To help you remember...

EDUCATION: Memory wizard to star in a movie.

Can you memorise an 80-digit number in a jiffy and recollect it in the reverse order, or correctly write down 20 complicated chemical formulae just after one reading or give out the birthday of a person just by looking at the date of birth.

Well, these are the kind of things that come easily to Biswaroop Roy Chowdhury, India's strongest memory man and an eight-time record holder of the Limca Book of Records. And you will soon be able to see him on the silver screen.

Chowdhury is the lead star, opposite Ayesha Julka, in what he claims is the world's first memory movie titled Yaad Rakhenge Aap, which will be released in Punjab on June 2.

Besides entertaining you, the movie will also sharpen your memory. "People from all age groups and especially young students will benefit from this movie," says Chowdhury.

He believes that every human being is born with an equal power of memory "but the trick lies in engaging 100 per cent concentration while memorising certain things, and putting 100 per cent concentration is possible only when one exerts his or her imagination. To learn the tricks of memorising, one must know about the brain's functioning..."

He would know. Chowdhury, a production engineer by profession, has authored nine books on this topic including Seven Days to Power Memory, Smart Brain and Vocabulary @ 100 Words Per Hour.

His own inspiration came from Mind of Mnemonist by famous Russian journalist Soleman Vinomenic Shereshivaski, who is a Guinness record holder for strongest memory. "I read his book, worked on the tricks for two months and then I made it to the Limca Book of Records," he says.

The entire memory process is linked to the three senses of seeing, hearing and feeling, says Chowdhury. While memory recorded through feeling is the strongest, hearing is the weakest medium.

"Memory is basically governed by the laws of imagination and association. If one could imagine what he or she is reading and associating it with something then the recording would not only be quicker but also be retained for a longer time. If one can record everything that he or she sees, hears and feels in the form of visuals and slot them under codes, then the memory power can be enhanced to a great extent," he says. If only it was as simple as he makes it sound!