12th Fail (2023)
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- 2h 27min
- Biography, Drama
- 27 Oct 2023 (United Arab Emirates)
- Movie
The real-life story of IPS Officer Manoj Kumar Sharma and IRS Officer Shraddha Joshi.
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Awards:
- 29 wins & 40 nominations.
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Cast
| Vikrant Massey | ... |
Manoj Sharma
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| Medha Shankr | ... |
Shraddha Joshi
(as Medha Shankar)
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| Anant Joshi | ... |
Pritam Pandey
(as Anant Vijay Joshi)
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| Anshuman Pushkar | ... |
Gaurinandan
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| Geeta Agrawal Sharma | ... |
Pushpa Sharma
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| Harish Khanna | ... |
Ramveer Sharma
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| Sarita Joshi | ... |
Manoj's Grandmother
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| Priyanshu Chatterjee | ... |
DSP Dushyant Singh
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Vikas Divyakirti | ... |
Vikas Divyakirti
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Abhishek Sengupta | ... |
Tutul
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Triaksh Chhabra | ... |
[Kid] Rajni
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| Darius Chinoy | ... |
Mr. Solanki
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Vijay Kumar Dogra | ... |
[Sundar] Agriculture Dept. Clerk
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Fasi Khan | ... |
[Kishan] Shraddha's Housekeeper
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Sam Mohan | ... |
Deep Mohan
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Rahul Dev Shetty | ... |
Dr. Mehta
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Suraj Naagar | ... |
Conductor on Gwalior Bus
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| Sanjay Bishnoi | ... |
Naval
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| Salim Siddiqui | ... |
Insp. Dilip Tomar
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Shubham Somu Srivastava | ... |
Junior IAS Officer
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Sukumar Tudu | ... |
ASI Albel Singh
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Perry Chhabra | ... |
Rajni Sharma
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Rajeev Agarwal | ... |
Gwalior RS Canteen Owner
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Dinesh Ahlawat | ... |
Village School Teacher
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| Deepak Arora | ... |
Dr. Yadav
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Gurleen Arora | ... |
Zai Arora
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Dev Chauhan | ... |
Agriculture Dept. Officer
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Malay Chauhan |
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Shikha Dubey | ... |
Bus Passenger
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Satinder Singh Gahlot |
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Deepak Gola | ... |
Constable at Police Station
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| Sonal Jha | ... |
Sharaddha's Mother
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Radhika Joshi | ... |
Tanya
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Neeraj Kalra | ... |
Shraddha's Father
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Kapil |
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Ajay Kaushik | ... |
Cow Buyer
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Satish Kumar | ... |
Village Bus Conductor
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Nishant Narania |
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Kumar Rahul | ... |
Kamlesh Sharma
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| Vijay Rajoria | ... |
Manager at Vidya Library
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Vishal Rathore | ... |
Constable at Dushyant's Bungalow
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| Rajeev Saxena | ... |
Helper at Pratiksha Coaching
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Manoj Kumar Sharma | ... |
Conman at Police Station
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Pankaj Sharma | ... |
Manager at Pratiksha Coaching
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Bobby Singh | ... |
Village School Principal
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Geeta Sodhi | ... |
Prof. Nagma Quereshi
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| Bhupendra Taneja | ... |
Caretaker at Vidya Library
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Directed by
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ||
Written by
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | () |
| Jaskunwar Kohli | ... | (co-writer) |
| Anurag Pathak | ... | (associate writer) |
| Aayush Saxena | ... | (associate writer) |
Produced by
| Pratik Basu | ... | associate producer: USA |
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | producer |
| Lawrence D'Souza | ... | executive producer |
| Abhishek Dubey | ... | Creative Producer |
| Atul Vinod Duggal | ... | line producer |
| Rajesh Radheylal Gupta | ... | line producer |
| Yogesh Ishwar | ... | co-producer |
