REMO GOES BALLROOM DANCING

The musical marks his choreographer-assistant Stanley D'Costa's directorial debut.

Mirror had earlier reported (June 8) that Remo D'souza is kick-starting prep on his yetto-be-titled next, featuring Sooraj Pancholi and Ajay Devgn. Now, we hear the choreographerdirector is also producing a musical which launches his choreographer-assistant, Stanley D'Costa as director and features dance reality show winners, Shakti Mohan and Salman Yusuff Khan, in the lead.

"It's a love story with ballroom dancing at its core. I had planned to make a film around the dance form during ABCD in 2012, it is a long-standing dream. We will go on the floors by the year-end. Some well-known international dancers will be flown in to be part of the film," Remo informed Mirror.

The 44-year-old dancer-filmmaker reveals that his leading lady who features alongside him on his dance-based reality show, Dance Plus, was an obvious choice for the film.

"I have seen Shakti grow from a contestant to a mentor on the show. I always believed that she was made for the big screen. I promised to cast her in one of my films when she won her first reality show. I'm fulfilling that promise now," he signs off.