Rajesh Murugesan, Sean Roldan, and Mohan Rajan bring “Akkalu Bakkalu” from House Mates. This Tamil song details the chaotic frustration of cohabitation. Mohan Rajan’s lyrics plunge listeners into a demanding domestic situation.
Released: July 22, 2025
Akkalu Bakkalu
Rajesh Murugesan | Sean Roldan • From “House Mates”
Akkalu Bakkalu Lyrics Translation (from “House Mates”)
Mohan Rajan’s writing directly describes living in constant “mistakes and blunders.” He states, “We’re tearing ourselves apart” from blows and frustration. This prevents sleep, trapping residents in a “torture chamber” without escape.
Akkalu SikkaluOh, the problems, buddy.
MachanBuddy.
Akkalu SikkaluOh, the problems.
Enna MachanWhat’s up, buddy?
Akkalu SikkaluProblems, problems.
MachiMate.
Akkalu SikkaluSo many problems.
Enna ReadyahAre you ready?
ReadyahReady?
Enna Mamu ReadyahAre you ready, uncle?
Yeh YahYeah, yeah.
Thappula ThavululaIn all these mistakes and blunders,
Adikkira AdiyilaWith every blow we take,
Kizhiyirom NangaleWe’re tearing ourselves apart.
Thanga MudiyalaWe can’t bear it anymore.
Tortureu HomelaThis home’s a torture chamber,
Hide And Sick GamelaWe’re in a hide-and-seek game of sickness.
Vazhurom KandulaWe’re living in such frustration,
Thoonga MudiyalaWe can’t even sleep.
Short Cuttum IllaThere’s no shortcut,
Straight Routeum IllaAnd no straight route either.
Dead End UlleIt’s a dead end inside.
Veettukku Vanthale HangIf you come home, you’re just stuck.
Oru Nalu Illa IllaIt’s not just one day, no,
Pala Nalu ThollaiIt’s many days of trouble.
Athai Nanum Solla SollaAs I keep saying it,
Thalaikeezha NedunalaFor so long I’ve been upside down,
Thavichene VavvalaLike a bat, longing for peace.
Nimmathi Ingilla MachanThere’s no peace here, buddy.
Akkalu Bakkalu ThottattoA mess of troubles keeps touching us.
Eththanai Sikkalu RepeattoHow many problems keep repeating?
Anthalu Sinthalu ThottattoMore chaos and trouble keeps touching us.
Engala Routeu EngittoOur path, where’s it headed?
Akkalu Bakkalu ThottattoA mess of troubles keeps touching us.
Eththanai Sikkalu RepeattoHow many problems keep repeating?
Anthalu Sinthalu ThottattoMore chaos and trouble keeps touching us.
Engala Routeu EngittoOur path, where’s it headed?
Tho Tho Tho Tho Pottathu PoottoWhat’s been put there is locked down.
Tho Tho Tho Tho Vaikkuthu VettoWhat’s been placed there cuts us.
A Ahha YahAh, ahha, yeah.
Pudhuvitha ThalaivaliyilaWe’re stuck dying from a new kind of headache.
Matti SaguromWe’re caught and dying.
Kollura JailuIt’s a killing jail,
Illaiye Bailu Thappikka VazhiyillaiThere’s no bail, no way to escape.
Pudichavan Kooda IrunthumEven with someone I like around,
Sirikka MudiyalaI can’t smile.
Kannukku Theriya EnemyThere’s an enemy I can’t see,
Ivanai Thoraththa MudiyalaAnd I can’t chase him away.
Ge Nalum Oru TortureEvery day is a torture.
Anen Ippa JokeruNow I’ve become a joker.
Aluththu Pochu Veruththu PochuI’m fed up, I’m disgusted.
Painum KuraiyalaThe pain isn’t lessening.
Enkooda Trouble MakeruWith trouble makers by my side,
Poche En FutureuMy future’s gone.
Enga Poyi Idhum MudiyumWhere will all this end?
Endru TheriyalaI don’t know.
En Life Ache RudeahMy life has become so rude,
RudeahSo rude.
Kanavache KadaIt’s turned my dreams into a wilderness,
KadaA wilderness.
