The Golden Era of Dr.IR and Dr.SPB

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App, I think I specifically noted the reason for multiple thullis earlier in my posts and V-S has reinforced that as well - I think it is all deliberately thought out(or spontaneously formed as is the usual case with Raja). After the first stanza, Radhika is slowly drawn towards the happy interludes that the mornings on Godavari side give her with this innocent young man. She probably is convincing herself that the relationship with this man is pure, and I guess the village sees it in the same light but perhaps, his innocent utterances on spring returning to her life slowly chip at her mind as well - the transition to second interlude has her hurrying away with a bunch of "suvvis", perhaps as a reminder to herself that the joy is transient and thw white-sareed, temple-going role is her permanent fate. Lot of nuances there. The ending of the song, app has explained. But you are right, as a pop song listener, they are jarring. Incidentally, I was wondering in the 2011 best songs trend whether context, milieu had no meaning any more in pop music appreciation in reference to Vaagai Sooda Vaa, a movie apparently set in a parched rural TN village in the 60s. You wouldn't know it from the songs, nor from Chinmayee's singing, yet it is widely appreciated as a fine debut by the MD. I guess the pop music standards have shifted. I mean, it is not as if Swathi Muthyam was merely functional, merely faithful to its setting - these were also immensely popular songs. Looks like it will be a long time before we get a harmonious marriage of the two aspects again in TFM.