'Boss' Akshay Kumar beats Michael Jackson's World Record!
- IndiaGlitz, [Thursday,October 10 2013]
ItÂs a matter of national pride. A record that was held by none other than the Messiah of Music, Michael Jackson, has finally been shattered. People across the country can now celebrate because the new record holder is apna desi superstar Akshay Kumar.
Michael JacksonÂs ÂThis Is It held the Guinness World Record for being the largest poster in the world. That is until AkshayÂs forthcoming film ÂBoss decided to beat the record.
AkshayÂs fan club, which calls itself Team Akshay, decided to swing into action. Logistics were put into place and work had begun to make a special poster of ÂBoss that would be the largest poster in the world.
After four months of labour, the dream finally came true. The largest poster in the world was achieved and unveiled at Little Gransden Airfield, Little Gransden, UK, on October 03, 2013. Macro Arts (UK) did the manufacturing of the poster. Incidentally, Macro Arts is the same company that had made Michael JacksonÂs poster too.
The worldÂs largest poster of ÂBoss is 58.87 metres wide and 54.94 metres high. When the Guinness officials came to measure it, it was recorded that the Indian ÂBoss poster had beaten Michael JacksonÂs record by a 15-20 percent margin.
The official certification for the same was done in the UK itself and the ÂBoss poster also finds a mention on the official Guinness website.
The Boss himself, Akshay, says he feels humbled with this achievement. It's a matter of honour, he remarked. I thank everyone who made this possible. The producer of ÂBossÂ, Ashwin Varde, adds, Every Indian should be proud of this achievement.
Directed by Antony DÂSouza, ÂBoss also stars Shiv Pandit, Aditi Rao Hydari along with Danny Denzongpa, Ronit Roy, Johnny Lever.