belly!
Look at the road, full of bumps and potholes,
our eyeballs are popping right out!
Look at the road, full of bumps and potholes,
our eyeballs are popping right out!
What kind of justice is this?
Now your true colors are about to fade!
What kind of justice is this?
Now your true colors are about to fade!
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Chorus

Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

This song is a sharp, satirical protest track highlighting the socio-economic struggles of the common working-class citizen in contemporary Tamil Nadu and India. The lyrics critique corrupt administration, crumbling public infrastructure like pothole-ridden roads and inadequate government hospitals, high commercial healthcare costs, inflation, heavy taxation on basic household goods, rising fuel and LPG prices, controversial farm bills, and state-sponsored alcohol sales (TASMAC). Using colloquial, earthy Tamil, the song voices the frustration of voters who feel neglected and betrayed by political promises while coping with the daily burdens of inflation and administrative apathy.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Edhugai (Second-letter Assonance)

“Vechuthaan seiyuranga / Vayathila thaan adikkiraanga”

Repetition of the second consonant sound 'ch' in consecutive lines ('Vechuthaan' and 'Vayathila').

Rhyme (Iyaibu)

“Road paaru kundu kuzhi / Pithunguthinga kannu muzhi”

End rhyme matching the sounds 'kuzhi' and 'muzhi'.

Hyperbole & Metaphor

“Vayathila thaan adikkiraanga / Pithunguthinga kannu muzhi”

Metaphorical usage of 'hitting in the stomach' to represent ruining someone's livelihood, and hyperbole regarding potholes popping eyeballs out.

Social Satire & Rhetorical Question

“Ennangada nyayam / Ippo velukka povuthu saayam”

Questioning the absurdity of social inequalities, public exams for third graders, and taxing everyday items.

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Trivia

The song serves as a socio-political anthem within the 2022 movie 'Azhagiya Kanne', directed by R. Vijayakumar. Lyricist Ekadasi uses hyper-local Tamil folk idioms and street-protest style phrasing to criticize contemporary economic issues such as GST taxes, LPG gas cylinder price hikes, and controversial agricultural laws.

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