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Actor Vikrant Massey is 'eternally honoured' to have won big at the 71st National Film Awards. Massey has bagged the Best Actor award for his hit movie 12th Fail. The film has been directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. After winning the prestigious award, Massey expressed gratitude to the audience as well as the 'esteemed' jury members of the 71st National Film Awards for considering his performance worthy of this recognition.

He said, "I want to thank the Honourable Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, the NFDC, and all the esteemed jury members of the 71st National Film Awards for considering my performance worthy of this recognition. I also want to thank Shri Vidhu Vinod Chopra ji for giving me this opportunity. Today, if I may say so, a 20-year-old boy’s dream has come true. I am eternally grateful to the audiences for honouring my performances and for recommending this film with such love."

Vikrant Massey is privileged to be sharing the best actor award with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan. "It is a privilege to be sharing my first National Award with an icon like Shah Rukh Khan. Lastly, I dedicate this award to all the marginalised people in our society — those who are often looked through, and those who are fighting the socio-economic paradigm of our country every single day," he said.

12th Fail is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language biographical drama film directed, produced, and written by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The film is based on the true story of Manoj Kumar Sharma, who rose from extreme poverty to become an Indian Police Service officer. The story is adapted from Anurag Pathak's 2019 non-fiction book of the same name.

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Released on October 27, 2023, 12th Fail received widespread critical acclaim and emerged as a sleeper hit. Despite a modest budget of Rs 20 crore, the film grossed over Rs 69 crore worldwide. Its success was further recognised at the 69th Filmfare Awards, where it won five awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Critics) for Vikrant Massey's powerful performance.