“NAMASLAY” Rish & Kanish on Making Their Horror-Comedy Feature Film

On this episode of the 1st on Film Podcast, we sit down in person with brothers, comedy duo, and filmmakers Rish Arhant-Sudhir and Kanish Arhant-Sudhir, the writers and directors behind the wild new horror-comedy NAMASLAY.Making their feature-film debut, Rish and Kanish take us behind the scenes of NAMASLAY — a genre-smashing horror satire that uses comedy, scares, and plenty of chaos to explore the Western appropriation and commercialization of yoga and Indian culture.We talk about their journey from performing comedy together to making their first feature film, where the idea for NAMASLAY came from, finding the balance between horror and comedy, creating the film’s unique tone, working with their cast and crew, and the challenges of bringing such an ambitious story to life as first-time feature filmmakers.It’s a conversation about comedy, horror, culture, filmmaking, and what happens when two brothers decide to make a movie together.