This Muggle Life

Ilamaaran is on his way to office,in the suburban Chennai train.Crowded as hell,he gets only standing space.To beat those Monday blues,he surfs through the faces of his co-passengers .'Tis a monotonous crowd, this one.And just as he is about to look out the window (to see better sights ,like children defecating near the railway lines,probably),suddenly, a face catches his eye.A pretty woman,with,large expressive eyes loaded with kaajal to make the beautiful even more beautiful ,is standing a few feet away from him.He continues to stare at the angel ,he is unable to take his eyes off her.Suddenly,she looks in his direction.Embarassed to be caught sight-adichufying,he averts his eyes immediately ,hoping that she didn’t catch him staring at her.After a few minutes, wanting to catch another glimpse ,he looks at her yet again..
He looks..she looks..he turns away..then she turns away..again he looks..
And so it goes,till finally she reaches her station and gets off the train.

The next day,Ila boards the same train.He does,what every other man would do.His eyes rove the compartment,searching for the fairy angel he had spotted yesterday.And ,yes there she is ! this time she is staring at him,with the same knowing smile on her face.Embarassed,Ila turns away.For the rest of the journey ,he doesn’t so much as look in her direction.

That night,Ila tosses and turns in bed.Everytime he closes his eyes,his fairy angel(lets call her Maya) teases him in his thoughts.He tries hard to get her out of his mind,but barely succeeds.

He knows this isn’t right..
'Cos he is a married man....Yet,he stays awake,waiting for dawnbreak,waiting for yet another day,when he could just see Maya again...

"கரு கரு விழிகளால்,ஒரு கண்மை என்னை கடத்துதே
ததும்பிட ததும்பிட சிறு அமுதம் என்னை குடிக்குதே
இரவினில் உறங்கையில் என் தூக்கம் என்னை எழுப்புதே

புது புது வரிகளால் என் கவிதை தாளம் நிறையுதே
மறந்திட மறந்திட என் மனமும் கொஞ்சம் முயலுதே
மறுபடி மறுபடி உன் முகமே என்னை சூழ....

ஒரு நாள் ,ஒரு நாள் என்றே தினமும் போகும்
மறுநாள் வருமா என்றே இரவில் இதயம் சாகும்
பேசும் போதே இன்னும் ஏதோ தேடும்
கையின் ரேகை போலே கள்ளத்தனம் ஓடும்...

உள்ளுக்குள்ளே உச்சு கொட்டி
தொடர்ந்திடும் பிழை பிழை..."

These are the lyrics of a song "Karu Karu" from Pachaikili Muthucharam directed by Gautham.The newspapers claim that Gautham has revealed that this movie is loosely based on the book "Derailed" by James Siegel.If so,then I think this song portrays the situation given above. The sensuous,dangerous feel of the song aptly captures the feelings of a married man ,who is unable to stop himself from falling for another woman. The song does strongly reek of typical Harris Jeyaraj music,but then ,which music director doesn’t ?

Now picture this,and listen to the number