There are hundreds of thousand videos circulating on social media
be it Facebook or Tiktok or other channels barring the age, ethnicity,
language, countries & culture. One among the most viral songs is captioned
as “Poothumbi Kullamani”. This has become a sensation in Kerala and one could
understand that Poothumbi means Dragonfly in Malayalam.
Just do a search on any search engine with
the word “Poothumbi”, you will see long list of videos which are very popular
where people are seen to be dancing or grotesquely mining for this song.
This pulled me to make some research to know more about this viral song.
There are some interesting facts,
1.
It is not a Malayalam song
but a Bengali song.
2.
How was this interpreted and
claimed as a Malayalam song?
a.
In Malayalam, Poothumbi means Dragonfly so many people are under
impression that song originated from Kerala.
b.
One twitter user explained
how it means in Malayalam,
Poo- go
Thum- you
Be- stay
Kullu- jealousy
Mani- money
Meaning: Its nothing but where ever u go and stay; never get jealous
of there money...
c.
Another twitter user wrote as below,
I'm staying in kolkata once I played that song
and my friend said it's a Bengal folk song... Same tune was used in recent
Malayalam film kumbalangi nights 'THELLELE' Song
What I understood is that because the
pronunciation is a Malayalam word, people must have considered it to be a
corrupt version of ‘Thellele’ song.
3.
What is reality then?
This Bengali song has sentence “Prodhom Biye
Korlam Ami” which is being understood as Poothumbi Kullamani.
People with Bengali dialect usually do not
pronounce “r” but keep it silent. This means Prodhom will become Podhom.
Prodhom Biye will sound same as Poothumbi and hence it totally changed the
perception.
Someone can help me to get complete
lyrics and its meaning. A part of lyrics which I was able to grasp.
Ami tin tinte biye korlam lasting korlo na | prodhom biya korlam ami jela bardhaman
1. This song is not a real folk song.
It is a parody song created
based on a famous Bengali folk song “Bondhu tin din tor bari te gelam” which
was song by a Bangladeshi single Runa Laila.
Original folk song has wordings “Ami tin tin
te biye korlam, lasting hoilo na” which literally means that “I had married
three times, but none of them lasted” But in the parody song they have made
wordplay. But whatever be the outcome of words, this parody song has become a
sensation among youtubers and Tiktokers.
If you are interested, below
is the original song.
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