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'saRRu munbu pArththa mEgham mARippOga'...

Sureshji's write-up possibly accurately describes this as the color-change of the clouds, from a brightening silvery white to sudden darkness, followed by lightning and thunder that depict the shattering of the dreams of the girl ("nenjaikkeeRippOga").

While musing on that, a slightly alternate thought came up in my mind. It may be incorrect (going by the thundering orch), but still another thought, on the pallavi lines.

The west often romanticizes sun, equating cloud with gloominess / depression. ("I saw sunshine on a cloudy day, when it's cold outside I got the month of May, I guess -you say- what can make me feel this way? My girl! "). If we go along that west-style thought, cloud-rain is a shattering of love and dismal end. In other words, a tragic 'saRRu munbu'.

OTOH, from a TN POV, cloud / rain is often romanticized.

For e.g., while westerners try to escape from the snowy north to warm and sunny Florida for vacation, we TN-ers in hot Madurai / Chennai / Trichy long to go to Ooty / Kodaikkanal to kiss clouds and enjoy. Most part of TN being 'vAnam pArththa bhoomi', rain is often linked to blessing & prosperity. In turn, clouds that bring rain are seen as a refreshing change from the fiery sun and are mostly welcome

Occasionally, even our TFM poets appreciate this fact. ('rOjAvaiththAlAttum thenRal, en mEgham un koondhal'...'mEghamE, thoodhAga vA, azhagin ArAdhanai' are quick IR song examples that come to mind).

That way, the mEgham that came up 'saRRu munbu' may be some sort of a rain cloud that appeared on a dry hot day. The dryness can be attributed to the lack of love / lover for a long time ('pAlai') and suddenly there's an appearance of him back again in her life. Like the refreshing rain cloud. Rekindling the old romance. (Remember 'sAindhu sAindhu', the first love, too happens in rain).

Unfortunately, that refreshing rain cloud, that appears 'saRRu munbu' is so brief and got swept away by a powerful wind

'mARippOga', could mean another sudden turn of events - i.e. after briefly, temporarily giving hope of good times coming back again, there's sudden change and the cloud disappered...only to expose the scorching sun again.

veRumai. thanimai. Again.

We'll have to wait and see how Gautam shows the song on screen