Bollywood / Choreographer-director Remo D'souza suffers heart attack aged 46, hospitalised

Choreographer-director Remo D'souza has suffered a heart attack and is currently admitted in Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai. His wife Lizelle D'souza told Indian Express, "It was a blockage. Doctors have done angiography...Please pray." The 46-year-old, who last directed the film 'Street Dancer 3D', is said to be stable.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Dec 11, 2020, 06:17 PM
MUMBAI: Choreographer-director Remo D'Souza suffered a heart attack and was immediately rushed to a hospital in Mumbai on Friday (December 11). According to sources close to the family, the 46-year-old director is in the Intensive Care Unit of the Kokilaben hospital.

"He had a heart attack. There was a blockage. For now, doctors have done angiography and he is currently in the ICU," sources told PTI. The hospital sources said the 'Race 3' director was admitted today afternoon.

"He's stable now and under observation," sources added.

46-year-old D'Souza is one of the leading choreographers working in Bollywood, after having worked on films such as 'Tum Bin', 'Kaante', 'Dhoom', 'Rock On' and 'Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani'.

As a director, he has made movies such as 'F.A.L.T.U', 'ABCD', 'A Flying Jatt', 'Race 3' and most recently 'Street Dancer'.

He has also judged several dance reality shows like 'Dance India Dance', 'Dance Plus' and 'Jhalak Dikhlaja'.