Remo D'Souza worked with newcomers in his last film ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance
Mumbai:
Ace choreographer-turned-directorRemo D'Souza, who proved himself as a filmmaker by deliveringtwo hit films, wants to work with the Khans someday.
Remo made his debut as a director in Bollywood withFaltu, a fun campus film starring Jackky Bhagnani, PujaGupta, Arshad Warsi and Ritesh Deshmukh in the lead roles.
His next film was ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance, a 3Ddance movie. It had Prabhu Deva and Ganesh Acharya in keyroles and also a few participants of dance reality show DanceIndia Dance.
Both the films had relatively new actors but despitethat they managed to garner good response.
"Star power is important as before the release thereis a strong buzz. I would love to work with stars. I want towork with all the Khans and Kapoor. One day when these starswill realise that I am worth it, may be then they will workwith me. Till now I feel I have to prove a lot, so as of now Iam happy with newcomers," Remo told PTI.
With the kind of positive response that his two filmsgot, the industry's perception towards Remo has changed tosome extent.
"Things have changed a lot. They (industry people)take me more seriously now. Earlier they thought I am just achoreographer. So when I used to tell people I want to directfilms nobody took me seriously," he said.
"It was after the box office success of Faltu andABCD that industry people are taking me seriously. I amhappy about it," he said.
Remo now has on hand a film backed by Karan Johar.
"I am doing action film that Karan Johar and UTVMotion Pictures are backing. This film stars SiddharthMalhotra. Then I have ABCD sequel which will go on floors inDecember. We will more or less retain the cast - Prabhu Deva,Ganesh Acharya and others. We will also get internationalstars for the sequel," he said.
"Vashu Bhagnani (producer of Faltu) and I haven'tmet for long time. But Faltu sequel is also in pipeline," headded.
Remo made his debut as a director in Bollywood withFaltu, a fun campus film starring Jackky Bhagnani, PujaGupta, Arshad Warsi and Ritesh Deshmukh in the lead roles.
His next film was ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance, a 3Ddance movie. It had Prabhu Deva and Ganesh Acharya in keyroles and also a few participants of dance reality show DanceIndia Dance.
Both the films had relatively new actors but despitethat they managed to garner good response.
"Star power is important as before the release thereis a strong buzz. I would love to work with stars. I want towork with all the Khans and Kapoor. One day when these starswill realise that I am worth it, may be then they will workwith me. Till now I feel I have to prove a lot, so as of now Iam happy with newcomers," Remo told PTI.
With the kind of positive response that his two filmsgot, the industry's perception towards Remo has changed tosome extent.
"Things have changed a lot. They (industry people)take me more seriously now. Earlier they thought I am just achoreographer. So when I used to tell people I want to directfilms nobody took me seriously," he said.
"It was after the box office success of Faltu andABCD that industry people are taking me seriously. I amhappy about it," he said.
Remo now has on hand a film backed by Karan Johar.
"I am doing action film that Karan Johar and UTVMotion Pictures are backing. This film stars SiddharthMalhotra. Then I have ABCD sequel which will go on floors inDecember. We will more or less retain the cast - Prabhu Deva,Ganesh Acharya and others. We will also get internationalstars for the sequel," he said.
"Vashu Bhagnani (producer of Faltu) and I haven'tmet for long time. But Faltu sequel is also in pipeline," headded.
