Second Guinness world record for Jammu boy in 2 months

Tribune News Service

Jammu, November 24

Having already registered his name in the prestigious Guinness Book of World Records in September this year by speaking continuously on one subject for 48 hours and 31 minutes, Jammu boy Vickrant Mahajan has now achieved yet another feat by becoming the first filmmaker in the history of cinema to write, shoot, edit, mix and release a feature film in just one day.

This is the second time the Jammu youth has recorded his name in the Guinness Book of World Record in two months. The event took place on November 6 at Gemini Studio in Andheri, Mumbai. Vickrant’s feature film titled “Yes Thank You Universe” is the first feature film ever to be made and released in less than 24 hours (21 hours to be precise).

Vickrant had done his schooling from Presentation Convent School, Jammu, followed by graduation from the SPMR College of Commerce, Jammu. Vickrant has written six books on motivation and positive thinking so far. His fifth book titled “Stretch Yourself” proved to be his best seller with 20,000 copies being sold and has been translated into four languages.

“The Super Positivity Movement is an NGO launched by me in November 2013. The motive of launching the organisation was to hold motivational talks by visiting various institutions like schools, colleges, universities, prisons, hospitals and homes for mentally challenged,” Vickrant Mahajan said, while briefing the media today.

Runners-up at the Grasim Mr India pageant in November 2013, Vickrant after completing graduation, studied book publishing at the University of Denver and filmmaking at the New York Film Academy. He worked for two years as a book editor at Harper Collins Publishers in New Delhi where he edited books by the likes of late Khushwant Singh and legendary Javed Akhtar.

He is currently writing his seventh motivational book and preparing for his third world record (the longest play ever) to be held in January 2015.