Malayalam lyricists have given us gold mines of songs. Some memorable ones and some, I hope I’ll never scar myself with. And one thing I noticed in most of these Malayalam songs is that they rarely run out of adjectives to describe women. And god forbid when they do run out, this is what happens,
(I tried translating the lyrics, but Vayalar polum sahikyoola if I did translate it.)
Naleekerathinde Naatil
Lyrics:
Nombum notenne kaathirikkum vaazhakoombu polulloru pennundu
Chaambakka chundulla chandana kavilulla
Chaattuli kannulla pennundu
Comparison: Vazhakoombu (Banana flower)
Ironically, the movie is called Thurakkatha Vaathil. Vaazha koomb enn vilicha subodham olla eth penn’a vaathil thurakkan povunath?
Pineapple Penne Chocolate Piece
Lyrics:
Pineapple Penne Chocolate Piecey
Premichu Valakaathe
Panchaara penne Punchiri paarenn chundodu cherkaathe.
Comparison: Pineapple and Chocolate pieces
For viewer discretion: Do not attempt this at home, and call your newlywed wife a pineapple or a chocolate piece. This is a stunt performed by trained professionals. Karthika could not take him calling her a pineapple and a chocolate piece and died 10 minutes into the movie.
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Unnimaya
Lyrics:
Palitta Panchasara Chaya Neeye
Uppilitta Manga Neeye
Thengin Mele Thenga Neeye
Nirathin Mele Mathi Neeye
Road’in Mele Tar Neeye
Comparison: Palitta Panchasara Chaya (milk tea with sugar), Uppilitta Manga (raw mangoes in brine), Thengin Mele Thenga (coconut on the coconut tree, because pana’de mel thenga sounds unrealistic), nirathin mel mathi (sardines sold on the road) and road’ile tar (tar on the road for some reason).
When you get tired of all those unoriginal lyrics calling women their “Ellam ellam”, try this out. Spot the most random object next to you, and describe it to her.
Take notes: Ullivada’yile savala neeye, rusk’ile podi neeye, appazhte veetil’e maaman’de asthma neeye.
Pachamaanga Pachamaanga
Lyrics:
Ente Ee Style Alley
Stylennuotha figure alley
Pachamanga Pachamanga
Nattumaviley Maanga
Comparison: Pachamanga×2 (raw mangoes), Naatumaavile Maanga (mango from the village tree?)
The song starts with Navya Nair looking into a mirror and smiling. If only she had conveyed to the lyricist what she saw in the mirror, he wouldn’t have gone to the extent of calling her a pacha maanga.
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Intha Panchayathile
Lyrics: Ival panchaara pazha paayasa cupile mundhiriyo
Comparison: Pazham payasam’s mundhiri (raisins in the banana payasam)
Get someone who calls you a paayasa cup’ile mundhiri when naatukar wouldn’t stop telling you “Unakka munthiri pole aayallo koche nee”
Maane Madhurakarimbe
Lyrics:
Maane madhurakarimbe
Malar thaeney madanakuzhambe
Comparisons: Madhurakarimb (sugarcane), malar thaen (honey from the flowers), madanakuzhamb (I’ve lost it by this point)
This isn’t even the most hilarious part of the song, Mammooty goes on to sing “don’t go don’t go mandipenne, ennod onnu speakikoode kuyile“. A+ for the efforts. And extra brownies to know what he added to his brownies before singing this.
Also Read: Malayalam Songs That Test Your Breath Management Skills
Chocolatey Poleyulla
Lyrics:
Chocolate poley olloree urunda meni chethi uppilitta maanga aakki maattum innu nyan
Comparison: chocolate pole urunda meni (a round chocolate body. Don’t try making sense out of it)
Throughout Prithviraj’s career, there are a few things he probably regrets along with us, the audience. Among those are his movie songs, which consistently compare women to chocolate pieces.
There are two kinds of people in the world – Those who sing “God is a woman” and those who sing women are every random object they trip on. And thankfully, we as a generation have also missed all the hints and not stopped going “Don’t go, don’t go mandipenne” since then.
We know there are a lot more Malayalam songs on the list, so comment more on such lyrics that simply wouldn’t stop getting poetic about women!
