Nach Baliye 9: Shantanu Maheshwari’s GF Nityaami Shirke pens an inspiring note post knee injury & thanks fans

Nach Baliye 9 commenced with a big bang and last week, the jodis performed for the first time for the viewers. Among them, Shantanu Maheshwari and his girlfriend, Nityaami Shirke burned the dance floor with their performance. However, Nityaami had injured her knee 2 days prior to the main performance. But, they continued to perform despite that which aggravated her injury. Later, when Nityaami got her knee checked, the doctors advised her against dancing. There were reports that Shantanu and Nityaami might also quit the show. 

Amidst all this, reports suggested that the couple is not quitting the show and instead will be performing this week as well. Nityaami will be performing on a wheelchair. Fans have been supporting the duo and owing to that, Nityaami penned a heartfelt note for everyone. In the note, Nityaami penned how she felt when she got to know that she cannot dance and even narrated her ordeal. Along with her note, Shantanu’s partner shared a rehearsal video of their performance. 

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Part of what Nityaami wrote is, “Honestly, we’ve been hit with the worst case scenario, but I feel like we have the passion and willingness to work around this. Shantanu, @desihoppers and I, would love to know what you thought about our upcoming performance this week and whether or not you felt our passion on screen. And thank you for aaaalllll the love and support that’s been pouring in regarding this, it means the world to us all!!”

Check out the full post:

This was two days before @shantanu.maheshwari and I performed for the first time together on the #nachbaliye9 stage. Up until this day, there were nerves but mostly just excitement to be able to do our best as a Jodi! Unfortunately, on the day of our first stage rehearsal, I landed wrong after a lift and fell. I knew something was wrong with my knee the minute I fell but I don’t think any of us realised how serious it was. We went on to rehearse later that day, and at this point I didn’t want anything to get in the way of our performance, though I struggled a little as you guys can see here I genuinely feel like where there’s a will, there’s a way. So we powered on, and performed! It was a stressful few days for Our entire team, but post performance when my knee wasn’t improving and I got a scan, we realised I had a near complete ACL tear, my PCL was damaged and I had a tear in my medial miniscus. So when I saw an orthopaedic surgeon, he said forget dancing, even walking was detrimental at this point. When life throws something like this at you, I feel like you have to take the setback and believe that your comeback will be stronger. Honestly, we’ve been hit with the worst case scenario, but I feel like we have the passion and willingness to work around this. Shantanu, @desihoppers and I, would love to know what you thought about our upcoming performance this week and whether or not you felt our passion on screen. And thank you for aaaalllll the love and support that’s been pouring in regarding this, it means the world to us all!! @macedon008 @subhash92_desihopper @mohitantony @dhanshree.yadav

Meanwhile, her partner, Shantanu has been supporting her through the injury. The couple’s dance performance on last week’s episode was loved and the judges Raveena Tandon and Ahmed Khan also liked their act. Amidst all this, it will be interesting to see how Shantanu and Nityaami continue to entertain audiences in the coming weeks. Stay tuned to Pinkvilla for more updates.