Vaali’s lyrics ‘Kanmani Anbodu Kadhalan’, from the movie Guna released 33 years ago, symbolized the guna or essence of –  Eros – romantic love. In Manjummel Boys, this divine love represents – Philia or Friendship. This alone, of all the loves, CS Lewis writes, seems  to raise you to the level of gods or angels. Lovers always talk to one another about their love; Friends hardly ever talk about their Friendship.  Lovers are normally looking face to face, absorbed in each other’s eyes;  Friends stand side by side, Shoulder to Shoulder, their eyes looking ahead…..

Orikkalum Theeraatha Iravundallo…  Koode Pirakkaathe Pirannavar Thunayundallo… 

There is a night that lasts forever, We’ve brothers bound not by blood but roots that run deeply to rely on.