Tippu’s song “Sundara Travels,” from the 2002 film of the same name, was written by Snehan and composed by Bharani. The track, featuring Murali and Vadivelu, introduces a bus that has never hit its brakes or used its horn. It dares listeners to get on if they can.
Released: 2002
Sundara Travels
Tippu • From “Sundara Travels”
Sundara Travels’s Sundara Travels Lyrics Translation
The lyrics reveal the bus will never arrive on time, but people still wait for it with anticipation. Snehan’s words detail its mechanical flaws, including the black smoke it emits that attracts unwanted attention from officials. The meaning of the “Sundara Travels” lyrics shows an acceptance of these imperfections.
Sundara TravelsSundara Travels
Idhu Manithanai Kalakkum TravelsThis is the Travels that shakes people up
Kalakkal Vaganam Kalakka VaruguthuThis rocking vehicle is coming to shake things up
Kalakkum Kadhaiyai KeluListen to its incredible story
Break PudichathillaiIt’s never hit the brakes
Horn AdichathillaiIt’s never blown the horn
Mudinja Yeri ParuGet on if you dare
Idhu Purappattu Vantha OorvalamthanIt’s a full-blown procession just starting its route
Posukkunnu Ninna Pothu KoottamthanIf it stops abruptly, a whole crowd gathers
Periyavar Mudhal Kuzhanthaigal VaraiFrom the oldest to the youngest
Kooththadikkum TravelsIt’s the Travels where everyone celebrates wildly
Sundara TravelsSundara Travels
Idhu Manithanai Kalakkum TravelsThis is the Travels that shakes people up
Kalakkal Vaganam Kalakka VaruguthuThis rocking vehicle is coming to shake things up
Kalakkum Kadhaiyai KeluListen to its incredible story
Break PudichathillaiIt’s never hit the brakes
Horn AdichathillaiIt’s never blown the horn
Mudinja Yeri ParuGet on if you dare
Sariyana Neraththil Idhu Vanthu SerathuIt will never arrive on time
Analum Makkal Idhanai Edhir Parththu NirparkalBut still, the people wait for it with anticipation
Sila Neram Idhu Engal Maligai PolagumSometimes, it becomes our very own mansion
Analum Adarkullethan Eli Vanthu KudiyerumBut even then, a mouse comes and moves right in
Kakkura Pugaiyile OozhalthanThere’s corruption in the smoke it spews
Ada Karuppa Mari PoguthungaHey, it’s turning completely black
Corporation Karan Parththu PuttaIf the ‘Municipal Corporation’ official sees it
Summa Veratti Adikkiran ParungaLook, he just chases it away
Periyavar Mudhal Kuzhanthaigal VaraiFrom the oldest to the youngest
Kooththadikkum TravelsIt’s the Travels where everyone celebrates wildly
Sundara TravelsSundara Travels
Idhu Manithanai Kalakkum TravelsThis is the Travels that shakes people up
Kalakkal Vaganam Kalakka VaruguthuThis rocking vehicle is coming to shake things up
Kalakkum Kadhaiyai KeluListen to its incredible story
Break PudichathillaiIt’s never hit the brakes
Horn AdichathillaiIt’s never blown the horn
Mudinja Yeri ParuGet on if you dare
Nadamadum VeedagaLike a moving home
Idhu Mari NalachiIt has changed over the years
Analum Appo AppothanBut still, every now and then
Perukku Bus AchuIt’s a bus in name only
Pala Peru VazhkkaiyumSo many people’s lives
Idhu Pola PazhuthachuHave become broken-down just like it
Manithargal Pola IdhukkumAnd just like for humans
Nambikkai PalamachuHope has become its greatest strength
Policekaran ParththuputtaIf a policeman spots it
Intha Mamul Thollai ThangalaiyeThis trouble with the usual ‘payoff’ is unbearable
Kuraiya Idhula Edhuvum IllaiIt doesn’t have a single flaw
Ada Muraiya Thavari PonathillaiAnd hey, it’s never strayed from its proper path
Kuraiya Idhula Edhuvum IllaiThere’s truly nothing wrong with it
Ada Muraiya Thavari PonathillaiYou see, it has never once lost its way
Ada Kadavula NenachiHey, with a prayer to God in our hearts
Ootturom NangaWe drive
Dhinamum Intha TheraThis chariot every single day
Sundara TravelsSundara Travels
Idhu Manithanai Kalakkum TravelsThis is the Travels that shakes people up
Kalakkal Vaganam Kalakka VaruguthuThis rocking vehicle is coming to shake things up
Kalakkum Kadhaiyai KeluListen to its incredible story
Break PudichathillaiIt’s never hit the brakes
Horn AdichathillaiIt’s never blown the horn
Mudinja Yeri ParuGet on if you dare
Idhu Purappattu Vantha OorvalamthanIt’s a full-blown procession just starting its route
Posukkunnu Ninna Pothu KoottamthanIf it stops abruptly, a whole crowd gathers
Periyavar Mudhal Kuzhanthaigal VaraiFrom the oldest to the youngest
Kooththadikkum TravelsIt’s the Travels where everyone celebrates wildly
Sundara TravelsSundara Travels
Idhu Manithanai Kalakkum TravelsThis is the Travels that shakes people up
Sundara Travels Music Video
The track uses a recurring refrain to characterize the bus. The song draws a direct parallel between the broken-down vehicle and the state of many people’s lives. It concludes by stating that, just like for humans, hope has become the bus’s greatest strength.