{"id":398501,"date":"2026-03-22T17:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T17:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/398501\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T17:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T17:54:10","slug":"dhurandhar-2-actor-mustafa-ahmed-who-played-hamzas-aide-rizwan-started-his-journey-with-rs-10000-a-month-as-a-gym-trainer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/398501\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dhurandhar 2’ actor Mustafa Ahmed who played Hamza’s aide Rizwan, started his journey with Rs 10,000 a month as a gym trainer |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'Dhurandhar Celebrity trainer turned actor Mustafa Ahmed got a lot of love for his role in ‘Dhurandhar 2’. He played Rizwan<\/a>, Hamza\u2019s trusted aide in the film. But his journey to the spotlight has been anything but easy. Years ago, he was earning just Rs 10,000 a month as a gym trainer in Delhi\u2019s Janakpuri. Nearly 15 years later, he would go on to train none other than Hrithik Roshan<\/a>.Mustafa\u2019s path was far from conventional. He wasn\u2019t someone people expected to \u201cmake it big.\u201d Much like the protagonist in Taare Zameen Par, he struggled with dyslexia and eventually dropped out of formal education. <\/p>\n

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From Protests To Bans, Dhurandhar 2 Becomes Bollywood\u2019s Biggest Off-Screen Drama Speaking on the Jag Of All Trades podcast, Mustafa Ahmed recalled, \u201cI was not a bright kid. I was dyslexic and come from an Afghani background. But I was always physical\u2014I was good at sports, picked up dancing naturally. Anything that involved using my body, I was good at it.\u201dAt just 21, he was already earning Rs 1 lakh a month as the youngest team leader at a call centre<\/a> in 2001\u2014a dream job for many. But a seemingly small moment ended up changing his life completely. While working out at a gym in Janakpuri, he noticed a woman in her 40s being ignored by a trainer. He stepped in to help her, unaware of how pivotal that moment would become.On the Alpha Coach podcast, he shared, \u201cA couple of months later, she handed me an envelope and asked me to read it at home. It scared me. But in that letter, she wrote that working out had brought the spark back into her marriage. She told me this was my life calling\u2014and not following it would be criminal.\u201dThat message stayed with him. Soon after, Mustafa made the bold decision to quit his high-paying job. \u201cMy manager called me crazy,\u201d he said. His mother, too, stopped speaking to him after he left a stable career, especially given that he had already stepped away from academics.Starting from scratch, he took up a job at a West Delhi gym for Rs 10,000 a month, waking up at 4 am daily to open the shutters. Around the same time, a visit to Fitness First in Connaught Place became another turning point. Despite lacking formal qualifications, his honesty and passion earned him a job.\u201cThey offered me Rs 18,000 plus Rs 600 per session out of which, they kept Rs 300 and gave me the other Rs 300. I couldn\u2019t believe people would pay me that for an hour. That\u2019s when I felt\u2014sky is the limit,\u201d he said.What followed was sheer grit and consistency. Within three months, Mustafa became the No. 1 trainer for Fitness First in Asia. He was conducting up to 14 sessions a day, six days a week\u2014clocking nearly 400 hours a month and earning over Rs 1.4 lakh. By 2009, he had firmly established himself.As his career progressed, so did his vision. Seeing international trainers dominate the Indian fitness space, Mustafa questioned why Indian trainers weren\u2019t given the same recognition. \u201cI believed I was at par with them. So why not me?\u201d he said.Before the release of Dhurandhar, Mustafa had penned an emotional note for Aditya Dhar in 2025: \u201c\u2018Main hoon na. Tu kar.\u2019 He would say this whenever I doubted myself. \u2018Tu theek hai na\u2019 when I wasn\u2019t okay. \u2018Tu khush hai na\u2019 when I got emotional.\u201d Reflecting on his acting debut, he added, \u201cAditya Dhar, you took me on a journey I never imagined. You saw in me what I didn\u2019t know existed. But most importantly, you gave me your friendship and love\u2014and for that, you have my loyalty for life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Celebrity trainer turned actor Mustafa Ahmed got a lot of love for his role in ‘Dhurandhar 2’. 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