Alaakaa Loova Lyrical (Tamil) | OM | Dhanush | Mammootty | REACTION!!

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The video transcript features a lively podcast episode hosted by Rick and Morty characters who discuss a new song titled "Alaakaa Loova Lyrical" from an upcoming Tamil movie starring Dhanush. The hosts engage in their characteristic banter while analyzing the track, with one host noting that he has not yet seen the film but is curious about its conclusion. Their conversation quickly devolves into humorous confusion regarding the lyrics, specifically focusing on the word "moose," leading to a playful debate about whether the plural form is "mooses" or simply "moose." This linguistic tangentiality continues as they joke about Dhanush's age and make puns involving the phrase "nailing it," which they incorrectly attribute to gymnastics before correcting themselves with laughter. Beyond the song analysis, the discussion shifts to the broader context of Indian cinema and culture, particularly highlighting the unique structure of India's film industries. The hosts express surprise that a Tamil movie could be considered for an audience unfamiliar with the language, noting that their first exposure to Mammooty was through a Tamil film. They elaborate on the linguistic diversity of India, explaining how every state often has its own distinct language and proud cultural identity, unlike the United States where English serves as a universal lingua franca. This leads to a proposal for a future podcast series dedicated to exploring specific Indian languages and cultures, where they would interview speakers from different regions, eat local dishes, and debate why their respective states are the best. The conversation also touches upon common misconceptions about Indian movies, specifically addressing the belief that all Indian cinema is synonymous with Bollywood. The hosts clarify that there are seven major film industries in India alone, including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and others like Assamese and Gujarati, each with its own unique ecosystem. They joke about how outsiders often mistake these diverse industries for a single entity, comparing the situation to Alabama having its own language or film industry, which they find amusingly unnecessary. The episode concludes with the hosts continuing their banter about linguistics, archaeology, and even the Kama Sutra, maintaining their comedic tone while providing an entertaining overview of India's rich cinematic and cultural landscape.

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All right. And have you watched The Odyssey? >> Did you go to my Letterboxd? No, somebody sent this to me though. >> Oh, and you saw the score? >> Yeah, I did. >> Yeah. We did. And Johnny and I watched The Odyssey. And we like a handful of folks including the lady whose book Nolan used as a resource. Boy, man, did she shred him. Did you >> No, I haven't read it. >> Oh my stars. Yeah, didn't like it. >> No. >> Did not like it for a lot of reasons. >> Yeah. >> Yep. >> The old Rick hates movies IS BACK, BABY. >> [laughter] >> THE BIGGEST, THE BADDEST, WACKIEST, FUNNIEST, filmiest show on earth. >> Hey, welcome back to your stupid Rick and Morty podcast. >> How are you? >> I have not seen it, so I have no comment on that. But uh welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, back, back, welcome back, welcome back, welcome back, back, back. >> [gasps] >> What was that? Here we got a song from the upcoming Dhanush movie. Uh um it's a damn it song. >> Damn it. >> Called Alaska love lyrical. >> Alaska loves lyrical. Especially the moose. Is moose is moose is plural? Mooses? Or is it just moose? There's a moose and if there's five of them, oh look at the moose. Or is it look at the mooses? >> Moose are plural. >> Moose are plural. And singular. >> Yep. >> Cuz there's a moose and look at all the moose. Just like fish. Look at that fish and look at all the fish. >> Fishes. >> But duck. Look at that duck, look at all the ducks. >> Look at all those chickens. >> Yeah. >> Anyways, uh it's called Alaska Luva. >> I think it's Alaka. >> No. >> Probably not. >> [music] [music] >> Ow. >> How old is he? 48? >> Yeah, not sure. >> Hopefully he does Pilates. >> [music] [music] >> Hey. Does it end the movie? Or are we just clickbait? Pretty sure my movie has never been in a Tamil film. >> [laughter] >> You don't know that reference. The first Mamoody film we ever saw was a Tamil film. >> [music] [music] >> There's not a 16th month. >> [laughter] >> I still get confused right when it happens every single time, though. >> [laughter] >> Like I know it. I know what it I know what it means, but I'm still like Like I got to adjust my flip calendar. >> So the middle is the month. Yeah, 16 is actually the date. That middle number is a 10. What is 10 anyway? Do you think that's October cuz 16 doesn't make sense? Is months? I don't know. What calendar are we using? It sound like an Ani song. Was it an Ani song? It's real confusing when it does like, you know, 2660 26. 