Biographie
. Actor
. Self employed
. Born and brought up in Gorakhpur, UP
. Age 54
. Post graduate in Dramatics from Bhartendu Academy of Dramatic Arts, Lucknow, and is trained under Sir Ebrahim Alkazi of National School of Drama, New Delhi.
. Worked with eminent directors like Anupam Kher, Om Puri, Annu Kapoor, Hemendra Bhatia, Sir Raj Bisaria, M.K. Raina, Probeer Guha, Annu Kapoor, Alopi Verma etc. for various national and international theatre productions. A few of them are: Seagull, Three Sisters, Royal Hunt of the Sun, etc.
. Under Nepathya, a theatre production company, Shantanu acted and directed several national and international plays like Pinchu Aur Joker, Andher Nagari, Thank you Mr. Glad, The Adventures of Fuitu and Tweefi, Honeymoon, Kahan Ho Fakirchand, Rashomon, Chhaliya, Baqi Itihaas.. etc.
. acted in several popular television series in pivotal roles with known production houses such as UTV and Shashisumeet Productions. , . Hosted a television reality show Kya Rahasya Kya Haquikat.
. Was the voice of Big Boss for season 2&3.
. Did ample of television commercials, such as: Pantaloons, IPL, Amazon, Valvoline Engine Oil, Cycle Agarbatti, Nector.com, Brahmaputra Tea, Satyam Online, Officer's Choice, Lenovo Laptop, Suzuki Access 125, BankBazar.com, Kotak home loans, Symphony coolers, Amstrad All Season AC and many more.
