Choreographer Remo D’Souza, wife Lizelle & five others booked for cheating dance troupe of Rs 11.96 crore- Report

Choreographer Remo D’Souza – has choreographed hit songs for movies like Chameli, Dhoom, Rock On!!, Bajirao Mastani, Student Of The Year and more, has found himself in a legal soup. As per reports doing the rounds, the choreographer-director as well as his wife Lizelle and several others have been accused of cheating a dance troupe of nearly Rs 12 crore over the course of 6 years. Read on to know the claims.

Remo D’Souza, Lizelle accused of cheating

As reported by PTI, a 26-year-old dancer has filed a cheating case against choreographer Remo D’Souza, his wife Lizelle and five other people. The dancer accused the couple of cheating him and his dance troupe of a whopping Rs 11.96 crore. The cheating case was registered at the Mira Road Police Station on October 16. As per the report, the police have filed the case against the accused under section 465 (forgery), 420 (cheating), and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.

The FIR claims that the dancer and his troupe were allegedly cheated between 2018 and July 2024. The complainant notes that the dance group had participated in a reality TV show and even won, but the accused falsely represented themselves as the troupe’s owners and claimed the prize money of Rs 11.96 crore. Apart from D’Souza and his wife, the case has also accused Omprakash Shankar Chouhan, Rohit Jadhav, Frame Production Company, Vinod Raut, a policeman, and Ramesh Gupta. The authorities are currently investigating the case.

Apart from being a choreographer, Remo D’souza has been a judge on many dance reality shows such as Dance India Dance, Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa, Dance Ke Superstars, Dance Plus, Dance Champions, India’s Best Dancer, DID Little Master, and DID Super Moms. Remo – who has also directed several films, is gearing up for the release of his Prime Video film Be Happy, starring Abhishek Bachchan and Inayat Verma. The movie also stars Nora Fatehi, Nassar, Johny Lever and Harleen Sethi.

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