Remo Fernandes is a famous Indian musician and playback singer, considered one of the pioneers of Indian pop music. He is popular for singing various pop, rock and Indian fusion songs including Jalwa, Humma Humma and O Meri Munni. In 2007, he was awarded the Padma Shri.
Wiki/Biography
Remo Fernandes (69 years old; as of 2022) was born Luis Remo de Maria on Friday, May 8, 1953, in Banajim, Goa, a Portuguese territory (now part of India) Bernardo Fernandes (Luís Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes). He studied at Don Bosco High School, Banajim, Goa, and graduated from Sir JJ School of Architecture, Mumbai with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. When Remo was 5 years old, he appeared on stage for the first time.
Childhood photos of Remo Fernandez with his parents
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye color: dark brown
family
Parents and siblings
His father’s name is Bernardo and his mother’s name is Luisa Fernandez. He has a sister named Belinda who can sing Brazilian songs.
“Noite de Luar” is an old Portuguese song that my mother used to sing. It means “Moonlight Night”. And my father accompanied her on his Portuguese guitar (which I still have). “
Old photos of Remo Fernandez’s parents
Remo Fernandez with his wife, sister and brother-in-law
wife and children
He married a French woman named Michele Delahaye. However, they later divorced. They have two sons named Noah Fernandez and Jonah Fernandez.
Remo Fernandez and his ex-wife Michelle
Remo Fernandez and Jonah Fernandez
On January 26, 2014, Noah (Remo’s son) married Minakshi Damodaran Sundaram.
My son Noah got married to Minakshi Sundaram on January 26th in Kerala. Beautiful ceremony! It feels so good to finally have a daughter! pic.twitter.com/O62Pdy147G
— Remo Fernandes (@RemoFernandes) January 30, 2014
In 2018, Remo married Zenia Santos Costa Pereira. Zenia is a member of Remo’s harmony team.
Remo Fernandez and wife Zenia Santos Costa Pereira
Relationships/Affairs
In his autobiography, he revealed that he had various relationships.
religion
Remo believes in Christianity.
Signature/Autograph
Autograph of Remo Fernandez
Profession
Remo Fernandes started writing love songs at the age of 14. Remo said of his first band in an interview:
When I was in high school in Goa, I formed this band called The Beat 4. I play lead guitar and sing. I also wrote our original compositions, the first one was when I was 14 years old. We won first prizes in most competitions in Goa: Best Group, Best Lead Guitarist and Best Drummer. It was the farewell gig for The Beat 4, which I was breaking up because I was going to Mumbai to study architecture. I think that was in 1970. I was 17 years old. Or it could have been 1969, in which case I would have been 16 years old. “
band members
After a long backpacking trip in Europe, after college, he returned to Goa and was exposed to hippie culture. Later, he met a European band called the Amsterdam Balloon Company. Remo also started playing in concerts at Baga Beach in Goa. In 1981, he performed in Amsterdam with the orchestra’s violinist Lucas Armor and released a record called Venus and the Moon.
Remo Fernandez (centre) at a concert in Goa
Along with bass guitarist Abel, tabla player Lala and percussionist Bondo, he formed his own fusion music band and named it Indiana. Remo was a member of many bands, including “The Microwave Papadums”. On September 19, 2000, three members of The Microwave Papadums, Dharamedra Hirve, Selwyn Pereira and Victor Alvares, and Remo’s personal assistant Sunil Redkar, died in a road accident in Kanpur after a concert.
Remo Fernandez and Microwave Pancakes
In 2002, Remo released two albums “Symphonic Chants” and “India Beyond”. However, these albums went unnoticed in India. His albums “Pack That Smack” and “Bombay City” (both aired on CBS) each sold over 20,000 cassettes. On Remo’s 50th birthday, he performed a reunion concert in Goa with his former bands The Beat 4, Indiana and The Savages, among others. The concert lasted four hours and was attended by 25,000 people. As a member of the band, Remo has performed in many locations including Brazil, Bahrain, New York, Nairobi, Seychelles, Santa Cruz, Mauritius and Margao.
