12B

12B
12B DVD Cover
Directed by	Jeeva
Produced by	Vikram Singh
Written by	Jeeva Sujatha
Starring	Shaam Simran Jyothika Vivek Moon Moon Sen Sunil Shetty
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography	Jeeva
Edited by	B Lenin V T Vijayan
Production company	Film Works
Release date	28 September 2001
Running time	130 min
Country	India
Language	Tamil

12B is a 2001 Tamil romance film directed and co-written by Jeeva. The film featured Shaam in his debut along with Simran and Jyothika in the leading roles. Vivek, Moon Moon Sen and Sunil Shetty play other pivotal role in the film which had music composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film released in September 2001 to positive reviews but performed averagely at the box office. The core plot-line and the narrration technique is inspired by the 1998 movie Sliding Doors.

The film begins with a young man named Shakthi (Shaam) leaving his house one morning for a job interview, when he spots a beautiful girl Jothika aka Jo (Jyothika) walking down the street. He's both attracted to and distracted by her. He begins to follow her and in the process, accidentally misses his bus and is mugged. The film then pauses at this point as a voice over begins to tell the viewer that we are about to examine how Shakthi's life will be impacted, by missing the bus or by catching the bus.

Shakthi who makes the bus, gets to the job interview on time and gets the job of a bank manager and a beautiful young colleague Priya (Simran) falls in love with him. The catch there is that this Shakthi is still in love with the same woman who his alternate self (who missed the bus) loves, but try as he may, something keeps preventing him from getting to her. That thing turns out to be his alternate self (that is the him who missed the bus). He is well off in life but miserable because he can't get the girl he loves.

The Shakthi who missed the bus, arrives late at the interview and is thrown out. On his way home, he passes by a junkyard where he spots an old friend (Vivek) who gives him a job as a mechanic and life goes on. The next day, while crossing the street, he spots the girl from the day before and begins to follow her again until he is able to get her attention and they begin a relationship. One day, Aravind (Sunil Shetty) comes to visit and it is revealed that he too is in love with her and wants to marry her.