India, June 15 -- A man attempting a London restaurant's "hottest curry challenge" was left sweating and overwhelmed until the owner of the Indian restaurant stepped in to comfort him. The incident was caught on camera and has gone viral.

In the video, the man is seen coughing and sweating while kneeling on the road. The owner, Raj, stands beside him with a bottle in his hand. Throughout the video, the owner comforts the man who landed in distress after having a dish at the restaurant made with 72 varieties of chilli.

"Aftermath of the #Londonshottestcurry," Bengal Village, a restaurant on Brick Lane specialising in Indian and Bangladeshi cuisine, captioned the video.

According to a report by the Standard, the paste used in the "hottes...