Varun Dhawan Calls 12th Fail 'Most Beautiful Film He Has Seen In A Long Time', Vikrant Massey Reacts

Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s film 12th Fail, featuring Vikrant Massey, has been the talk of the town for a while now. It achieved a big success by becoming the highest-rated Indian film on IMDb. With a stellar rating of 9.2 out of 10, the biographical drama has claimed the top spot on IMDb’s list of the top 250 Indian films. Other notable films in the top five include the 1993 animated film Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, Mani Ratnam’s Nayakan, Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Gol Maal and R Madhavan’s directorial debut Rocketry: The Nambi Effect.

Many celebrities have been taking to their social media to praise the inspirational film and Vikrant Massey’s performance in it. The latest actor to join in is Varun Dhawan. Taking to his Instagram Stories, he wrote, “This film has to be one of the most beautiful films I have seen in a long long time. Thank you for this.”

Vikrant promptly shared it on his Stories and wrote, “Ab toh Hero No.1 ne bhi bol dya!!! Thanks a ton VD. Much much love brother.” He added a heart and hug emoji.

Vicky Kaushal also took to Instagram stories recently and shared his review of the film. The actor called 12th Fail ‘Best film of the year’.

Adapted from Anurag Pathak’s book and starring Vikrant Massey and Medha Shankar, 12th Fail narrates the life story of Manoj Kumar Sharma. Overcoming severe poverty, Sharma went on to achieve the rank of Indian Police Service officer. The film sheds light on his journey, highlighting the pivotal role played by his wife, IRS officer Shraddha Joshi, in his success.

Speaking to ANI recently, Vikrant recalled the deep impact that the film had on him. “Even with Manoj Kumar Sharma, there were moments when Vinod sir would call a cut and I would continue weeping even after the cut was called because I just could not control myself,” he said.