The Last Act (film)

The Last Act is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language anthology film directed by twelve directors and written by Anurag Kashyap.^[1]

The Last Act
Directed by	Goswami Anurag Nitin Bhardwaj Jagannathan Krishnan Nijo Rohit Tathagata Singha Nitye Sood Himanshu Tyagi Kabir Singh Chowdhry Rohin Venkatesan
Written by	Anurag Kashyap
Produced by	Anurag Kashyap
Starring	Saurabh Shukla
Cinematography	Suvikram Bedi
Edited by	Sakshi Bhatia Sanyukta Kaza Nitesh Rathod
Music by	Harshwardhan Dixit
Production company	Royal Stag Mega Movies Large Short Films
Distributed by	PVR
Release date	12 December 2012 (2012-12-12)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	India

Segments

The twelve segments include:^[2]

• Nitin Bhardwaj's Ghaziabad
• Tathagata Singha's Calcutta
• Anurag Goswami's Lucknow
• Himanshu Tyagi's Gwalior
• Varun Choudhury's Chandigarh
• Jagannathan Krishnan's Pune
• Nijo-Rohit's Delhi
• Tejas Joshi's Kalyan
• Nitye Sood's Bangalore

Cast

• Saurabh Shukla as theatre troupe director^[2]

Production

Twelve short stories were connected by Anurag Kashyap, who wrote the film's screenplay.^[3] Each of the short films are ten minutes long and take place in twelve cities.^[4][5] The twelve directors were chosen by Kashyap, Sudhir Mishra, and Chakri Toleti.^[6]

Release

The film was screened at Mumbai on 12 December 2012.^[6] The Times of India gave the film a rating of three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "With a unique concept at hand and an all-new directors’ gang, getting the ‘act together’ is no mean feat. Team of 12 – Take a bow, this stage is all yours".^[7] Firstpost wrote that "One hopes the collaborative form will find more takers in India—perhaps the next time round, the ride will be a smoother one".^[2]