12th Fail mints Rs 1.06 crore on day 6

Vidhu Vinod Chopra's '12th Fail' starring

Vikrant Massey

saw a rise in its collection based on strong word-of-mouth publicity. The film is based on a novel by the same name, penned by

Anurag Pathak

.
The film is also doing better than Kangana Ranaut's 'Tejas' which was released on the same day. On Wednesday, '12th Fail' garnered about Rs 1.08 crore. Hence, the total box office collection in India now stands at Rs 11.69 crore.
According to reports, the film opened with just Rs 1.11 crore on Friday but saw a jump in collections over the weekend, earning Rs 2.51 crore on Saturday and Rs 3.12 on Sunday.

Speaking about his ambitious project, director Vidhu Vinod Chopra told ETimes, “I started this film when I was 66 years old. I am 71 now. Just imagine. Which producer or filmmaker in his right mind would say, I want to spend 4.5 years of my life making 12th Fail with Vikrant Massey? Who would not want to make a Munnabhai 3 or a 3 Idiots sequel? This is a very important film in today’s times. Never in my life have I told people to go watch my film. It’s not because of money. I have not sold it to any OTT platform yet. It’s just me and my film. It’s my money so I am not answerable to anyone. I am telling you that I am living my life in the cinema. Cinema and my life are the same, there’s no contradiction.”

For the unversed, the story revolves around the resilient protagonist, Manoj (played by Massey), who encounters failure in his 12th-grade board exams but refuses to succumb to despair. Instead, he embarks on a fresh academic journey, setting his sights on the formidable UPSC examination.