Mathura boy sets filmgoer record

Ashish Sharma of Mathura on Monday broke the world record for watching films non-stop. He watched films continuously for more than 120 hours, breaking the previous record of 117 hours that was held by Claudia Wavra of Germany.

Ashish watched over 48 Hindi films in 120 hours. Ashish Sharma of Mathura on Monday broke the world record for watching films nonstop.

He watched films continuously for more than 120 hours, breaking the previous record of 117 hours that was held by Claudia Wavra of Germany.

Ashish watched over 48 Hindi films in 120 hours beginning at 11.08 am on June 11 and ending at 8.12 pm on Monday night.

A doctor, prescribed by the authorities at the Guinness Book of World Records, was present with Ashish for the entire period. The doctor kept checking his health con dition every four hours.

“I always wanted to do something that would bring Mathura on the World map,” Ashish said.

“By chance, I saw that someone had set a record in watching films and I thought I would break it.

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