Filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra is currently enjoying the success of his last film 12th Fail. Starring Vikrant Massey, the movie has slowly climbed the ladder of success at the box office, along with acquiring tremendous acclaim. Now, he has more reason to celebrate as his cricketer son Agni Chopra has scored mammoth amount of runs in his Ranji Trophy debut.
Son Of Vidhu Vinod Chopra Makes Dream Debut In Ranji Trophy
The young batsman made his debut for Mizoram against Sikkim and scored 166 runs in 179 balls in the first innings where he hit 19 fours and 7 sixes. However, the team could manage only 214 runs against Sikkim’s large total of 442 for 9. Hence, Mizoram had to follow on. Agni came to his team’s rescue in the second innings too by scoring 92 off just 74 balls with 11 fours and a six. His team posted a total of 397 runs and set Sikkim to chase a total of 170.
Unfortunately, Agni’s incredible performance did not help his team win the match. Sikkim managed to chase the target with 4 wickets to spare. But the young batter scored a total of 258 runs in the entire match, which has made him get noticed by one and all.
Anurag Kashyap On 12th Fail
Calling 12th Fail a new standard set by Vidhu, Anurag Kashyap counted himself as one of many filmmakers who might be ‘a little bit lost.’ He also called it the best 2023 mainstream film. The director shared a poster of Vikrant’s film on Facebook.
He wrote with it, “Probably the best mainstream film I’ve seen in 2023 @vidhuvinodchoprafilms at the age of 71 has crafted a masterpiece out of a simple story of an adamant man wanting to be more than what life gives him. He goes and takes what he wants and how. What amazed me about the film is how he breaks all conventions of mainstream and has scenes done in simple long shots.”
Anurag went on to list out what he liked the most about the film and its cinematography. Pointing out specific scenes without giving out too many spoilers, he shared, “The crowd scenes of Mukherji nagar which feels like the camera just happened to watch the story unfold without disturbing the atmosphere. It just felt like we were fly on the wall witnessing the film unfold. The sparse background score, something that mainstream cinema always shows from. The faith the filmmaker has in himself and his actors and his storytelling that he doesn’t use the BGM to manipulate the audience or the emotions.”
“A filmmaker at the peak of his storytelling and at this age. Means I have hope too. A new benchmark has been set by VVC for filmmakers like me who have been feeling a bit lost. Kudos to the whole team who I don’t know and all the actors. Especially @vikrantmassey @medhashankr @anshumaan_pushkar @anantvjoshi and the cinematographer Ranga, the production designer and the music directors and writers,” he wrote as he praised the film’s team.
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