Salaam Nerds: E696 The Beasts We Carry (Interview with Rishi Gandhi)

Join us for our interview with Rishi Gandhi who is working on The Beasts We Carry, a bold new live-action horror short film, has launched its Kickstarter campaign, inviting backers to help bring a deeply personal, visually striking, and socially resonant story to life. Written and directed by Rishi Gandhi, a South Asian American filmmaker whose life was shaped by post-9/11 xenophobia, the film channels real fear into psychological horror, asking: What if you could see the monsters inside people?

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beasts/the-beasts-we-carry-a-horror-short?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwKsniZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpy_6a6S9isOVllEbgMkD0B_NMopotgeuCh0Ua4ptpPvniI1a_dz4r6YoMk1F_aem_oCqTueqAzZrJiaIbfW774Q

Here is a press release: https://www.notion.so/The-Beasts-We-Carry-Press-Release-1fc1137ee7388000ada8f9c1b42b9806

You can also look at a pitch deck: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/frg4z8oytcgku3ngere9v/The-Beasts-We-Carry-Look-Book-V.Jan2025-fiscal-sponsor-info_compressed.pdf?rlkey=6i47z4a0w614codpzi5iacgc4&dl=0

Art assets for art for the episode if needed (includes my headshot): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/8630ccujxensmko7j7mti/AG0CuNK9Y2HLBj4JEOmR75k?rlkey=fd0kzihv8x4txfcs8kpq4y9tx&dl=0

I also have a youtube channel detailing the journey of getting this short made: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbeqKZ47J_k3k2isufRhvPLBRj9SvNyOx

Rishi's socials

insta: @senor_rishblusky

Bluesky: @rishjg.bsky.social‬tiktok

Tiktok : @rjg_filmBeasts We Carry

Discord: https://discord.gg/cWhVpAqZ