Veruppache PodaIt’s made me disgusted, so go away,
PodaGo away.
Sikkalu SonnaleJust talking about the problems.
Oru Nalu Illa IllaIt’s not just one day, no,
Pala Nalu ThollaiIt’s many days of trouble.
Athai Nanum Solla SollaAs I keep saying it,
Thalaikeezha NedunalaFor so long I’ve been upside down,
Thavichene VavvalaLike a bat, longing for peace.
Nimmathi Ingilla MachanThere’s no peace here, buddy.
Akkalu Bakkalu ThottattoA mess of troubles keeps touching us.
Eththanai Sikkalu RepeattoHow many problems keep repeating?
Anthalu Sinthalu ThottattoMore chaos and trouble keeps touching us.
Engala Routeu EngittoOur path, where’s it headed?
Akkalu Bakkalu ThottattoA mess of troubles keeps touching us.
Eththanai Sikkalu RepeattoHow many problems keep repeating?
Anthalu Sinthalu ThottattoMore chaos and trouble keeps touching us.
Engala Routeu EngittoOur path, where’s it headed?
Tho Tho Tho Tho Pottathu PoottoWhat’s been put there is locked down.
Tho Tho Tho Tho Vaikkuthu VettoWhat’s been placed there cuts us.
Thappula ThavululaIn all these mistakes and blunders,
Adikkira AdiyilaWith every blow we take,
Kizhiyirom NangaleWe’re tearing ourselves apart.
Thanga MudiyalaWe can’t bear it anymore.
Tortureu HomelaThis home’s a torture chamber,
Hide And Sick GamelaWe’re in a hide-and-seek game of sickness.
Vazhurom KandulaWe’re living in such frustration,
Thoonga MudiyalaWe can’t even sleep.
Short Cuttum IllaThere’s no shortcut,
Straight Routeum IllaAnd no straight route either.
Dead End UlleIt’s a dead end inside.
Veettukku Vanthale HangIf you come home, you’re just stuck.
Oru Nalu Illa IllaIt’s not just one day, no,
Pala Nalu ThollaiIt’s many days of trouble.
Athai Nanum Solla SollaAs I keep saying it,
Thalaikeezha NedunalaFor so long I’ve been upside down,
Thavichene VavvalaLike a bat, longing for peace.
Nimmathi Ingilla MachanThere’s no peace here, buddy.
Mm Machan MachanMm, buddy, buddy.
Mm Machan MachanMm, buddy, buddy.
Mm Machan MachanMm, buddy, buddy.
Mm Machan MachanMm, buddy, buddy.
Akkalu Bakkalu ThottattoA mess of troubles keeps touching us.
Eththanai Sikkalu RepeattoHow many problems keep repeating?
Anthalu Sinthalu ThottattoMore chaos and trouble keeps touching us.
Engala Routeu EngittoOur path, where’s it headed?
Akkalu Bakkalu ThottattoA mess of troubles keeps touching us.
Eththanai Sikkalu RepeattoHow many problems keep repeating?
Anthalu Sinthalu ThottattoMore chaos and trouble keeps touching us.
Engala Routeu EngittoOur path, where’s it headed?
Akkalu Bakkalu ThottattoA mess of troubles keeps touching us.
Eththanai Sikkalu RepeattoHow many problems keep repeating?
Anthalu Sinthalu ThottattoMore chaos and trouble keeps touching us.
Engala Routeu EngittoOur path, where’s it headed?
Akkalu Bakkalu ThottattoA mess of troubles keeps touching us.
Eththanai Sikkalu RepeattoHow many problems keep repeating?
Anthalu Sinthalu ThottattoMore chaos and trouble keeps touching us.
Engala Routeu EngittoOur path, where’s it headed?
Tho Tho Tho Tho Pottathu PoottoWhat’s been put there is locked down.
Tho Tho Tho Tho Vaikkuthu VettoWhat’s been placed there cuts us.
Akkalu Bakkalu Music Video
The album House Mates captures the inescapable reality of domestic ‘torture’. Mohan Rajan maps a future clouded by trouble makers and uncertainty. The Akkalu Bakkalu lyrics meaning shows a collective cry against pervasive lack of peace.