12th Fail
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This movie is about a boy named Manoj Sharma, hailing from a small city in Madhya Pradesh, named Chambal (as shown in the movie), who aspires to be an IPS officer, despite having failed in 12th class. This wish of becoming an IPS officer started forming a serious goal in Manoj’s mind when he met an IPS officer during his 12th board exam who prevented the malpractices done during the exam, because of which the entire batch failed and had to appear in the exam again next year. When he met DSP officer Dushyant Singh and asked him how to be an officer like him, he said that he had to leave the habit of cheating. The next year, during the 12th board exam, when the entire class cheated and passed the exam with the first division, Manoj wrote the exam with honesty and passed with a 3rd division. Later, with the same honesty he completed his graduation in Hindi literature and goes to a higher city with the hope and all savings of his grandmother to get guidance through coaching to prepare for MPPSC. On the way, all his money and belongings got robbed by the fellow passenger and he reached his destination empty-handed.
On reaching Bhopal, he
found out that the coaching centers were planning to close because of
cancellation of the exam. As per the saying, “Where there’s a will, there’s a
way”, he met an UPSC aspirant on the lunch table who was planning to go to
Delhi to get the coaching. He followed him to Delhi, somehow managed to get the
accommodation by doing several odd jobs like cleaning toilets, dusting the
books and shelves in the library. Through his savings, he joined a reputed
coaching center, for the preparation of the Mains, after clearing Prelims
through self-preparation in his first attempt. He met Shraddha Joshi on her day
of admission to the institute when Shraddha got impressed by Manoj’s
performance of clearing Prelims through self-preparation. UPSC preparation
tested his patience when he failed in prelims in his next attempt and his
friends blamed Shraddha to be the reason behind his failure. The movie ends
with a happy note when Manoj cracks the exam by beating all odds and Shraddha also
becomes a PCS officer.
I watched this movie
on the New Year’s Eve and I am happy that I cancelled all my plans to go out to
witness the New Year’s countdown as it was -240C outside. I loved the character of “Gauri Bhaiya” who was
shown helping Manoj selflessly during his last attempt, in all possible ways he
could. In this world of casual dating, hookups and breakups, all ambitious men
deserve a partner like Shradhha Joshi and vice versa, who support and respect
each other’s goals. Having written ESE a couple of times in the past, this
movie reminded me of my UPSC preparation days and instilled similar emotions like
anxiety, despair, determination, etc. Vikrant Massey, in the lead role, has
just nailed it and so is Medha Shankar as a debutant actress. It was great to
know that the “Bolo Na” song has been sung by Medha who has also been trained
in Indian classical vocal. Such a multi-talented personality she has. From
various interviews of Manoj Shama and Shraddha Joshi, I found this couple very mature,
humble, and interactive. They words leave such a sense of familiarity that one
would feel to have met them in real life.
The movie very
beautifully portrays every nuance of the struggle of Manoj Sharma without distracting
from the main storyline. Such stories in movies without the display of vulgarity
should be encouraged and seen as an inspiration. However, I don’t glorify the
idea of relying solely on such a competitive exam like UPSC which comes within
10th rank of most challenging exams in the world, for success. One
should weigh his decision based on the best and worst-case scenarios.
I would rate 9.8/10 to
this movie and can recommend anyone to watch it. I might watch it again later.
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Swati
Sarangi
11.02.2024
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