Did you watch Vikrant Massey's '12th Fail'? IPS Manoj Kumar Sharma, whose inspiring journey of cracking UPSC CSE and his love story with IRS Shraddha Joshi, inspired the Vidhu Vinod Chopra film. Though it premiered on 27 October, 2023, recently, a viewer noticed the original couple in a scene and praised the movie makers for the thought behind it.