Vidhu Vinod Chopra Talks Bollywood Sleeper Hit ’12th Fail,’ Plans China Release: ‘In Every Market Where There Is Struggle, the Film Will Do Well’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran For veteran Bollywood filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra, his latest film “12th Fail” is the gift that keeps on giving.
Based on the 2019 book of the same name by Anurag Pathak, the film tells the true story of Manoj Kumar Sharma who conquered extreme familial poverty to pass one of the world’s toughest examination processes and become an Indian Police Service officer.
Distributed by Zee Studios, the modestly budgeted “12th Fail” released theatrically in October 2023 in a Bollywood market where only big-budget action spectacles were working and many smaller films were taking the easier route to bowing directly on a streamer.
The lead cast of Vikrant Massey (Disney+ Series “Criminal Justice”) and Medha Shankr (Busan selection “Max, Min and Meowzaki”), while extremely competent, were not marquee names.
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