Vikrant Massey’s 12th Fail revives ‘JADOOZ’ Cinema at Baramulla after 33 years

Actor Vikrant Massey’s highly successful film 12th Fail has captured the hearts of audiences and critics, alike. In a remarkable addition to its long list of achievements, the film has been screened at the ‘JADOOZ’ Cinema at Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, that had been shut for the last 33 years.

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Revival of ‘JADOOZ’ Cinema

Lieutenant Governor Baramulla Minga Sherpa formally re-opened the cinema hall with the release of 12th Fail, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Vikrant Massey and Medha Shankr.

12th Fail delves into the real-life story of Manoj Kumar, a local boy from Bihar who comes to Delhi with the aspirations of becoming an IPS officer. While handling the pressure of studying, he also juggles work-life and does menial jobs to support his mother back home.

Success of 12th Fail

This heartwarming tale of love, dedication and hard work has succeeded in bringing tears into the hearts of its audiences. The film has been receiving immense love from all across and also has an IMDb rating of 9.2 out of 10 and Vikrant won the Best Actor Award in the Critics Category for his stellar performance in 12th Fail at the 69th Filmfare Awards.

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Bollywood stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Varun Dhawan and many more have continued to appreciate the efforts of Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Vikrant Massey in the making of the film.

Appreciating the film, Kareena took to her Instagram stories and wrote, “Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Vikrant Massey, Medha Shankar, Anant Joshi, Anshuman Pushkar and the entire cast and crew... Legends."

Vikrant welcomed a baby boy

After the release of his successful film, Vikrant also welcomed his first child, a baby boy, with wife Sheetal Thakur and shared the happy news with his followers on Instagram.

The couple recently celebrated their second wedding anniversary and Sheetal took to Instagram to share the lovely pictures. She captioned the post with, “Two years of marriage! Happy anniversary to us.”