JeyesWrites

Playful lovers' tiffs before marriage and clashes after marriage—this is the dynamic between men and women that has persisted from the era of Shiva and Parvati, through the days of Sivaji and Padmini, right up to Simbu and Simran. I just threw that line in for the sake of a rhyme. So, please don't go stirring up trouble or imagining a rift between these pairs because of it. Audiences might overlook poor timing regarding when a song appears in a movie, but there is an unwritten rule—one that even the illiterate seem to know—that the rhyming must be perfect in the film industry. For instance, if the first line ends with *Aavani*, the next simply has to end with *Thaavani*; it is a cinematic commandment (or perhaps our collective fate) that no one dares to break. Yet, Kannadasan defied this by using *Maangani* instead. If the boy’s line mentions *Meesai* (moustache), the girl’s line might follow with *Aasai* (desire)—these days they might just get away with *Dosai* (dosa). In th...