Manuj Sharma was deep into filming Vikram Vedha (2022) when he was zeroed in for a part in Guns & Gulaabs. Juggling two extensive shooting schedules, one in Lucknow and the other in Dehradun, was a management nightmare, but the actor’s desire to work with creator duo Raj-DK made him go the extra mile. “I am a huge Raj-DK fan. 99 [2009] is one of my all-time favourite movies, and I watch it on repeat to date. When Guns & Gulaabs came to me, I was afraid I would miss out on the show because of Vikram Vedha’s schedule. But I did everything I could do to fit in the series. Thankfully, both teams cooperated,” says Sharma.

For the actor, it was fascinating to shoot for two projects that had him playing contrasting characters—a cop in Vikram Vedha, and a gangster in the Netflix series. “The only common thing on both the sets was that there were shots fired,” he laughs.