| Anuja Singh | ... | associate producer: marketing |
Music by
| Shantanu Moitra | ||
Cinematography by
| Rangarajan Ramabadran | ||
Editing by
| Vidhu Vinod Chopra | ... | (edited by) |
| Jaskunwar Kohli | ... | (edited by) |
Editorial Department
| Dutta Anirban | ... | spot editor (as Anirban Dutta) |
| Rahul Ashta | ... | Technical Editor |
| Kaushik Das | ... | associate editor |
| Gideon Dsouza | ... | assistant editor |
| Bhavika Karwarkar | ... | additional post production supervisor |
| Ketan Madiwale | ... | associate editor: additional editing by |
| Nitin Minz | ... | sr production: Redchillies color |
| Smruti Ranjan Mishra | ... | Associate editor |
| Shikhar Misra | ... | additional editor |
| Arpit Sawant | ... | post production supervisor |
| Amit Saxena | ... | Senior Production Coordinator |
| Yashovardhan Sharma | ... | editing assistant (as Yashovardhan Dharmpal Sharma) |
| Itishree Singh | ... | post production supervisor: For 40days |
| Balvant Singh Thakur | ... | Editor Project : Zee Studios |
| Anil Thorat | ... | editing assistant |
Casting By
| Mukesh Chhabra | ||
| Aayush Saxena | ||
Production Design by
| Prashant Bidkar | ... | (production design) |
Art Direction by
| Dattatray N Sapte | ... | (as Dattaray N Sapte) |
| Hemant Wagh | ||
Costume Design by
| Malvika Bajaj | ||
Makeup Department
| Tania Aamane | ... | key hair stylist |
| Gaurav Chauhan | ... | hair & make-up |
| Jagan Dash | ... | key makeup artist |
| Kishore | ... | makeup artist |
| Harish Mhate | ... | makeup artist |
| Sandeep Patil | ... | key makeup artist |
| Raju Sahu | ... | makeup artist |
| Sanjay Salvi | ... | makeup artist |
| Taufiq | ... | hair stylist |
| Yogita | ... | hair stylist |
Production Management
| Rahul Jaykar Arya | ... | production manager (creditOnly) |
| Alex Anthony Fernandes | ... | Head Of Post Production |
| Maruti Nandan Pachauri | ... | production manager |
| Arpit Sawant | ... | production manager |
| Manoj Sharma | ... | Line Producer: Agra |
| Amarpreet Singh | ... | unit production manager |
| Salman Surve | ... | assistant production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Kartik Goyal | ... | second second assistant director |
| Yogesh Ishwar | ... | associate director (as Yogesh Dhabuwala) |
| Khushboo Kannaujia | ... | assistant director |
| Iqbal Khan | ... | assistant director |
| Jaskunwar Kohli | ... | associate director |
| Dileep Kumar | ... | assistant director |
| Prashant Kumar | ... | assistant director |
| Maninder Singh Kushwaha | ... | assistant director |
| Amit Mehra | ... | second assistant director |
| Akshay Meshram | ... | assistant director |
| Kunal Narula | ... | first assistant director |
| Vishal Rathore | ... | assistant director |
| Aayush Saxena | ... | associate director |
| Chaudhary Siddharth | ... | assistant director |
| Anukriti Singh | ... | second assistant director |
| Shubham Somu Srivastava | ... | key second assistant director |
| Shriyam Thakur | ... | assistant director |
Art Department
| Swechha Awasthi | ... | set dresser |
| Meghna Choudhary | ... | graphic designer |
| Rohan Dhane | ... | Intern |
| Anand V. Jadhav | ... | assistant art director |
| Anand V. Jadhav | ... | assistant art director |
| Subhash Jadhav | ... | assistant art director |
| Dipak Khamkar | ... | assistant art director |
| Siddhi Momaya | ... | set dresser: art department |
| Aaryan Pachpande | ... | graphic designer |
| Akash Potdar | ... | Conceptual Art |
| Priyanka Ghosh Riya | ... | assistant art director: delhi |
| Diksha Sapte Shirke | ... | graphic designer |
| Nipun Sharma | ... | additional art director: New Delhi |
| Diksha Dayanand Shirke | ... | graphic designer |
| Jayant Sutar | ... | Intern |
Sound Department
| Vicky Arolkar | ... | foley artist |
| Bulganin Baruah | ... | dialogue editor |
| Akshay Kumar Behera | ... | adr engineer |
| Nikita Bharani | ... | sound engineer |
| Deepak | ... | sound assistant |
| Yogi Dholakia | ... | sound recordist |
| Ashwin Dhuri | ... | sound recordist: on location |
| Boloy Kumar Doloi | ... | re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor |
| Ainul Huq | ... | Telugu Language Sound Mixer |
| Deepika Jadhav | ... | assistant sound recordist |
| Rahul Karpe | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Anuj Khajanchi | ... | asst. re-recording mixer |
| Srijan Mangolu | ... | studio assistant |
| Vaibhav Marathe | ... | foley editor |
| Utsav Mistry | ... | sound editor |
| Sachin Patel | ... | foley artist |
| Cr Shan | ... | dialogue premix other language |
| Manav Shrotriya | ... | production sound supervisor / sound designer |
| Vaishali Singh | ... | ADR engineer |
| Sudesh | ... | boom operator |
Visual Effects by
| Mayank Aggarwal | ... | VFX Line Producer (creditOnly) / resonance digitals llp (creditOnly) / visual effects coordinator (creditOnly) |
| Navin Anchan | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Tabrez Ansari | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Parth Bhavsar | ... | VFX Line Producer |
| Ketan Murlidhar Bhoir | ... | matchmove team lead: visual effects |
| Abhishek Chaturvedi | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Abhinendra Chauhan | ... | Generalist TD |
| Sahil Khurana | ... | visual effects producer |
