Remo Fernandes is a famous Indian musician and playback singer, considered one of the pioneers of Indian pop music. She is popular for singing various pop, rock and Indian fusion songs including Jalwa, Humma Humma and O Meri Munni. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2007.
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Remo Fernandes was born Luis Remo de Maria Bernardo Fernandes on Friday, 8 May 1953 (age 69 years; as of 2022) in Panjim, Portuguese territory of Goa (now in India). He did his schooling from Don Bosco High School in Panaji, Goa and graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Sir JJ College of Architecture, Mumbai. When Remo was 5 years old, he appeared on stage for the first time.
Remo Fernandes’ childhood picture with his parents
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
Eye colour: dark brown
Family
parents and siblings
His father’s name is Bernardo and mother’s name is Luiza Fernandes. He has a sister named Belinda who sings Brazilian songs.
‘Noite de Luar’ was an old Portuguese song that my mother used to sing. It means ‘moonlit night’. While my father accompanied him on his Portuguese guitar (which I still have).
An old picture of Remo Fernandes’ parents
Remo Fernandes with his wife, sister and brother-in-law
wife and children
He married a French woman named Michelle Delahaye; However, they later got divorced. They have two sons named Noah Fernandes and Jonah Fernandes.
Remo Fernandes with his ex-wife Michelle
Remo Fernandes and Jonah Fernandes
On 26 January 2014, Noah (Remo’s son) got married to Meenakshi Damodaran Sundaram.
My son Noah married Meenakshi Sundaram in Kerala on 26 January. Beautiful ceremony! It feels great, I finally have a daughter! pic.twitter.com/O62Pdy147G
– Remo Fernandes (@RemoFernandes) 30 January 2014
In 2018, Remo married Xenia Santos Costa Pereira. Xenia is part of Remo’s backing vocals team.
Remo Fernandes with his wife Xenia Santos Costa Pereira
relationships/affairs
In his autobiography, he revealed that he had been in various relationships.
Religion
Remo follows Christianity.
signature/autograph
Remo Fernandes’ autograph
livelihood
Remo Fernandes started composing love songs at the age of 14. Talking about his first band in an interview, Remo said,
When I was in high school in Goa, I formed this group called The Beat 4. I played lead guitar and sang. I also composed my own original compositions, my first at the age of 14. We won first prize in most of the competitions in Goa: for best group, best lead guitarist and best drummer. It was The Beat 4 farewell show, as I was disbanding the group as I was going to Mumbai to study architecture. I think it was in 1970. I was 17 years old. Or it could have been 1969, in which case I was 16 years old.
band member
After his long backpacking trip to Europe, after college, he returned to Goa and got involved with the hippie culture. Later, he met a group from a European band called the Amsterdam Balloon Company. Remo also started attending his concerts at Baga Beach in Goa. In 1981, he performed in Amsterdam with the group’s violinist Lucas Amor and released a record called Venus and the Moon.
Remo Fernandes (centre) during a concert in Goa.
He formed his own band fusion music with bass guitarist Abel, tabla player Lala and percussionist Bondo and named it Indiana. Remo has been a part of many bands including ‘The Microwave Papadams’. On 19 September 2000, three members of the band Microwave Papadams, Dharmendra Hirve, Selwyn Perera and Victor Alvares, along with Remo’s personal assistant Sunil Redkar, were killed in a road accident in Kanpur after a concert.
Remo Fernandes and Microwave Pappadums
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 on CBS) sold over 20,000 cassettes each. On Remo’s 50th birthday, he held a reunion concert in Goa with his former bands like The Beat 4, Indiana and The Savages. The concert was attended by 25,000 people and lasted for four hours. As a band member, Remo performed in many places including Brazil, Bahrain, New York, Nairobi, Seychelles, Santa Cruz, Mauritius and Margao.
‘Remo Fernandes and The Microwave Pappadums’ to rock Seoul on 7th May 2022
musician
In 1984, Remo recorded his debut album Goan Crazy, followed by another album titled Old Goan Gold in 1985. They released this track under the banner of ‘Goanna Records’ on a four-track cassette TEAC PortaStudio recorder. In most of Remo’s albums, he played all the instruments, sang all the notes, composed the music and wrote the lyrics. From engineering the recordings to designing the album covers, he did it all himself. When his cassettes were manufactured in Mumbai, he would go from one shop to another in Goa and distribute his cassettes in Goa along with postcards, an illustrated book of his poems called Leads and T-shirts designed by him. Were.
Album titled Goan Crazy (1984) by Remo Fernandes
After being inspired by Mother Teresa, Remo composed a double album titled Teresa and the Slum Bum (2019), which featured 35 singers from India, Europe, the United States and the UK.
singer
Remo first gained recognition as a singer when he sang in front of Rajiv Gandhi at an event. He sang a song titled ‘Hello Rajiv Gandhi’, which gained him immense popularity. Remo performed at a fundraiser for the Bhopal gas tragedy victims, which was telecast on Doordarshan. Remo Fernandes lent his voice to many Hindi songs including ‘Dekho Dekho Ye Hai Jalwa’ from the film Jalwa (1986), ‘Ek Ho Gaye Hum Aur Tum’ from the film Bombay (1994) and ‘Aflatoon-Aflatoon’ from the film Bombay (1994). Aflatoon (1997). In 1998, Remo released another music album named ‘O Meri Munni’, which became a huge hit.
Remo Fernandes’ album ‘O Meri Munni’ (1998).
Author
Remo is fond of writing and has written articles for newspapers and magazines. In 2021, Remo Fernandes wrote his autobiography titled Remo: The Autobiography of Remo Fernandes, in which he wrote about his journey, including his upbringing in Portuguese Goa, early passion for music, studying architecture in Bombay, East Including hitchhiking tours in Europe and North Africa. Partner Isa, his return to Goa, marriage to Michel, fatherhood, divorce, a fatal accident with his band members, and his decision to live in Porto, Portugal.
Remo Fernandes at his book signing event
Controversy
In 2015, Remo Fernandes and his son were called by the North Goa Police after a girl alleged that their car had hit her, and she accused Remo of verbally abusing her. The police filed a first information report against Remo under Section 8 of the Goa Children Act, 2003 after recording the girl’s statement; However, Remo denied the allegations and said that he was in Europe at the time of the accident.
Awards and Honors
- Audience Favorite Award 1986
- padmashree 2007
Remo Fernandes received the Padma Shri award in 2007
- Karmaveer Award 2007
Favorite
- Singer:Elvis Presley,Cliff Richard
- Band: The Shadows, The Rolling Stones
Facts/General Knowledge
- Remo plays guitar, bamboo flute and synthesizer and sings in English, Hindi, French, Portuguese and Konkani languages.
- When he was young, he recorded albums at home, wrote and illustrated a book of poems, and designed postcards and T-shirts. He traveled around on a yellow scooter and distributed cassettes of his albums, postcards and T-shirts.
A postcard designed by Remo Fernandes in the early 80s
- After graduating from college, he traveled for two and a half years with a tent and haversack in Europe and North Africa, singing in underground stations and around pedestrian streets, writing songs and poems, and sketching.
- Remo lives in Porto, Portugal and spends a few months every year in his hometown, Goa, India.
- He always had a keen interest in Indo-Western compositions, which is why he tuned his guitar like a sitar. Talking about musical instruments in his autobiography, Remo said,
If I saw the guitar as male, the flute was the female one that completed it.
- During an interview, Remo told that he always wanted to live in Goa instead of going to Mumbai to pursue his career.
- At the peak of his career, he performed with many popular artists like Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Eurythmics, Zakir Hussain, Trilok Gurtu and Alfred Rose.
Remo Fernandes with Alfred Rose in Margo
- Remo consumes alcoholic beverages and follows a non-vegetarian diet.
- Remo likes to smoke sometimes.
A photo of Remo Fernandes smoking
- During an interview, he shared that in the late 1980s, he felt like a rockstar for the first time when girls ran on the stage after his performance at the Festival of India in the USSR.
- In 2013 he joined the Aam Aadmi Party.
Joined Aam Aadmi Party. I feel as if I have joined not a political party but a freedom movement! pic.twitter.com/J7q6TjSgbb
– Remo Fernandes (@RemoFernandes) 29 December 2013
- He has endorsed some international brands including Pepsi and Sure Microphone (USA).
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