12th Fail

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12th Fail

Released Oct 27, 2023

2h 27m

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Based on Anurag Pathak's bestselling novel of the same name, 12th Fail is a celebration of millions of students and their tireless spirit of never giving up. The film is the true story of IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma hailing from a small town in Chambal -- who fearlessly embraced the idea of restarting his academic journey and reclaiming his destiny at a place where millions of students attempt for the world's toughest competitive exam: UPSC.

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Shubhra Gupta

The Indian Express

Vikrant Massey-starrer cleaves close to ground reality, with characters that makes you feel that they’ve wandered off the street, dishing out life-lessons laced with dollops of inspiration.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 27, 2023

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Leslie Felperin

Guardian

A warm, if sentimental, paean to the idea that success in India, despite endemic corruption and the caste system, can still be achieved through meritocratic means.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 24, 2023

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Jimmy Cage

Jimmy Cage Movie Reviews (YouTube)

12TH FAIL is a nicely told, touching underdog success story. Well played and technically at a high level. But it also focusses a bit too much on its inspirational note and I struggle to fully accept its message and worldview.

Rated: 7/10

Jan 24, 2024

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Akhil Arora

The Long Take Podcast

[The movie loves romanticising struggle and is] willing to glorify everything and be like keep struggling — his motto is 'repeat, repeat.' What do you mean [by] repeat? For what objective? To what end?

Jan 4, 2024

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Tatsam Mukherjee

The Wire (INDIA)

Above all, 12th Fail is a paean to Vikrant Massey’s astronomical amounts of sincerity.

Nov 10, 2023

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Pramit Chatterjee

Digital Mafia Talkies

It’s unimaginably refreshing to see Vidhu Vinod Chopra and his team go back to the basics, employ long takes, use sound design to translate the emotions on-screen, and cut between scenes in, let’s say, a poetic fashion.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 29, 2023

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jitender

It is based on real story and very motivational movie. Its great to watch with kids and family.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/30/23

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Priyan B

An inspiring and engaging drama. 8.7/10

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

09/30/24

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ArihantPuru D

Manoj Kumar wanted to succeed that he wanted to select the programmes for officer. He failed for 12 times and keeps repeating to practice and pass exams for studies in the classroom and home. But, he keeps trying and finally passed the test and selected his course for job like officer and gave an interview in Delhi. He wanted to participate like students seriously and he now earnt money from the bank. Which was based by the novel of original Anurag Pathak and written by Vinod Chopra

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/26/24

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Pretty H

Such a masterpiece😍. Huge fan of your acting vikrant sir.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/22/24

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Neeraj K

very much inspiring

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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Audience Member

So inspirational, definitely worth to watch!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/26/24

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Based on Anurag Pathak's bestselling novel of the same name, 12th Fail is a celebration of millions of students and their tireless spirit of never giving up. The film is the true story of IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma hailing from a small town in Chambal -- who fearlessly embraced the idea of restarting his academic journey and reclaiming his destiny at a place where millions of students attempt for the world's toughest competitive exam: UPSC.

Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Producer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Screenwriter: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Distributor: ZEE Studios International
Production Co: Vinod Chopra Films, Zee Studios
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 27, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 2h 27m

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