Shantanu Maheshwari started with a dance reality show, Dance India Dance. Later, he moved on to do television shows, web shows and also represented India on international dance platforms. He has done many youth shows on the television and has won hearts with his innocent looks and dance moves. The actor-dancer has participated in the dance reality show, Nach Baliye 9 with his partner, Nityaami Shirke.

While rehearsing for the first episode with Shantanu Maheshwari, Nityaami had a wrong fall and she got herself injured. They were practising for their stage show and while dancing Nityaami landed in the wrong position after a lift, badly injuring her knee! The event proved to be quite unfortunate but Nityaami did not give up. She took the incident in her stride and believes that she and Shantanu will overcome this and look at the positives.