The scene between Samrat and Mayank made me think back to the initial epis of MJHT when they first show these two meeting at the basketball court. Their friendship has come a long way since then with them having gone from competitors to confidants.
They started out as competitors trying to outdo each other by exceling in their own fields. Then Samrat supporting them in the talent parade to the new year's party and then finally I guess their bro-ness really took a different turn with Samrat realizing that Mayu loves Nupur and helping him out with the whole thing. Mayank acting as Samrat and then Samrat convincing Mayank to participate in the play.. Samrat even kept Mayu's secret from Gunjan, his best friend and finally today confiding in Mayank today just showed that now its not just Guru Samrat giving advise to Mayank but they truly can talk to each other like buddies. That scene for me was as good as Gunur's today if not better.