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