Quick Info
| Profession | Choreographer |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Date of Birth | 02/04/1974 |
| Age | 52 years |
| Birthplace | Bengaluru, India |
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Bio/Wiki
| Real Name | Ramesh Gopi Nair |
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| Nickname | Remo |
Physical Stats & More
| Height | 170 cm |
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| Weight | 60 kg |
| Eye Color | Brown |
| Hair Color | Black |
Educational Qualification(s)
| Applied Mathematics |
Personal Life
| Debut |
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| Religion | Christianity (converted from Hinduism) | ||||||
| Address | Andheri West, Mumbai | ||||||
| Hobbies | Dancing | ||||||
| Controversy | For devotional reasons he banned non-veg food on the sets of ABCD 2. |
Relationships & More
| Marital Status | Married |
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| Affairs/Girlfriends | Lizelle D'Souza |
| Wife | Lizelle D'Souza (Costume designer) |
| Children |
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Family
| Father | Gopi Nair (Air force officer) |
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| Mother | Madhaviyamma (Housewife) |
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Career
| Choreographed over 100 films in Bollywood. | |
| Judge on Dance India Dance (DID) alongside Terence Lewis and Geeta Kapoor. | |
| Judge on Dance Plus for seven consecutive seasons. | |
| Directorial debut in Bengali cinema with Lal Pahare’r Katha (2007). | |
| Won Best Choreographer for 'Sunn Saathiya' from ABCD 2 at the 2016 Screen Awards. | |
| Won Best Find of the Year for Enthiran at the 2011 Vijay Awards. |
Favourites
| Actors |
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| Actress | Madhuri Dixit |
| Dancer | Michael Jackson |
| Color | Black |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. After finishing school in Gujarat, he moved to Mumbai to pursue dance and founded Super Brats dance class at Churni Road with 4 students initially. | |
| 2. During his struggling phase, he resided at Bandra station in Mumbai. | |
| 3. Although he never received formal dance training, he looked up to Michael Jackson as his inspiration. | |
| 4. In 1995, he made his entry into Bollywood as an assistant to choreographer Ahmed Khan on the movie Rangeela. | |
| 5. His first successful pop video was for Sonu Nigam's album Deewana, which received great acclaim, but his breakthrough moment came when he choreographed the song Ishq Samundar in the movie Kaante (2002). | |
| 6. On 11 December 2020, he was hospitalized at Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai following a heart attack. |