#12thfail is a 2023 Indian #hindi language biographical drama film directed, produced and written by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. It is based on the 2019 eponymous nonfiction book by Anurag Pathak about Manoj Kumar Sharma, who overcame extreme poverty to become an Indian Police Service officer. The film stars #vikrantmassey as Sharma, alongside Medha Shankr, Anant V Joshi, Anshumaan Pushkar, and Priyanshu Chatterjee.