Shridhar Chillal

Who is Shridhar Chillal?

Shridhar Chillal holds the world record for the longest fingernails ever reached on a single hand, measuring 6.15 meters. Chillal's longest nail is 1.30 meters. He stopped cutting his nails in 1952.

Although Chillal is proud of his record breaking nails, he had increasing difficulties with their weight, which already caused his left fingers to become disfigured. Due to nerve damage caused from the nails' immense weight, Chillal is permanently deaf in the left ear.

He finally decided it was time to cut off his nails in late 2000, and was hoping to be able to sell them for $200,000. However, he may make the odd appearance with his finger nails in tow. He appeared with his nails attached in the movie Jackass 2.5.