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youtube.com — Sometimes our expectation that everyone speaks English can make for some pretty funny (and risque) misunderstandings. Take, for example, this Indian video that's been subtitled with the English words that it sounds like they're singing.

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  • weirdralph, on 05/10/2008, -12/+233Have you been high today?
    I see the nuns are gay.
    My brother yelled to me...
    I love you inside Ed.

    Comedy gold, I'm tellin' ya!
    • wphj, on 05/10/2008, -20/+3I would love to find the real song for this video. Any idea?
      • eddie72, on 05/10/2008, -1/+19The real song was there and the song title is in the Youtube heading. All that was done were silly subtitles added.
    • hipnotyq, on 05/10/2008, -3/+25old but ***** funny
    • defectDS, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9Here it is:

      http://www.megaupload.com/?d=VIWSMQYE

      Kalluri Vaanil - Prabhu Deva & Jaya Sela
    • diggRelief1, on 05/10/2008, -2/+15I'm bleeding ***** A!!
    • compulsive1, on 05/10/2008, -0/+15"A nerd to punk a nerd
      I'm bleeding ***** A"

      I really LOL'ed.
    • jonnyboy88, on 05/10/2008, -24/+4I would like the last 4 minutes and 39 seconds of my life back please.
      • garageboy101, on 05/10/2008, -0/+16Nah.
        You don't ask a hooker for your money back after you've paid. (this isn't GTA)
    • alclone, on 05/10/2008, -0/+12Oh god all my indian friends are going to hate after I show them this
      • jrbrewin, on 05/10/2008, -15/+4because it's made by a white fool mocking people of a different race that he doesn't understand? or rather, it's borderline racism?
        • nyx210, on 05/11/2008, -2/+7Nah... racism is when one race decides its superior to others. In this case the "translator" thinks English is superior to others. So maybe its language-ism???
      • g0dfather, on 05/11/2008, -0/+11nope... i enjoyed it... and actually understood the lyrics...
        • CthulhuDawn, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3What is the song about... like for real?
    • jaewon223, on 05/10/2008, -0/+12best part is that you can sing along in englihs!
    • delfin1, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3AHHgg that was lame, but i laughed.
    • dragonrice, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1What the hell is happening starting at 1:33?!
    • paradexes, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2Go on youtube and lookup Buffalax, the guy made a whole bunch of these. Most of them pretty damn funny.
  • graderguy, on 05/10/2008, -6/+17beautiful!!

    • danconia, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2Yep, the India's Michael Jackson for sure. It's sad seeing their conservative culture try to portray sex appeal. With traditional dresses and all! Then again I guess this is what our country went through in the 50's when Elvis started shaking his ass. Benny Lava has helped to pop India's virginity. This loss of innocence will end about the time reality TV produces "The Real World: Bengali"
    • IBadassI, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1I'm pretty sure this isn't hindi (read from India), but is Tamil. You know Tamil, from Sri Lanka (aka Ceylon).
  • lucidguru, on 05/10/2008, -4/+86I'm still laughing about that one... Benny Lava!
    • Ladymongoose, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3My eyes are watering from laughing.
    • kaleesh, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Ya know I wonder if Prabu Deva's laughing or crying after watching this LOL!
  • Berkana, on 05/10/2008, -15/+58The original is still the best: Buffalax's transliteration of "Tunak Tunak":
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdG_fey4_ow
  • AManWithNoName, on 05/10/2008, -2/+135Old, but awesome.

    Now poop on them, Oliver!
    • Hanker, on 05/10/2008, -9/+5Just old? I still remember Jesus laughing about it...
      • swazo, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3and then you went and took it too far.
  • ReidFleming, on 05/10/2008, -2/+12Dugg for risqué jiggling.
  • shaynemckay, on 05/10/2008, -9/+46Original Digg article:

    http://digg.com/comedy/Absolutely_Hilarious_Indian ...
    • nitesoulja, on 05/10/2008, -7/+16yes benny lava is old...can't believe people kept digging this
      • limes4all, on 05/10/2008, -2/+35im sorry i havent memorized the internet yet dick
    • Sil369, on 05/10/2008, -2/+81st I see this
    • TimeLincoln, on 05/10/2008, -1/+6Well im glad it was resubmitted cu didnt see it the first time, stop crying about old news in multiple comments.
  • SeaweedWater, on 05/10/2008, -2/+29Who put the goat in there?
    The yellow one I ate.
  • n0c0ntr0l, on 05/10/2008, -13/+2Benni Lava!
  • Hitpoint, on 05/10/2008, -6/+160A country is only as great as its dance sequences.
    Therefore India is AMAZING!
    • jackspayed, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1the dances werent too shabby - comment dugg
  • mikexcore, on 05/10/2008, -27/+7191 days OLD

    http://digg.com/comedy/Absolutely_Hilarious_Indian ...
  • spudge, on 05/10/2008, -7/+22So old. Yet still funny.