| Prashant Manhanta | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Somak Mukherjee | ... | creative director |
| Keyur Parmar | ... | Senior Motion Graphics Artist |
| Lakshay Patil | ... | visual effects coordinator |
| Anchal Prabha | ... | VFX Line Producer |
| Sajan Raj | ... | visual effects producer |
| Navin Saran | ... | Head of Production & Operations |
| Yaseer Sayyed | ... | VFX Editor |
| Vijay Shinde | ... | visual effects supervisor |
| Maninder Singh | ... | visual effects producer |
| Rahul Munna Singh | ... | visual effects artist |
| Sahjanand Solanki | ... | Motion Graphic Artist |
| Pratik Tayshete | ... | Python Developer |
| Kailas Tendulkar | ... | digital compositor |
| Raj Wagh | ... | visual effects artist |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Julien Bana | ... | still photographer |
| Suraj Chauhan | ... | focus puller |
| Ritesh Chaurasia | ... | focus puller |
| Javed Dar | ... | still photographer |
| Karthik Gopal | ... | 1st Assistant Cinematographer and B Camera Operator |
| Anil Gupta | ... | focus puller |
| Sainath Kadam | ... | Focus Pullar |
| Sameer Khan | ... | DIT |
| Jai Khandpur | ... | drone operator |
| Manoj Mishra | ... | steadicam operator |
| Akshay Mohite | ... | 2nd Assistant Cinematographer and C Camera Operator |
| Hasan Mondal | ... | gaffer |
| Hassim Sayed | ... | key grip (as Hassim Sayyed) / key grip |
| Bhanu Pratap Singh | ... | Steadicam/Omega Ar Operator |
| Suraj Soni | ... | focus puller |
| Saurabh Srivastava | ... | drone pilot |
Casting Department
| Akshay Kumar Behera | ... | adr voice casting |
| Sanjay Bishnoi | ... | casting associate |
| Sadiq Farooqui | ... | casting assistant |
| Khushi Kothari | ... | casting assistant |
| Porush Nager | ... | casting assistant |
| Rudra Pratap Singh | ... | casting assistant |
| Hitul Suri | ... | additional cast |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Parvin Dange | ... | costume team: first assistant |
| Rakshita Sharma | ... | costume team: second assistant |
| Julie Surendrapratap Singh | ... | costume team: third assistant (as Julie Singh) |
| Krati Tiwari | ... | costume team: third assistant |
Location Management
| Rahul Jaykar Arya | ... | location manager (creditOnly) |
Music Department
| Yogi Dholakia | ... | Sound Recordist |
| Swanand Kirkire | ... | lyrics |
| Girish Nakod | ... | music |
| Smit Ruparel | ... | Music Score Producer |
| Hopun Saikia | ... | Music Editor / Music Producer |
| Shaan | ... | singer |
| Archit Shah | ... | Music Score Producer |
Script and Continuity Department
| Rahul Ashta | ... | script assistant |
| Vikas Divyakirti | ... | additional screenplay |
| Abhinav Singh | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
| Khan Azhar | ... | celebrity manager (creditOnly) (as Azharkhannnnn) |
| Vikram Chandra | ... | additional subtitles |
| Diptakirti Chaudhuri | ... | business head |
| Komal Chavan | ... | director's executive assistant |
| Zuni Chopra | ... | additional subtitles |
| Meghna Choudhary | ... | director's assistant |
| Rudrarup Datta | ... | marketing consultant |
| Ramakant Dubey | ... | chief finance officer |
| Nishreen Federal | ... | subtitles |
| Amitabh Gupta | ... | legal head |
| Stanzin Jigmat | ... | behind the scenes (as Stanzen Jigmat) |
| Abhijat Joshi | ... | creative consultant |
| Anushka Joshi | ... | additional subtitles |
| Nasreen Munni Kabir | ... | subtitles |
| Suraj Naagar | ... | Dialect Coach (creditOnly) |
| Rahul Nanda | ... | Publicity Designer |
| Sahil | ... | Actress boy |
| Hitesh Sharma | ... | publicity design |
| Puneet Shewaramani | ... | Motion Graphics |
| Hiten Umrania | ... | Film Distribution and Marketing |
| Nideesh Vasu | ... | Subtitles |
Thanks
| Arisepedia | ... | thanks |
| Mohinder Pal Singh | ... | thanks |
| Arise Times | ... | thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- KRG Studios (India) (theatrical)
- Disney+ Hotstar (2023) (India) (video) (VOD)
- Zee5 (India) (video) (VOD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Manoj Kumar Sharma belongs to Chambal village where cheating in exam is a common thing. He is appearing for his 12th standard exams and eyeing a peon's job. But a strict police officer DSP Dushyant Singh arrives during the exams and stops the cheating process, Manoj is unable to pass the examinations and starts to ride a passenger vehicle with brother Kamlesh. They both land in trouble with goons of a politician but Dushyant Singh comes to their aid. Inspired by his honesty Manoj starts considering him an idol and wants to become like him. The following year he clears his 12th standard exams and dreams of becoming a DSP officer but his destiny has different plans which brings Manoj into the world of UPSC, one of the toughest exams in the world. Written by alex.mjacko@gmail.com |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | 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. See more » |
| Goofs | When Shraddha says "I love you" back to Manoj, it is supposed to be 2AM. Right after that Manoj runs to Deep Mohan's home where all employees are present and working. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Referenced in 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024 with Gujarat Tourism (2024). See more » |
| Quotes |
Manoj Sharma:
If citizens were educated, it could be a real problem for leaders. See more » |