“Remo Fernandez and Microwave Pancakes” will rock West Olim on May 7, 2022
composer
In 1984, Remo recorded his first album, “Goan Crazy”, followed by another in 1985, “Old Goan Gold”. He released the track on a four-track cassette TEAC Portastudio recorder owned by “Goana Records”. On most of Remo’s albums, he played all the instruments, sang all the notes, composed the music, and wrote the lyrics. From the recording engineering to the album cover design, he did it all himself. While his tapes were being made in Mumbai, he went from shop to shop, distributing his tapes in Goa along with postcards, illustrations for a book of poetry titled “Leads” and T-shirts he designed.
Album “Goan Crazy” by Remo Fernandes (1984)
Inspired by Mother Teresa, Remo created a double album titled Teresa and the Slum Bum (2019), which features artists from India, Europe, the United States and 35 British singers
singer
Remo was first recognized as a singer when he sang in front of Rajiv Gandhi at an event. He sang a song called “Hello Rajiv Gandhi” which gained him huge popularity. Remo performed at a fund-raising event for the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy, which was telecast on Doordarshan TV. Remo Fernandes has lent his voice to several Hindi songs, including “Dekho Dekho Yeh Hai Jalwa” in the film Jalwa (1986), “Ek Ho Gaye Hum Aur” in the film Bombay (1994) Tum” as well as “Aflatoon – Aflatoon” in the movie Aflatoon (1997). In 1998, Remo released another music album titled “O Meri Munni” which became a huge success.
Remo Fernandez’s album O Meri Munni (1998)
writer
Remo enjoys writing and has written articles for newspapers and magazines. In 2021, Remo Fernandes wrote an autobiography titled “Remo: The Autobiography of Remo Fernandes”, which tells about his upbringing in Goa, Portugal, his early A passion for music, architectural studies in Mumbai, adventures hitchhiking to Europe and North Africa with an ex. Companion Isa, his return to Goa, marriage to Michele, fatherhood, divorce, a fatal accident involving band members, and his decision to stay in Porto, Portugal.
Remo Fernandez attends book signing event
dispute
In 2015, Remo Fernandes and his son were summoned by the North Goa police after a girl claimed their car hit her and accused Remo of abusing her. The police registered a first information report against Remo under Section 8 of the Goa Children Act, 2003 after recording his statement; however, Remo denied the charges and said he was in Europe at the time of the accident.
Awards and Honors
- 1986 Audience Favorite Award
- Lotus Shili 2007
Remo Fernandes awarded Padma Shri 2007
- Karmaveer Puraskaar 2007
Favorites
- Singer: Elvis Presley, Cliff Richard
- Band: The Shadows, The Rolling Stones
Facts/Trivia
- Remo plays guitar, bamboo flute and synthesizer and sings in English, Hindi, French, Portuguese and Konkani.
- As a young man, he recorded albums at home, wrote and illustrated a book of poetry, and designed postcards and T-shirts. He would drive around on a yellow scooter, handing out tapes of his albums, postcards and T-shirts.
Postcard designed by Remo Fernandes in the early 1980s
- After graduating from college, he spent two and a half years hitchhiking around Europe and North Africa carrying a tent and a backpack, singing, writing songs, poems, and painting in subway stations and pedestrian streets.
- Remo lives in Porto, Portugal, and spends several months each year in his hometown of Goa, India.
- He has always had a keen interest in Indo-Western musical compositions, which is why he tuned his guitar like a sitar. Remo said of the instrument in his autobiography:
If I think of the guitar as male, then the flute is the female that completes it. “
- Remo revealed in an interview that he had always wanted to stay in Goa instead of going to Mumbai to develop his career.
- At the peak of his career, he performed with popular artists such as Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Eurythmics, Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu and Alfred Rose.
Remo Fernandes and Alfred Rose in Margão
- Remo consumes alcoholic beverages and follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- Remo likes to smoke occasionally.
Photos of Remo Fernandez smoking
- He said in interviews that he first felt like a rock star in the late 1980s when girls swarmed the stage after he performed at a Soviet India festival.
- In 2013, he joined the Aam Aadmi Party.
Join AAP. It felt like I was joining a freedom movement rather than a political party! pic.twitter.com/J7q6TjSgbb
— Remo Fernandes (@RemoFernandes) December 29, 2013
- He endorses a number of international brands, including Pepsi-Cola and Shure Microphones (USA).
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