Remo D’Souza is one of the most celebrated choreographers and directors in Bollywood. He is known for shows and films like Dance India Dance, ABCD, Street Dancer 3D, among many others. But before fame found him, Remo D’Souza was Ramesh Gopi Nair. While rumours claim he converted to Christianity for his wife, he has now shared the real story behind it.
Remo D’Souza on converting to Christianity
In an interview with Curly Tales, the popular choreographer and dancer shared the real story behind his conversion. He said, “I want to clear one thing. People think that I got converted because of her,” Remo D’Souza said, to which Lizelle D’Souza added, “Yeah, please. It’s not me, it’s not me. I have not taken him away.”
“Before coming to Mumbai, I was in Jamnagar, Gujarat, and I got converted there because I used to do a lot of work for the church. I used to do shows for them, collect clothes, and used to give them a lot of charity. One day Father Davis came and said, ‘Tum itna kuch karte ho church ke liye, tum convert kyun nahin ho jaate? (You do so much for the church, why don’t you convert?)’” he recalled.
On being asked about his parents’ reaction to his decision, the choreographer said, “My cousins and everyone there were Catholics. I asked my dad, ‘Main (convert) karoon kya? (Should I convert to Christianity?)’ He said, ‘Don’t change my name, but do what you want to.’”
Remo D’Souza and Lizelle D’Souza married in 1999 when they were in their 20s. They share sons Adonis and Gabriel. They got married three times, including Hindu and Christian ceremonies.
Lizelle on getting pregnant out of wedlock
In a chat with Curly Tales, Remo revealed that his parents didn’t know about his relationship with Lizelle, and she shared that her father was “completely against it.” In the late 1990s, when living together before marriage was quite taboo, they moved in, and Remo’s parents were completely unaware of it. Lizelle got another shock when she got pregnant out of wedlock, and Remo’s mother was startled to know about it.
When asked how they decided to embrace parenthood before tying the knot, Lizelle said that “it happened with the flow and both of us didn’t realise. When you are 20, you don’t realise. I only have that excuse.”