Gaurav Gera's moment under the sun for his performance in Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar feels like a personal victory for Mona Singh, his co-star and friend from the days of hit daily soap Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin. Singh and Gera featured as best friends Jassi and Nandu in the popular TV show that ran from 2003 to 2006, and have remained close friends and each other's biggest cheerleaders off-screen ever since.

In Dhurandhar, a two-part spy saga, Gera played Mohammad Aalam, an Indian spy working undercover as a juice vendor in the Lyari area of Pakistan's Karachi, secretly assisting Ranveer Singh's Hamza Ali Mazari to infiltrate the gang of Akshaye Khanna's Rehman Dakait. "Of course, it does (feel like personal victory). I feel so proud of him. He's worked very hard and he deserves all the appreciation and accolades coming his way. He's always been there when my shows are released, giving his inputs, telling me what he liked, what he didn't like," Singh told PTI in an interview. "So, I'm the same for him. We're both celebrating each other's success," added the actor.