    If you liked that you'll love his coverage of Tunak Tunak: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rdG_fey4_ow

    He also did this one that's kind of funny: http://youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
    • TheThirdLevel, on 05/10/2008, -2/+0Tunak Tunak = godlike.
    • TimeLincoln, on 05/10/2008, -1/+9The second one is truly legendary.
    • Sil369, on 05/10/2008, -0/+10SOB I fell for that
    • Crossmenjeff, on 05/10/2008, -1/+3rick Astley ringtones!!!!! gotta love google ads, someone is making a killing off rick rolling.
      • tyywebb, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Hey I would like a Rick Astley ringtone! I have Verizon though. : (
    • thepretext, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3I was just about to say nobody falls for uuiU, but apparently these folks did :/
    • libertao, on 05/10/2008, -0/+8Greasemonkey Embedder script FTW, no more rick rolls ya bastard :-)
      • aceslick911, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1geez man why not just look at the url like normal people?
      • mrASSMAN, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Yeah the comment improver script is a huge boon for my sensibilities mon.
    • Ioovius, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1GOD DAMN YOU! I fell for that one! Wasnt expecting a rick roll there :D GRR!!!
    • abagchee, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Damn you! Walked right into that rick roll. grr :)
  • TheThirdLevel, on 05/10/2008, -4/+118As an Indian, I can appreciate the true hilarity of this. Well done.
    • officerdick, on 05/10/2008, -0/+39Can you as an Indian fill us in on the real lyrics, though there probably less entertaining
      • TheThirdLevel, on 05/10/2008, -1/+69I don't speak that language, sounds like one of the South Indian languages. That's kind of the problem with having 16 official languages.
        • ravithepimp, on 05/10/2008, -23/+1It's Gujurati, I think.
        • deadmantalkin, on 05/10/2008, -1/+35dude, it's tamil...and for all you non-indians out there...there are tons of sequences as hilarious as this. awesome video!
      • UtopiaInTheSky, on 05/10/2008, -16/+3You forgot several commas.
    • happytedium, on 05/10/2008, -4/+1You might like this then. Russell Peters is awesome : )

      http://youtube.com/watch?v=24Ryj1ywoqw
    • egonSchiele, on 05/10/2008, -3/+22As an Indian, I think this one is funnier:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HrSN7176XI
    • mrjofo, on 05/10/2008, -3/+4As someone with ears, I too can appreciate the true hilarity of this.
    • Ingestre, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2I dont suppose you know the name of the song do you? I NEEED IT!!!!! :D
      • kaleesh, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3Song Title : Kalluri Vaanil, Movie : Pennin Manathai Thottu.
        Yes I'm Tamil. I know the meaning of the words. Infact I watched the movie at home last Friday :) hee.
        • Ingestre, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Cheers dude! :) I think im about to be converted to indian cinema :P
    • TracerMan, on 05/11/2008, -2/+2How can you enjoy this while understanding the real words? lol
  • iDoraemon, on 05/10/2008, -2/+87Dugg because only 5 million people saw it on YouTube. This classic needs at least a billion views.
  • haentz, on 05/10/2008, -7/+33Dug for little girls singing "Id love to see you pee on us tonight"
  • fuzzlog, on 05/10/2008, -3/+4This is hilarious. Catchy tune too.
  • TimeLincoln, on 05/10/2008, -5/+9I'd love to see you pee on us tonight.
  • h4mx0r, on 05/10/2008, -1/+18If you're interested, Buffalax (the youtube submitter) has done numerous other ones of these, including the Indian version of Thriller.
  • beargrylls, on 05/10/2008, -2/+14Dude has a lot of clothes. So do his friends...
    • Sil369, on 05/10/2008, -6/+4Made in China
      • Koldewyse, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4Fun fact, it's probably made in India, as a lot more clothing is made in India than in China.
  • PolarBearCa, on 05/10/2008, -9/+5Am I being detained?
    • zspade, on 05/10/2008, -0/+2oops, wrong window.
      • TonyLocNE, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6That's something I have yet to understand, how can someone post in the wrong tab? Is your digging so intense that you are currently commenting in three separate flame wars and an Indian video?
  • Jenovaside, on 05/10/2008, -1/+9Dugg mainly for the ridiculous dancing
  • Lunarbunny, on 05/10/2008, -20/+8Buried for ***** OOOOOLD
    • Price, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4***** you, I've never seen this before and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
    • scarper86, on 05/10/2008, -2/+2Lunarbunny, since you've apparently already seen everything there is to see on the Internet, then it's time to turn off the computer and go get a life.
    • shanomaq, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Dugg for ***** GOOOOOLD
    • Lunarbunny, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1Ok people, by ***** OOOOOLD I mean that the first time I saw this was at least a year ago. Since then I'm pretty sure it's hit the Digg front page at least 3 times, and I've stumbled upon it at least twice. So it's definitely ***** OOOOOLD.
  • Synapse84, on 05/10/2008, -3/+7i still like this one.
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=TtJRNyPK-lc (not a rick-roll, i promise)
    • Ystig, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Was disappointed that it wasn't a rick roll. Especially after the warning.
  • ChickenFight, on 05/10/2008, -10/+6you need a hindu jew...that was just flat out money haha
    • ToadLeg, on 05/10/2008, -13/+6It's "You need a Hindi yew" you antisemitic idiot
      • ispshadow, on 05/11/2008, -1/+10Dude, you're just a little touchy on the Jewish thing methinks. It's a little easy for the guy to have thought it was Jew. I thought so too for a split second.

