Originally Posted by mgb
again kavignar uses kamban in this song
when 'kamban emaandhaan' song came, there were people who murmurred that the line "valluvan ilango barathi endroru varisaiyai naan kanden, andha varisaiyil ullavar mattumalla, ada naanum emaarndhen" is akin to listing kannadasan himself alongside the other greats. So he used this oppurtunity to say "edai poda kamban illai, enakkandha thiranum illai", in way that also forms as an admiration of her beauty but at the same time answering his critics, that he did not claim himself anywhere near kamban