India, April 23 -- As Sidhant Gupta turns a year older today, he admits that the day is a bit more special for him as it comes at the heels of two back-to-back successes -Freedom At Midnight and Black Warrant. "I do miss my friends and family as they're all in Jammu. I wish I was there, or they were here, but I'm working so that makes it special," the actor says.

As he turns 36, Sidhant Gupta mentions that it has been the first time in his career that he has had two projects released in such quick succession. But he is overwhelmed with the love that has come his way and agrees that it has changed the perception of him that people had. "People are seeing me in a different light, which is what I really wanted out of the choices that I made...