        Also, it would've been funny if the translation had said Jew. What's so Anti-Semitic by saying, "You need a Hindu Jew"?!?!?

        You REALLY need to calm down. Seriously.
      • Scaryclouds, on 05/11/2008, -1/+7Damn I thought it said Jew also. How does reading yew as Jew make one antisemitic anyways?
  • ej1oo1, on 05/10/2008, -17/+5I didn't know Indians made music, or spoke random English.
  • judicar, on 05/10/2008, -7/+19nice *****.
    • yellowfish04, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2just have to say....middle eastern girls are hot.

      fortunately, it's cool to have a half-pakistani girlfriend (see profile pic)
  • BlackCow, on 05/10/2008, -2/+11Oh hey look, benny lava is on my front page again.
  • playerdotca, on 05/10/2008, -3/+1Old, but classic!
  • bicyclethief, on 05/10/2008, -12/+3Leave those poor Indians alone.
  • UnholyAvenger, on 05/10/2008, -20/+5This might be funny if I were 5 years old.
  • sethkinast, on 05/10/2008, -0/+18Some of those phrases are almost eerily similar phonetically. Dugg for the ninjas.
  • raid517, on 05/10/2008, -6/+3Man that track deserves to be a number 1 smash!

    I never really got the point of Bollywood music before now.
    • ortucis, on 05/10/2008, -0/+9This isn't Bollywood. It's south-Indian cinema, it's called something else but not Bollywood (which is Hindi and primarily what is shown around the world).

      South-Indian movies always were funny, you guys haven't seen rest of their heroes and fat-ass 'ladies'.
      • kernel, on 05/11/2008, -10/+2You know so much...now shut up you little dick hindi boii
      • ninxmz, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1I think that may be Kollywood. I don't know why I know this.
        • sverma90, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0This is Mollywood, the 'M' coming from Madras. Should now be named Collywood as official name of Madras has been changed to Chennai.
  • pcamp, on 05/10/2008, -2/+21His shirt is tucked in...wow
    • endlessoul, on 05/10/2008, -3/+22Of all the hilarity and win this video possesses, you pick out the tucked shirt?

      Okay then.
      • kernel, on 05/11/2008, -0/+8he likes to be original i guess...
        • Pritchard, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1My mom beat him to the tucked in shirt by about 15 years...
  • utexas112, on 05/10/2008, -1/+4Might be old but it sure is hiiiiiiiiiiiiilareeeeeeeeous.
  • rankftw, on 05/10/2008, -2/+3could somebody take the music from this song and sing it with the english lyrics, that would own
  • Millsee, on 05/10/2008, -10/+5This is not a racist comment - but what is it with indian music? It's ALWAYS distorted, particularly the vocals... bizarre...
    • Trichomonas, on 05/10/2008, -3/+4First of all, this is south Indian and is in another language (not Hindi). That may be why you find it "distorted".

