“I hope there are some surprises planned on the sets,” says actor Varun Sharma, who turns 31 today, adding he is going to be working on his birthday as that’s the way he likes it. “Being on the sets, filming this beautiful film, Cirkus, celebrating it with the crew will be fun. I wish to be with my family in the evening, cut a cake with them and get back again to face the camera, doing something that I love to do,” says Sharma.

Being a Punjabi, he admits he gets excited for birthdays but adds he likes to be a bit low-key. “Every birthday celebration is special and every year it’s a different vibe. I remember, two years ago, I was shooting in Amritsar and had celebrated my birthday in my home town, Jalandhar with my childhood friends. They came to surprise me, it was so sweet,” he reminisces.

Often people have goals and try to tick them off – be it buying a home, travelling, work or even marriage. So, what goals has he ticked off at 31? “I think I’m very content with the way my life is going. The biggest thing I think I’ve ticked off is my dream of becoming an actor. I got chances to play amazing characters which embedded me in people’s hearts. People smile when they look at me, I think that’s the biggest goal tick-off,” he shares.

Ask if marriage is a goal in the near future and he says, “With the grace of all, my mother has not started to push me for marriage until now.”