12th Fail

12th Fail Movie Details:

12th Fail Movie Cast and Characters:

• Vikrant Massey as Manoj Kumar Sharma
• Medha Shankar as Shraddha Joshi
• Anant V Joshi as Pritam Pandey
• Anshumaan Pushkar as Gauri Bhaiya
• Priyanshu Chatterjee as DSP Dushyant Singh
• Geeta Aggarwal Sharma as Pushpa Sharma, Manoj’s mother
• Harish Khanna as Ramveer Sharma, Manoj’s father
• Sarita Joshi as Manoj’s grandmother
• Sanjay Bishnoi as Naval
• Vikas Divyakirti as Himself

Storyline:

12th Fail is an incredible, inspiring real-life story of a boy from Chambal who aims to achieve an impossible dream of passing the world’s toughest civil services entrance exam, that of the Union Public Service Commission.

About 12th Fail Movie:

• In November 2022, filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra announced the film, based on the novel Twelfth Fail, by Anurag Pathak.
• The film is inspired by the real life story of IPS Officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and IRS Officer Shraddha Joshi.
• In November 2022, Chopra announced that actor Vikrant Massey will play the lead, marking their first collaboration. Many real life
• This film went through an extensive casting process. At least 35+ actors were tested for every one of the chief characters – Shraddha Joshi, Pritam Pandey, Gauri Bhaiya, Ranveer, Pushpa, Dadi. The only character for which only one actor was tested was Manoj.
• UPSC aspirants were cast in various roles. According to Massey, it added “authenticity” to the film.
• Vikrant Massey did not apply makeup to achieve his village look – he spent weeks in the village and sunbathed in a vest every day to tan his skin. He got so carried away that his skin got burnt.
• The film is shot mainly at various locations in Agra Chambal, Delhi, Mussoorie and Mumbai. A major portion of the film was shot in the two education hubs for government job aspirants, Rajendra Nagar and Mukherjee Nagar.
• The crew looked for at least 150+ atta chakkis in Agra, Gwalior, Delhi, and Mumbai. Eventually, the one featuring in the film is a set construction.
• The filming was wrapped up in December 2022.
• The film’s teaser was released on 10 August 2023 and the trailer was released on October 3, 2023.
• 12th Fail was released on 27 October 2023. The film received positive reviews from critics. The film started streaming on Disney+ Hotstar on 29 December 2023.