Remo D'Souza suffers a heart attack; admitted to Kokilaben Hospital

Choreographer and director Remo D’Souza has been admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai after suffering a heart attack. The filmmaker underwent surgery and “is doing fine”, confirmed a family friend.

“On Friday morning Remo was admitted at the Kokilaben Hospital following some heart issue. There were some blockages due to which an Angioplasty was performed by the doctors. Now he is doing fine according to the doctors. We are here, he is my family friend and we assure that please do not worry, everything is under control,” Remo’s friend Mahesh Kukreja told IANS.

As the news floated that the Dance India Dance judge and ABCD filmmaker has taken ill there were concerns expressed on social media.

Mahesh Kukreja is Remo’s partner on the BLive Music label and together they have released the video ‘Log Kya Kahenge’, last month.

D’Souza made his directorial debut with the campus-comedy FALTU in 2011 and went on to direct films like ABCD, ABCD 2, A Flying Jatt, among others. He has been associated with Hindi Cinema for more than 25 years. He was one of the back dancers in Rangeela and also acted in a brief role as one of Akshay Kumar’s friends in Aflatoon in 1997.

Remo D’Souza’s last directorial was Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor-starrer Street Dancer 3D.

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Edited by mid-day online desk, with inputs from IANS