(Part of the initiative #learnthroughlyrics with @eli.kutty on Instagram)
Thomas Chacko aka Aadu Thoma, the son of a retired Mathematics teacher, is a well known goon in the small town they live. He lives on his own, estranged from his excessively strict father Chacko mashu(teacher) who he blames for ruining his childhood, as Thoma was never good in math. One of his former language teachers from school, Ravunni master, returns to this town after years with his daughter Thulassi. Thulassi used to be very sympathetic to Thoma’s plight while they were in school. She surprises Thoma by bringing out a mechanical bell she had saved from their school days which Thoma created and confesses that she likes him. A beautiful melody from the movie Spadikam with the iconic character Aadu Thoma played by Mohanlal and Thulassi played by Urvashi, two of our greatest actors in Malayalam cinema.
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Ormakal, ormakal, oadakuzhal oothi
Ormakal, ormakal, oadakuzhal oothi
[The memories, played a flute]
Samayamaam yamunayo pirakilekku ozhukiyo?
Madhura mani naadam maadi vilikkunnu
[Did this Yamuna river of time, flow backwards?
A sweet chime of a bell is calling earnestly]
Ormakal, ormakal, oadakuzhal oothi
Ormakal, ormakal, oadakuzhal oothi
[The memories, played a flute]
Doore, doore doore baalyam enna theeram
Mele, vaanin mele, sneham aakum thaaram
[Far away, at a distance, is the shore that is childhood
Up, in the sky, is the star that is love]
Poonilaavil raasa leela paadidunnu mekhamaala
Murali than geetham, doore…
[In this moonlit night, a bunch of clouds are singing a song of love
A song on the flute is heard, at a distance…]
Ormakal, ormakal, oadakuzhal oothi
Ormakal, ormakal, oadakuzhal oothi
[The memories, played a flute]
Paadi, aadi paadi, aashayaam raapaadi
Thaedi, ninte nenjil, koodu thaedi vannu
[Sang and danced, my wishes, like a nightingale
Searched, in your heart, I came looking for a nest]
Ee vishaalam aaya maaril thaamara poo mettha theerkkum
venuvin gaanam, doore….
[On this broad chest, building a bed of lotus flowers
a song played by a flute, at a distance…]
Ormakal, ormakal, oadakuzhal oothi
Ormakal, ormakal, oadakuzhal oothi
[The memories, played a flute]
Samayamaam yamunayo pirakilekku ozhukiyo?
Madhura mani naadam maadi vilikkunnu
[Did this Yamuna river of Time, flow backwards?
A sweet chime of a bell is calling earnestly]
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