

Till then the shortest in records was a bodybuilder with a height 4 foot 12 inches while my height is 3 foot 4 inches. He asked on my behalf the criterions required to be the World’s Shortest Bodybuilder. My friend Tanzeel ur Rehman had made a video on me for his YouTube channel and then later suggested that I apply for the Guinness World Record in 2019. Then the very next year, I bagged my silver. I participated in my first Maharashtra Shree competition in 2017 and while I did not have a podium finish, it helped me work towards improving myself. After my performance, I was applauded and many even took photographs with me backstage.

It was four years later I participated in my first bodybuilding event and instead of giving in to the ridicule, I was determined to perform my best on the stage. Even when I practiced flexing my muscles in front of the mirror in the gym, people made fun of me. For a while I was hesitant in participating in competitions and going on stage to pose as I was afraid that people might mock me.

In 2012, I was introduced to bodybuilding through an event in Dolavali, Raigarh district. Read | Pune: Man posing as army sleuth arrested
