Shantanu Maheshwari, identified for his unimaginable dancing abilities, started his performing profession in 2011 with the favored teen dance present D3 – Dil Dosti Dance. He gained recognition for his position because the protagonist Swayam Shekhawat. Aside from performing, Shantanu can also be a member of the dance crew Desi Hoppers. He made his Bollywood debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi, starring alongside Alia Bhatt.

Now, Shantanu is again along with his performing and dancing abilities within the dance fiction thriller net collection Campus Beats. Because the present not too long ago launched its second season, we obtained on a candid dialog with Shantanu to be taught extra in regards to the collection.

Did the D3-like vibes of Campus Beats affect your choice to tackle the position of Ishaan?

Under no circumstances, really. I imply relating to dancing reveals, I’m very particular, very explicit and I in reality, make it possible for as a result of D3 ran for thus lengthy and folks nonetheless bear in mind me for that position. It is my accountability to do one thing totally different each time I am doing a dance-based undertaking. So, I imply, other than the maker being the identical, that is Palki Malhotra, I do not assume something of Campus Beats is just like D3, I’d say. I imply the present may be very totally different, the friendship factor, faculty factor, you possibly can say, is comparable. However, it’s extremely totally different. The storyline is totally totally different. My character Ishaan is so drastically totally different from Swayam. And, so I feel the explanation why I chosen Campus Beats is due to the beautiful script, and ensemble forged present being true to its requirement i.e. dancers. So now we have uncooked dancers who’re performing for the primary time. So the present is true to its nature and the story is superb and my character may be very difficult. It took lots of time for me to get into the character. So these are the explanations really that I took and went forward with Campus Beats.

Season two delves into the world of dance competitions. How does this evaluate to real-life dance competitions, or are they related in some methods?

I imply, sure, if you end up in faculty if you end up dancing with a crew and all the things, clearly there needs to be one competitors which is a prestigious one. So, you might be making ready for that and also you purpose to win it, you purpose to ace it. So it is just about in a really sensible area and that is how dancers put together for upcoming competitions or reveals that they are doing with particular performances, no matter it’s. I imply, clearly, it is coming from real-life cases the place you’ve got this sort of rivalry occurring, you’ve got this sort of competitors occurring. Typically it is wholesome, generally it is not so however yeah, it comes from that area the place these cases do occur in a contest situation and that is the way you put together.

As a giant D3 fan, I discovered Campus Beats to be fairly nostalgic. Do you assume this nostalgia contributes to the present’s recognition amongst followers?

Possibly in a roundabout way or the opposite. However as I stated earlier, I feel the present may be very totally different. Aside from just a few issues, um, the general, I feel the appear and feel you possibly can say is comparable as a result of it is a breezy present. It is a gentle watch. D3 was a lightweight watch. I do not need to do lots of comparability between D3 and Campus Beats to be sincere as a result of I do not need to… I imply, D3 was D3, you understand, and Campus Beats is one thing very totally different. It is a decade-old present, D3, and that is the current situation. It is a present situation. There are lots of points by way of how social media is so related in in the present day’s occasions and the way a lot affect it holds by way of in the present day’s era.

When it comes to nostalgia worth, I imply, sure, it is an ensemble present. These days, no person makes an ensemble present. So possibly that half, that complete friendship facet, and positively the romance a part of it, I can say, is a notch up than D3. So, yeah, there are lots of parts which were added in Campus Beats in response to the current situation. As I stated, I do not need to evaluate it, however would possibly occur that there is a nostalgia worth, however the present may be very totally different in comparison with D3 and even the characters are very totally different but when it is occurring then I do not know. It really works for the present.

I am completely satisfied that extra individuals are watching it as a result of it is a good present and it deserves a sure type of viewers and recognition and it ought to be appreciated. And I feel these are all actual matters. I imply, these are one thing which might be recurring matters if you end up a youngster or if you end up rising up. So I feel no person tries to cowl it, however I feel it is stunning writing of Palki Malhotra and kudos to her capacity to catch on to the youth and their mindset that she comes up together with her distinctive methods and quirks to the touch these factors and talk about these factors and mess around.

How do you personally join along with your character, Ishaan?

Ishaan and I are very totally different. In my life, I feel I’m very totally different from Ishaan. I really took lots of time to crack this character. It is one among my hardest characters. Due to the truth that it has so many layers and he is not a typical character the place you possibly can simply play unhealthy boy or you possibly can play simply good boy. He has his personal thought course of. He has his personal judgments and way of life by way of how essential his friendship is. What does he really feel about Netra? How he talks about situationship, as a result of he is very clear in his head that it is essential whoever he stays with is aware of about his lifestyle.

Are you able to share any entertaining behind-the-scenes tales from the making of Campus Beats?

Oh, there have been lots of them. They’re all very situational really, so it’s extremely arduous for me to offer you one story as such. However I’ll strive. So there was one sequence the place we did not have the placement. The dance battle scene in Season 2, So we had been in a time crunch and we needed to end a serious chunk. Most of us had been injured and we needed to go all out. So as soon as we completed our dancing and all the things, and we referred to as it a wrap, all of us simply hugged, hugged one another. We had a gaggle hug. All of us had been simply teary as a result of we had been simply so happy with every of us for pulling this off as a result of it was all of us simply enthusiastic about this undertaking and ensuring that we delivered all of us despite our accidents, overlook about that and simply give your greater than 100 per cent, in order that we will full the shoot. In order that was a really emotional second.

Your on-screen chemistry with Shruti is adored by followers. How lengthy did it take for the 2 of you to develop this rapport?

I do not understand how What was the ice break second for us? I feel by default we had been doing lots of scenes collectively after which we used to get little free time. So we used to have these small chit-chat periods and I do not bear in mind which scene was it after which we simply began speaking by way of not simply in regards to the scene, however by way of life and previous experiences and no matter, and anyway, she loves to speak and I do not thoughts listening. She’s a very good human being. So I feel we simply gelled alongside on regular stuff and the friendship simply grew stronger. I actually cannot pinpoint any explicit incident or any explicit scene. I love the type of ardour that she has and the quantity of arduous work that she put in. And it simply occurred progressively. I feel that is the very best factor. And by way of scene-wise and all the things, clearly, we had our workshops and all the things. So, all these issues had been there, however once more, I am not having the ability to pinpoint any such ice-break second or how the chemistry developed and this and that. I actually do not know. It simply occurred naturally, I feel.

What can viewers anticipate in season three of the collection?

Triple of all the things, I’d say. I imply there are going to be lots of ups and downs within the equation. There’s going to be lots of dancing, heaps and plenty of dancing in season three and full ower-packed leisure.