Amit Kumar and Asif Kapadia discuss ‘The Last Hour’
The Hindu
Filmmaker Amit Kumar discusses his debut web series, ‘The Last Hour’, and the rapport he shares with British filmmaker Asif Kapadia, who has come on board as the executive producer
Amit Kumar announced his arrival with Monsoon Shootout (2013), his directorial debut that opened to critical acclaim, following which the filmmaker nearly disappeared, only to resurface in 2021 for The Last Hour, his debut web series for Amazon Prime releasing on Friday. In the seven years that transpired in between, Amit says he was living his life while also on the lookout for ideas that would excite him. He issues a clarification saying he is not in a hurry to make films, “It was not like, ‘Oh, I’m a filmmaker and I have to make a film next year.’ It was more about finding an idea and allowing it to take shape and associating with the right people. Whenever I find those conditions match, I’ll make films,” he says, over a patch call, alongside Academy Award-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia, his long-time friend and the executive producer of The Last Hour. Though the “gestation period” may put a filmmaker in a lonely spot, it had the opposite effect on Amit. For, he believes he was overflowing with ideas. “The problem with me is, I have 10 ideas at the same time and I keep shuffling between them. In that sense, I would say the writing process was lonely,” says Amit, who has co-written The Last Hour with his wife, Anupama Minz.More Related News