Born in Kolkata, Shantanu Maheshwari is a young television actor, dancer and choreographer. He debuted in the show Dil Dosti Dance on Channel Vas Swayam Shekawat, the protagonist. He is also a part of the dance crew Desi
Hoppers who were the winners in the World of Dance 2015 Championship in Los Angeles.Currently, he is a contestant in Fear

Currently, he is a contestant in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi Season 8.

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Q How has your experience in Khatron Ke Khiladi?

Shooting for KKK in Spain was an awesome experience. A month full of crazy challenges, tough stunts, lots of
learning, new friends and an amazing destination to explore as well! It feels really good as through the journey I definitely could overcome the high intensity of most of my fears, which soon became quite low. So now just hoping
for the best!Q What do you have to say about

Q What do you have to say about Rohit Shetty?He is a really cool person and an awesome

He is a really cool person and an awesome host, who was quite strict with us at times too. He was always great
in motivating the contestants before each stunt!Q Who are your favourite contestants

Q Who are your favourite contestants and why?We all bonded quite well over the one

We all bonded quite well over the one month together in Spain! I am really happy to say that I met some really good friends like Shibani Dandekar, Monica Dogra, Karan Wahi, Rithvik Dhanjani, Ravi Dubey, Nia Sharma and Manveer Gujjar.QHow was it to be in the Asian Battleground

Q How was it to be in the Asian Battleground in Malaysia as a part of the only Indian dance crew?We were the only Indian dance

We were the only Indian dance crew to represent India at the Asian Battleground in Malaysia, recently. It was a great experience dancing and bonding with other dance crews from around the world. Overall, it was an awesome experience, with a lot of learning about other dance styles as well.Q Share your experience

Q Share your experience in Los Angeles at WOD 2017.It felt awesome to be

It felt awesome to be back on the World of Dance stage again this year. We gave a special performance
at the place where it all began for us, two years ago! It was indeed great to see so many people remember us this time. We absolutely enjoyed putting up our act, and loved the fact that they enjoyed watching us.QWere you excited when you got

Q Were you excited when you got to know that you would be starring in the first episode of Big F Season
2? What was it like?Big F was something different, and

Big F was something different, and it was a nice experience overall to work on something with a different concept.Working on

Working on episodics are always fun, as they are just like mini movies. It also felt great to know that host of the show Randeep Hooda had appreciated and liked my performance.QHow does it feel like coming back

QHow does it feel like coming back to your hometown,Kolkata? What are the changes?It’s always great to be back home!

It’s always great to be back home! And with my dance crew! I am absolutely enjoying moving around the city freely,
visiting a few old friends and of course eating the roadside Phuchka. Though, yes the traffic in the city has drastically
increased.QCould you share about the recent

Q Could you share about the recent dance workshop that you and your crew conducted in the city?We conducted our 2nd Street

We conducted our 2nd Street Mation Dance workshop, for the people of Kolkata! The response like before,
has been great! We always look forward to more such workshops here in the near future.