Remo D'Souza

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Remo D'Souza
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Born Ramesh Gopi Nair
(1972-04-02) 2 April 1972 (age 52)[1]
Bangalore, Karnataka, India[1]
Occupation Film actor, director, choreographer
Years active 1995–present
Spouse(s) Lizelle D'Souza
Children Druv
Gabriel
Parent(s) Gopi Nair
Madhaviyamma

Remo D'Souza (real name Ramesh Gopi,[2] born 2 April 1972) is an Indian dancer, choreographer, actor and film director. Although he is mainly involved in choreography, he has also contributed to other Indian film industries, mainly Bengali cinema. He was a judge in the show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa with the Indian actress Madhuri Dixit and the director Karan Johar. Currently he is the "super judge" on the prime time dance show Dance+, on Star Plus, along with Dharmesh Yelande, Shakti Mohan, and Sumeet Nagdev.

His first movie as a director, F.A.L.T.U, was a moderate success at the box office.

He made India's first 3D dance movie, ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance, with contestants from series 1 and 2 of Dance India Dance (Dharmesh Yelande, Salman Khan, Bhavna and Prince) and Prabhu Deva and Lauren Gottlieb from So You Think You Can Dance.[3][4] His next directorial venture, ABCD 2, was released in June 2015. It stars Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor, and Prabhu Deva in lead roles, with Lauren Gottlieb, Raghav Juyal, and Dharmesh Yelande in supporting roles.[5][6] It has grossed Rs. 100 crore within 1 week, having a budget of Rs. 65 crore.[7]

Personal life

Remo hails from Olavakkode, Palakkad, Kerala, where he was born to Gopi and Madhaviyamma Nair. He has an elder brother, Ganesh Gopi, and 3 younger sisters. Because of moving, due to his father's military career, he studied in various parts of India, mainly in the north. He did his schooling in Jamnagar, Gujarat. During his school days, he was an athlete and won prizes in the 100 meter race.

He is married to Lizelle, an Anglo-Indian from Mumbai. Lizelle is a costume designer who has designed costumes for many television shows. They have two sons, Druv and Gabriel. Currently he is residing, with his family, in Andheri West, Mumbai.[8]

Awards

Filmography

As director

Year Film Language Cast Notes
2007 Lal Paharer Katta Bengali Mithun Chakraborty, Rishi, Shankar Chakravarty, Shankar Debnath Unreleased
2011 F.A.L.T.U Hindi Arshad Warsi, Ritesh Deshmukh, Jackky Bhagnani, Puja Gupta, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Angad Bedi
2013 ABCD: Any Body Can Dance Hindi Prabhudeva, Ganesh Acharya and Kay Kay Menon
2015 ABCD 2 Hindi Varun Dhawan, Shraddha Kapoor and Prabhudeva
2016 A Flying Jatt Hindi Tiger Shroff, Jacqueline Fernandez

As Producer

As actor

As choreographer

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Television

References

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  6. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Hindi/Bollywood/News/Shraddha-Kapoor-injures-herself-while-dancing-for-ABCD-2/articleshow/39288650.cms
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  8. ↑ http://www.mangalam.com/women/celebrity/251684?page=0,3
  9. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1150656/#actor
  10. ↑ Dance Plus 2015: Judges, Hosts, Contestants

External links

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