An Indian teen’s viral video is taking him closer to his army dreams

Filmmaker Vinod Kapri, over the past weekend, shared a video of 19-year-old Pradeep Mehra running 10 kilometres back home after working late-night hours at a McDonald’s in Noida, near Delhi.

The video instantly turned into an internet sensation. By noon today (Mar. 24), Kapri’s tweet with the video had garnered more than 304,000 likes and over 103,000 retweets.

What heartened the thousands of these respondents was Mehra’s goal: joining the Indian Army.

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