Vikrant Massey

The streets of Pune, where a single night of darkness engulfs the city in mystery, as crime reporter Lenny, gets entangled in a web of greed and misfortune.

Based on Anurag Pathak`s bestselling novel of the same name, 12th Fail depicts the true story of an IPS officer Manoj Kumar Sharma hailing from a small town in Chambal, who fearlessly embraced the idea of restarting his academic journey and reclaiming his destiny at a place where millions of students attempt for the world`s toughest competitive exam, UPSC. The film is not just a chronicle of one man`s journey but a celebration of everyone who dared to look at failures as an opportunity to #Restart.

When Misha returns to her family estate after 15 years to visit her estranged father, she discovers that he is missing.

Looking at acid violence through the lens of survivor Laxmi Agarwal, Chhapaak tells the story of a girl (Malti) coming from an unprivileged but humble background. When Malti refuses the advances made by a man twice her age, she is attacked with acid on a street in New Delhi. With her face irreparably burnt, Malti undergoes medico-social rehabilitation, a prolonged string of facial surgeries, a legal battle against her attacker and a constant struggle to become economically independent. During this time, Malti also joins a campaign against Acid violence and comes across other victims. She forms an inexplicable bond with Amol, the founder of the campaign but it is Malti`s game-changing PIL in the Supreme Court of India, with her lawyer Archana Bajaj, that inspires the Judiciary to amend the laws on acid violence. A story of the triumph of the unquashable human spirit.