OMG! Man with longest fingernails on a hand ever – Indian Shridhar Chillal enters Guinness World Records

The combined length of Chillal's fingernails is 909.6 cm, while his thumbnail is two metres long.

Updated: October 6, 2015 12:02 PM IST

By Shweta Parande

OMG! Man with longest fingernails on a hand ever - Indian Shridhar Chillal enters Guinness World Records

OMG! Man with longest fingernails on a hand ever - Indian Shridhar Chillal enters Guinness World Records

India’s Shridhar Chillal, belonging to the city of Pune, has entered the Guinness World Records for the longest fingernails on a single hand ever! A special video by the Guinness World Records chronicles his struggle to maintain the fingernails that he has not cut since 1952. The 78-year-old Chillal tells us how he thought of achieving his feat, and remembers the difficulties he faced in the process.

No girl was willing to marry him or no parents wanted their girl to marry a ‘dirty’ guy with long fingernails! At 29, he finally found a woman willing to marry him – his brother’s sister-in-law. His family members still opposed him but he made growing these fingernails the biggest dream of his life.

The combined length of Chillal’s fingernails is 909.6 cm, while his thumbnail is two metres long! The man now wants his nails preserved in a museum, so he will live in peace in his old age. Watch video to see the remarkable story of a man with the longest fingernails! (Photo and video courtesy of Guinness World Records.)

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