- Lyricist
- Kamal Haasan
- Singer
- Andrea Jeremiah
- Music director
- Devi Sri Prasad
- Movie name
- Manmadhan Ambu
- Movie release year
- 2010
- Lyrics added on
- 7 May 2017
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
'Who's the Hero' is an upbeat, energetic hero-introduction song from the 2010 film 'Manmadhan Ambu'. Written by Kamal Haasan, the track celebrates the protagonist's agility, charm, and protective instincts. Blending multilingual slang (Tamil, English, and Hindi), the lyric portrays the hero as an unstoppable force compared to Zorro and a swift arrow, someone who rescues people from trouble without needing fake magic or tricks.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Monai (Initial Alliteration)
“Ma-yam mandhiram”
Repetition of the initial 'Ma' sound in adjacent words.
Iyaipu (End Rhyme across languages)
“Naaru naarai kilikum zaaro / Seerivandha vegamaana arrow”
Rhyming the English word 'arrow' with 'zaaro' at the end of consecutive descriptive lines.
Metaphor
“Naaru naarai kilikum zaaro”
Compares the protagonist's swift style of defeating attackers to the legendary vigilante Zorro.
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Trivia
The music for 'Manmadhan Ambu' was composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The track 'Who's the Hero' was sung by Andrea Jeremiah, with lyrics written by Kamal Haasan himself who also performed backing vocal interjections throughout the track.
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