The Dosa was named after "Quick Gun Murugun", a movie that highlights the merits of vegetarianism. A team of 16 chefs and eight helpers practiced for the past 10 days to get the correct length. It required proper coordination among the men for spreading the batter across the hot platesimultaneously ," one of the chefs Swami Goda. Another member of the team, Sajjan Singh, said it was difficult to handle the dosa on a 35-feet-long hot plate (tawa) and to maintain a steady temperature across the length. Sankalp restaurant first entered the Guinness Book of Recordsin March 1997 by making a 25-feet-long dosa.