Vidhu Vinod Chopra Says His Wife Suggested Him To Release 12th Fail On OTT: 'Nobody Will Watch Teri Aur Vikrant Ki Film'

The cast and crew of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's directorial '12th Fail' celebrated the completion of 100 days of the film in theatres - despite the film currently streaming on OTT. 

New Delhi: The cast and crew of Vidhu Vinod Chopra's directorial '12th Fail' celebrated the completion of 100 days of the film in theatres - despite the film currently streaming on OTT.  The film is based on Anurag Pathak's best-selling novel about the actual story of IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma. The film stars Vikrant Massey in the lead role, alongside Medha Shankar, Anant V Joshi, Anshumaan Pushkar, and Priyanshu Chatterjee in pivotal roles. 

The film got a lot of love from the audience when it was released in theatres on October 27 last year. The story of the resilience, and perseverance of a UPSC aspirant touched the right chord with the audience and the love for the film grew manyfold after its OTT release. The film has been rated the highest, with a rating of 9.2 out of 10 on IMDb, and secured the number one spot on IMDb’s Top 250 films of Indian Cinema. 

During the 100-day celebration, Vidhu Vinod Chopra spoke about the film’s achievement and how even his wife and film critic Anupama Chopra suggested him to release the film on OTT. 

“100 days ago, in this very screen, we had our first show. When we talk about numbers, Rs 100 cr, now there’s Rs 500 cr, Rs 1,000 cr, Rs 2,000 cr, but to me it boils down to one thing. What is your intention? Why are you making that film? You make an honest film and it can reach those numbers. When I was making the film, I was told by everyone, including my dearest wife (film critic Anupama Chopra), to put it out on OTT,” Vidhu Vinod Chopra was quoted as saying by Indian Express. 

“She said, ‘Nobody will go to see Vinod! Teri aur Vikrant ki film!’ She told me I don’t know, that I’m not connected with movies (anymore). On top of this, these (trade) agencies were writing that it’ll open at Rs 2 lakhs and do a lifetime business of Rs 30 lakhs! Everyone scared me,” the filmmaker added. 

The filmmaker then said that he believed in the film and produced it. 

Anupama Chopra also spoke about the film at the event. “I’ve had very little contribution here, it (the success) is of all these people here. But, he’s right, I did say I don’t know who will come to the theatre to see this film. So I’m saying in public that I was wrong and you are right,” she said. 

12th Fail collected Rs 67 cr worldwide.