      If you listen to something like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLsecMB75p0) it might change your views. Also, Daddy Yankee made a Reggaetón version of this song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAtBtKOo22U).

      This is just the first example that sprung to mind. Try listening to Asha Bosle and Lata Mangeshkar for some classic Indian music.
      • MaceSoul, on 05/10/2008, -0/+4Yeah, I'll try listening to some Asha Bosle and Lata Mangeshkar. Thanks, Dwight Schrute.
    • ortucis, on 05/10/2008, -2/+2Cause what you see on YouTube is south-indian? (we don't get it here either)
    • ToadLeg, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1They use a 22 note scale instead of an 12 note one.
  • zeusthemoose, on 05/10/2008, -4/+2You send me...Offended...You know the hole to put it!
    Who put the goat in there?
  • malakite33, on 05/10/2008, -11/+7*Input quote from song here*
    *Input word describing how funny or cool it is here*
  • atbnet, on 05/10/2008, -8/+6Indian Afro Man

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-5MLPzRjls

    And some crazy ***** where they wear animal faces

    http://bollyweird.vox.com/

    I posted these the last time this was on Digg.
    • motravo, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2I don't know why you're getting voted down. Indian Afro Man was the most fun I had all day
  • Foenetik, on 05/10/2008, -11/+3lame and old. wish I could bury multiple times.
  • Premier, on 05/10/2008, -7/+11I am indian and his song is terrible
    • cutekelvins, on 05/10/2008, -2/+11'As an indian' why are you making terrible comments.
  • cckev529, on 05/10/2008, -2/+31That's old...

    Also I think The Indian Nipple Song is better http://youtube.com/watch?v=bLpROhIg9eA

    Nipple Nipple!
    • leonardutah, on 05/10/2008, -0/+5Do me hard in the ear. Yes in the ear. And your brains will die.

      Hilarious. I think I would have a difficult time learning a language like this because I would constantly be thinking of what it sounds like in english.
    • xMedic, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2Oh mann.. ***** hilarious

      Shoot my head, it's my fault
      Huh oh shiiiiit I'm bliiiiind
    • FireandFlame, on 05/11/2008, -0/+0Awww I was gonna post that one... lol good thing I check unlike some people on here.
  • seeprompt, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1very good work! nicely done.
  • Slackdragon, on 05/10/2008, -2/+31My wife is a Bollywood fanatic and a huge fan of Prabhu Deva Sundaram (The dude in the video). And yet, I cannot get her to make me a chicken curry or tikka masala.

    I guess I need to mimic some of those bad-ass dance moves.
  • glui2001, on 05/10/2008, -0/+11I'll never get tired of this one!
  • Einchy, on 05/10/2008, -1/+1Dammit, every time someone posts a link to the video I have to watch it. >:{
  • mcvay, on 05/10/2008, -0/+3oldie yet goodie.
  • jhirsch4, on 05/10/2008, -3/+6that was awesome but i like indian thriller:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbvP7dT3Dx0

    it doesn;t have lyrics but its still awesome
    • Scaryclouds, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Girly Man!
    • FireandFlame, on 05/11/2008, -0/+0look up near the top. it's got the link for the lyrics.
    • ardalan89, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Gosh my Calculator aint got nooo SOUL!!

      I Pooot WASABI onnn my dudddde...

      classic !
  • bobbknight, on 05/10/2008, -15/+9To many Diggers smoke to much dope and have forgotten this was already up here.
    Then again, whats old is new again, except for my saggy old ass, *****!!!
    • Cattywampus, on 05/10/2008, -0/+6As NBC used to say in some of its promos for reruns, "If you haven't seen it, it's new to you!"

      This was new to me, so I enjoyed it. Though sometimes I didn't know whether to laugh at the lyrics, the high-pitched singing, or the people in costumes dancing on a mountainside.
    • MaceSoul, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1I think you're half right.
    • boshuda, on 05/10/2008, -0/+1And yet theres at least 5 people in the comments saying its old. Isn't that pretty much the same thing you're angry about?
  • Binome, on 05/10/2008, -2/+1Why does EVERY bollywood song have horrible audio. Apparently audio engineers get the same quality degrees as computer technicians.
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