- Lyricist
- Vairamuthu
- Singers
- Shweta Mohan, Yasin Nizar
- Music director
- Jose Franklin
- Movie name
- Nedunalvaadai
- Movie release year
- 2017
- Lyrics added on
- 15 Feb 2019
Lyrics & meaning
Beyond the translation
Overall song meaning
This song expresses the overwhelming and intoxicating feelings of a young woman who has fallen deeply in love. She describes the emotional chaos created by her lover, comparing her heart to a spinning top and her lover to a bee buzzing inside a rosebud. The loss of sleep, loss of appetite, and constant presence of her lover in her dreams reflect the classic symptoms of romantic obsession.
Writing craft
Poetic devices
Simile (Upamai)
“Kanjikul potta uppu kanji ellaam koodi pogum adhu pola nenjil serndhiyae”
Compares how the lover seamlessly dissolves and integrates into her heart to salt dissolving and spreading throughout porridge.
Metaphor (Uruvagam)
“En paruvatha suthavitta bombaramaaa”
Directly metaphors her youth/youthful state being spun like a top by her beloved.
Monai (First-letter Alliteration)
“Inbathil porandaalum / Thunbathil merandaalum”
Rhyming structure and cadence matching across dual emotional states (Inbam/Thunbam).
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Trivia
'Nedunalvaadai' is a critically acclaimed 2017 Tamil drama film directed by Selvakannan, featuring music composed by Jose Franklin, with lyrics written by the legendary lyricist Vairamuthu.
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