10 Famous Celebrities Who Were Background Dancers Prior To Stardom

6 Remo D’Souza

Like every other man trying to make it big, Remo D’Souza has also gone through various highs and lows in his life. But neither he ever compromised on his dreams when things were not going his way, nor he led success go into his head after achieving so much name and fame in life and hitting the big league. Today, we know Remo D’Souza as one of the most successful and highest paid choreographers and directors of Bollywood. But how many of us know his struggle and perseverance behind reaching where he stands today. He used to work as a background dancer in films once. You can see him in many songs of the late 1990s.

After working as a choreographer in many films, Remo turned director with ‘F.A.L.T.U’ (2011), which was received well by the audience. He then decided to direct India’s first dance film called ‘ABCD – AnyBody Can Dance’ (2013), with contestants from season 1 and season 2 of Dance India Dance, a dance reality show co-judged by Remo. Despite its niche theme, the movie did well at the ticket window, prompting the director to come up with its sequel, ‘ABCD 2’ (2015), with a bigger star cast that had the liked of Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. He is currently working on his next directorial ‘Race 3’, which stars Salman Khan, Jacqueline Fernandez, Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor, Daisy Shah and Saqib Saleem. From working as a background dancer to directing stars like Varun Dhawan and Salman Khan in his films, Remo D’Souza has really come a long way.

TRIVIA: Before turning an independent choreographer, Remo assisted Ahmed Khan for over a year.