Bethlehem Kudumba Unit Official Trailer | Girish AD | Nivin Pauly | Mamitha Baiju | REACTION!!
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The video features a reaction segment hosted by Rick and his co-hosts as they discuss the official trailer for the upcoming Malayalam film titled *Bethlehem*. The hosts introduce the movie with high energy, jokingly describing it as "the biggest, baddest, wackiest, funniest, film-iest show on Earth" before diving into their thoughts. They note that the project is produced by well-known figures in the industry, including Faufau and Joji of *Kumbalangi Nights*, which immediately signals to them a high level of quality given their previous successful collaborations with these creators.
A significant portion of the discussion revolves around the film's premise involving Nivin Pauly, who stars alongside Mamitha Baiju in what appears to be a quirky romance or coming-of-age story. The hosts pick up on details suggesting an age gap between the leads, noting that one character is associated with cassettes while the other represents Generation Z, implying a generational clash typical of such narratives. They also mention Girish AD as being involved behind the scenes and express curiosity about whether this marks his directorial debut or another role in his career following works like *Bala*.
The hosts admit that they are unable to watch full Malayalam films due to their limited access to theaters, relying instead on trailers for updates. Despite not having seen the complete movie yet, they find the trailer's editing style and tone genuinely interesting, describing it as both funny and heartwarming. They conclude by encouraging their audience to view the film first-hand since they cannot attend screenings themselves, asking viewers in the comments section what they think of the project once they have watched it.
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If I were the shoe repairman,
and had a store where I repaired shoes,
I would call that store Heal the World.
>> Or Souls of the World.
>> No. H E E L, Heal the World.
>> No. The biggest, the baddest, wackiest,
funniest, film-iest show on Earth.
>> Hey, welcome back to our Super Ask Me
Anything. I'm Rick.
>> Oh, no, I'm recording. I just didn't get
to do anything. I think we're good.
>> All right.
>> How y'all doing?
>> How you doing?
>> Uh today we got a new trailer, a new
Malayalam
>> Malayalam?
>> called Bethlehem
>> [laughter]
>> Are we sure about that?
Bethlehem?
>> Well, yeah, Bethlehem, but
>> O little town of Bethlehem.
>> Ever been there?
>> No.
>> Me, neither.
>> You know, a lot of people want to go to
Israel.
>> Right now?
>> I don't.
>> I I've never.
>> You've never wanted to go to Israel ever
in your life?
>> Literally, it's never been an interest
of mine.
>> Oh, I've been interested. I've been
interested just because I wanted to go
and I wanted to see Capernaum.
>> You know, one of the dumbest
>> Bethlehem. One of the dumbest things um
is this when we were in Rome.
Uh there was this church that's
apparently old as right? Cuz
Italy, so that makes sense, right? In
Rome.
>> Yeah.
>> Uh Jesus went to Rome. But apparently,
there's a staircase that he walked on.
But you'd have to look it up, okay?
You'd have to look it up.
>> Jesus never went to Rome.
>> I Look, I don't know what they're
saying. Anyways, it's this church
>> called it
>> It's this church.
>> Okay.
>> And
um
so people
go in
and they go up the staircase, but they
have to go up on their knees.
>> Oh, I've heard about this. And I've
heard about this. I did it because my
wife wanted to and at the end I was
like, that was the dumbest thing I've
ever done and my knees hurt. Don't ever
make me DO THAT AGAIN.
>> [laughter]
[laughter]
[clears throat]
>> IT'S SO STUPID.
>> [gasps]
>> ANYWAYS, TODAY
UH THE NEW trailer
uh Nivin Pauly uh is doing this and it's
by people. Here we go.
>> It's by people.
Well, that's good cuz it could be AI.
So, thankfully it's made by people.
>> Is this on?
>> Yeah.
>> [music]
[music]
[laughter]
>> Oh,
>> [music]
[music]
>> Okay, he's been a lot weirder.
>> Hi.
>> [music]
>> Congrats.
>> [music]
[music]
>> Yeah, I thought so.
>> What? Fafa is one of the producers.
>> He's one of the producers, huh?
>> Yeah.
>> Nice.
>> That looks good.
>> That That looks could be really
interesting. It looked like a kind of a
romance, kind of a coming of age, kind
of a
quirky in its Malayalam, so you know
you're not getting everything, but it
filmmaking wise, editing of the trailer
at least, it looked kind of like really
interesting, really quirky.
>> Yeah. Family and friends, it looks like
it's going to be funny, it's going to be
heartwarming. I'm I'm very much
interested. I thought it was a good
trailer.
>> Damn.
Oh, got it. I misspelled
>> Spell that. if that if that gives you
the vibe of the film, it made me want to
see the film.
>> Uh we won't get it.
>> Correct.
>> At all.
>> No.
>> So, you guys will have to watch it and
then let us know and if it's good enough
we can
>> And then remind us. We'll do a watch
>> watch-along.
>> Yeah, we just don't get Malayalam films
here. Even big ones.
>> Yeah, it's not common.
>> Um unfortunately.
I've only gone to the theater twice this
year and stayed for the full movie once,
so.
>> [laughter]
>> It happens.
>> Um
>> Actually, I think it's been a quite a
good movie year.
>> It has just Yeah, for the things we've
watched.
>> We haven't gone to the theater very
much.
>> Um let's see. Follows couple with
significant age difference. Okay, I
didn't I did pick up on that. Uh what's
the
>> Well, I that I actually well, it
wouldn't be a surprise to you I wouldn't
pick up on age difference.
>> Well, it's cuz he was you know, they
were saying different things. She's on a
different generation
>> Yeah.
>> So, the and he likes cassettes and
>> Yeah.
>> Um
And Gen Z doesn't know what a cassette
is.
>> Exactly.
>> [laughter]
>> Now, it makes me even makes me even more
interested.
>> let's see. Grisha
>> Cuz you know those relationships never
last.
>> That's true.
>> Yeah.
>> No.
>> Uh
>> find real love if you have a big age
gap.
>> Um yeah.
>> Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
Is this the director of Bala and the
Boy?
>> [snorts]
>> No.
What does this person do with Bala and
the Boy?
First AD. I don't know.
Something.
Okay, give me just the directing credits
of
this guy.
Okay.
Primalu
bunch we can't pronounce.
>> Hm.
>> Looks familiar. But there was a lot of
people in the cast that we definitely
knew.
>> Oh, yeah. That's for sure.
>> Um
>> Nivin Pauly, obviously.
This guy that's been showing up kind of
everywhere
lately.
Um
Hold on.
S- new Pauly trailer.
Maybe um
I thought somebody sent me something and
it was
>> I don't know. Did they because this is
this is riveting.
>> Okay, sorry. The new movie is produced
by Faufau and the creators of Kumbalangi
Nights, Joji, and Primalu.
>> Got you. So, it's produced by a bunch of
um by people that we know. So, that's a
that's a pretty good list of stuff that
we've seen before that's that's really
good quality, so that that's
encouraging.
>> Mhm.
>> Um but yeah, let us know what you
thought about it. If you uh if you're
excited for this, obviously when you
guys see it, let us know cuz once again,
we're not going to get this.
Um I'd be shocked if we get this.
>> Yeah, we won't.
>> Uh so, let us know what you thought
about it and uh anything else we need to
know down below.
>> The biggest, the baddest, wackiest,
[music] funniest, filmiest show on
Earth.
>> Never before
>> [music]