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Salman Khan-starrer Race 3 minted money at the box office, but its commercial success failed to make Remo D'Souza's creative mind happy, leaving him scarred by the criticism and trolls against the movie. Race 3 has been a learning experience for Remo.
Having started his career as a choreographer in 1995, Remo made his debut as a film director in 2011. From making India's first ever 3D dance film to bringing about a change in the choreography in Indian cinema with dance numbers like Badtameez Dil, Sunn Saathiya, Deewani Mastani and Pinga for some of the star-studded films.
He has choreographed for actors like Varun Dhawan, Deepika Padukone, Shradhha Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra among others.
Apart from Flying Jatt, all of Remo's works have earned a good response at the box office -- whether it was ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, ABCD 2 or more recently Race 3.
However, the success of Race 3 is not something he has been able to enjoy to the fullest. He explained: "Looking at the commercial success, I should be feeling happy, isn't it? Because when I signed the film, I knew that it is a commercial film, so a good box office collection is all the project aimed for. But my heart broke when the film faced trolls and audience made fun of it on the Internet.”
"I am a creative person. I am emotional and sensitive. I cannot take those trolls so sportingly to say 'I don't care'. I do care, of course, those trolls affected my mind," said the director, who is gearing up for the new season of the dance reality show Dance Plus, a reality show which goes on air on Star Plus from 21 September.
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