2626 Wait a minute. I'm confused. February 6th or June 2nd in 20 We're in the 20s? Didn't it sound like an Ani song a little bit? It did sound like an Ani song. Yep. his own style of music now. Nice. I enjoyed that. How old is Dhanush? I think 40 I want to say 43. I'm going to say 44. Doug, that that fall was ouch. How old did you say? 43. Boom. Nice. Nailed it. >> [laughter] >> You just nailed Dhanush. to have sex with him now. Yep. I'm pretty pretty sure those are rules. That is the rule. Yeah. Yeah. That's what I thought. At least on YouTube. If you nail something. Yeah, if you nail something you get to have sex with it. >> [laughter] >> Well, that's where the term nailing it came from. Yeah, yeah, that's where it comes from. That's exactly where that came from. Yeah. What are we doing? Nailed the landing. Gymnasts love to nail the landing. Yeah, of course they do. Yeah. You ever seen that? It's pretty evocative. Gymnasts nailing their landings. Mhm. Mhm. Mhm. All of them just come on. October. Okay, so >> [gasps] >> Om chapter 1 the blood war. The blood Actually, it's the blood wood. Oh. Whoa. Hey, when that happens you got to go to the doctor when that happens. got some blood wood If you got some blood wood, you got to go to urgent care. Yeah, no, no, that don't don't wait for 4 hours. you get the blood wood? Well, I nailed the landing. Follows man who saves 20 Tamil woodworkers Oh. arrested by police in a forced Say that. in Tiruvannamalai. 20 Tiruvannamalai 20 Tamil woodworkers. >> All right, so this [snorts] guy walks into a bar and he sees 20 Tamil wood cutters. >> You don't see that often in a log line. >> No. >> So I got this idea for a film. I don't know who this is. But we're in a forest with 20 wood cutters. They're Tamil. >> This is a Hollywood picture. They would be >> Yeah. >> What is >> Tamil? >> Yeah, you'll you'll find out. And they get arrested. >> [sighs] >> Who do you think is the most What state do you think is the most proud of their state? >> Oh. Wow. >> Granted, they're all very proud. >> Yeah. >> So it's it's cutting hairs. >> [sighs] >> It's cutting hairs at one point, obviously. >> That those those are fighting words. >> I know. >> Cuz whoever you mention, there's going to be a handful of others that are up in arms, literally. >> I don't think it's wherever Mumbai is. Like the Hindi speakers? >> Well, >> because they've already got like the the acclaim. Like I think to be qualified, you need to be an underdog a little bit. >> Yeah, so they're all >> Most people, the only Indian language if they know any is Hindi. >> I don't know, cuz Maharashtra's >> Now, Marathi could. >> Right, that's what I was thinking is the Marathi people. >> But the Marathi people, but those are not the always Hindi speaking people. >> Yeah. >> But they're I mean, every state is very proud. It's unlike, obviously, most places that I've seen because obviously most most >> Punjab is >> Most countries don't have every state speaking another a different language. >> Correct. >> So it's like this weird dichotomy of like Indian pride >> Yeah. >> but even sometimes stronger >> for their own culture. >> state >> You bet. Like Assam is proud to be Indian, but they're also proud to be Assamese. [snorts] Same with West Bengal. >> Yeah. But Tamil Nadu >> Tamil >> Tamil has the is obvious language of the >> [clears throat] >> one of the oldest >> the oldest >> uh speaking language uh out there. >> [snorts] >> Um but then you know, the Malayalis, you know, they're proud of not cuz it's not just a language thing. It's like it's I want to do a a podcast series and call it um um make your stake your claim or make make your claim. >> Mhm. >> And each episode is with a person from and that speaks that language. >> Tamil episode, Bengali, a you know >> Telugu >> Telugu, whatever. And so, we eat a a dish that they'll make. >> Nice. >> Argue of like why they think their state is the best. >> Got it. >> Movies uh language >> I like it. >> discuss stereotypes >> it. >> And it's just this that specific language. Um >> I like it. >> we'll not find about but I think it'll be fun to just talk to just about a specific language and culture um since it's all so diversified in India. >> Yeah. >> Like it's It's like I said, if if when any time I have to explain to people it's like if Alabama had its own language. >> Exactly. >> Which you don't want. >> No. >> It's that's what I don't want to Alabama to have their own film industry. >> No, that's one of the things that Johnny loves about being in America is that if you just speak English wherever you go, you can communicate with everybody. >> predominantly >> Yeah. >> You'll have regions of places where there's other languages spoken heavily, but >> or Spanish >> Most yeah, most of them are bilingual. So, if you don't speak Spanish, they're going to be able to speak to you in English. >> Yeah. Kind of wild. >> It's hard to explain that to folks. Folks don't even understand just the other day I was explaining it to somebody who they saw my tattoo and they met my wife and how did you meet your wife? So I told started telling them the story and they said so it's a is it mostly it's so you're you react to just Bollywood movies? Yeah, no, that's the misconception. There's actually seven major film industries among others and they're like not if you ask the other industries if and they OH YEAH, THE BOLLYWOOD BOOTLEGGERS. >> [laughter] >> AND THEY LOOKED AT ME LIKE seven other industries? I was like yep, it's a whole other planet. >> Those are just the big ones. >> Yeah, you get smaller ones, Gujarati, Assamese, you know, all these other ones. >> I could write a whole dissertation, I couldn't, about this, okay? Don't take me on that word, but do. State your claim. I am the foremost expert in India. >> [laughter] >> Above everyone else, on everything, every topic. >> Name a topic. >> Linguistics. Yes, me. >> Name another one. >> Culture. >> Name me. >> Archaeology. >> No, not me. I can't do that one. That's the one. That's the one. That's the one. I'm not good at that one. >> Okay. >> [snorts] >> Porn. >> No, no, no, no, I I know that one. >> Yeah, you know that one. >> The Kama Sutra. >> Yep. It's my favorite book. I like the I like the semicolon Sutra. >> Let us know what you thought about the song, anything else we need to know down below. The biggest, the baddest, whackiest, funniest, film-iest show on Earth. >> [music]