The beautiful love story of Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Manoj Kumar and his wife Shraddha Joshi who is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer is definitely like a fairytale
Based on their inspiring love story, a novel named 12thFail has been penned by Anurag Pathak
The filmy love saga has now been released as a movie in reality with the name 12th Fail on October 27, 2023
Produced, directed and written by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the film features Vikrant Massey as Manoj Kumar Sharma and Medha Shankar as his girlfriend Shraddha
The story narrates about the life of Sharma whose career was full of ups and downs yet he never accepted defeat and went on to become a top government employee in the country
A resident of Morena district in Madhya Pradesh, Sharma scored third division in Class X and also failed in all subjects in his Class XII board exam initially except in Hindi
Sharma, who is now serving as the Additional Commissioner in Mumbai Police, met his biggest motivator in the love of his life Shraddha Joshi who is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer
As his family’s financial condition wasn’t good, Sharma did odd jobs to support them
He drove an auto-rickshaw, became a dog walker and worked in the library to earn his bread and butter
Although he slept besides beggars and homeless people on roads, he read about inspiring historic figures like Gorky, Abraham Lincoln and Muktibodh and woke up the zeal within himself to serve the country
Sharma even failed to crack Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam for three times but ultimately passed it with flying colours in his fourth attempt and became an inspirational icon for India.
His wife Shraddha asked him to keep on trying to crack the UPSC exam and he did just that and made her happy