12th Fail

12th Fail is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed, produced and written by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is based on the 2019 eponymous non-fiction book by Anurag Pathak about Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame extreme poverty to become an Indian Police Service officer. The film stars Vikrant Massey as Sharma, alongside Medha Shankr, Anant V Joshi, Anshumaan Pushkar, and Priyanshu Chatterjee.

12th Fail
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Written byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Jaskunwar Kohli
Based on12th Fail
by Anurag Pathak
Produced byVidhu Vinod Chopra
Yogesh Ishwar
Starring
Narrated byAnant V Joshi
CinematographyRandarajan Ramabadran
Edited byJaskunwar Kohli
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Music byShantanu Moitra
Production
company
  • Vinod Chopra Films
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 27 October 2023 (2023-10-27)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹20 crore
Box officeest. ₹69.64 crore

Released theatrically on 27 October 2023, 12th Fail received widespread critical acclaim and emerged as a sleeper hit, grossing over 69 crore (US$8.6 million) worldwide on a 20 crore (US$2.5 million) budget. At the 69th Filmfare Awards, it won five awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Critics) (Massey).

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