- Lyricist
- Muthulingam
- Singer
- K. S. Chitra
- Music director
- Shankar Ganesh
- Movie name
- Moodu Manthiram
- Movie release year
- 1989
- Lyrics added on
- 12 Jun 2022
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Vizhiyoram Pagal Neram' is a romantic and alluring track expressing the vibrant daydreams, burgeoning passion, and playful confidence of a young woman. The song describes how love strikes like Manmathan's (Cupid's) arrow, causing her youthful spirit to leap with joy and inducing sweet daytime fantasies filled with imagery of blooming lotuses and singing cuckoos. As the song progresses, the lyrics blend sensual allure with empowering hyperbole, depicting how her beauty and charm hold royal sway. She boasts playfully that a simple smile or a passionate glance from her has the power to change governments and rule nations, celebrating feminine grace, youthful desire, and magnetic self-confidence.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Metaphor (Uruvagakani)
“Kadhal manmathan paanamae”
The feeling of falling in love is directly equated to being struck by Manmathan's (Cupid's) arrow.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme)
“Kanni thaamarai aaduthae / Inba pooguyil paaduthae / Aasaigal oorvalam poguthae / Anantha vellam paayuthae”
Each line ends with the matching rhythmic suffix '-uthae' (aaduthae, paaduthae, poguthae, paayuthae), creating a melodic flow.
Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi Ani)
“Moga paarvaiyil aatchi maarum ennaalae”
An exaggerated poetic statement claiming that a single romantic glance from her could change an entire government or rule of law.
Rhetorical Question
“Vizhiyoram pagal neram kanavugal varumo”
A rhetorical question asked in wonderment about whether daydreams can visibly gather at the corners of one's eyes.
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Trivia
The song 'Vizhiyoram Pagal Neram' features in the 1989 Tamil film 'Moodu Manthiram', directed by Manobala and starring Prabhu and Rekha. The music was composed by the duo Shankar-Ganesh, prominent composers during the 1970s and 1980s in Tamil cinema. Sung by the veteran playback singer K. S. Chithra with lyrics by Tamil Nadu's former court poet (Aasthana Kavinjar) Muthulingam, the song is celebrated for its soothing melody and expressive rendition.
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