They share a bunch of common friends but this is the first time Avik Chatterjee, 25, and Ishaan Bahl, 24, are meeting each other. “Whenever I'd go to Liv [Kala Ghoda pub] with my friends, they'd call him to put us on the guest list. I can't believe we haven't met before,” admits Chatterjee, as he sits next to Bahl in the lush green al fresco section of a chic Bandra restaurant.

Avik Chatterjee (left) and Ishaan Bahl at Su Casa, Bandra Reclamation. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar