By Gasper Crasto, Kuwait
Kuwait: A new Konkani feature film produced and directed by famous Goan singer Sharon Mazarello is set for release.
Kuwait: A new Konkani feature film produced and directed by famous Goan singer Sharon Mazarello is set for release.
The film entitled 'Tum Kitem Kortolo Aslo?' (What would you do?) has subtitles in English and is passed by the Indian censor board. It will be released in Goa soon.
The cast of the movie includes Sharon Mazarello, Pradip Naik, Franky Gonsalves, Wilmix, Comedy Supremo Humbert, Effie Fernandes, Roseferns, Menino de Bandar, Comedian Edisson, Fermeeno, etc.
Co-producer Wilmix stated that the movie is made for the big screen and international audiences and will not be available on DVDs.
The renowned Goan entertainers - Wilmix and Sharon were finally granted the censor certificate for film but not without amendments. Having completed the shooting at the beginning of this year, this much awaited film apparently ran into some minor trouble for referring to T.V screen stars from the Ekta Kapoor's popular Saas-Bahu serial, in a particular scene, by their names "Parvati" and "Tulsi". Although no such exclusion happened in these soap operas inspite of some extremists protesting the use of these names as they are names of Goddesses within Hindu mythology, our Goan film had to replace these specifications.
"We were shocked to find out that our film, that has absolutely nothing obscene or anything like that, was stalled by the censor board for such a reason," commented screen play writer-director and lead artiste in the film, Sharon Mazarello.
"We do not want to hurt anybody's sentiments; it was never our intention anyways," quoted Wilmix who just arrived back in Goa after doing the changes in the film as prescribed by the censor board.
Apparently, in this scene, the salesman played by Fermeeno Goes mentions 'Parvati' and 'Tulsi' denoting popular stars from Ekta Kapoor's soap operas, in his attempt to convince the customers saying that these silver screen celebrities too, use the products he sells. As per Fermeeno's character on the script, he is a salesman who sells almost anything and everything to anyone and everyone.
Insistently disagreeing with the stance of the censor board, assistant director Claron Mazarello felt that while the movie is 'thought provoking' and meant to open people's minds towards things they are otherwise very conservative about, this move by the censors was uncalled for as there was absolutely nothing derogatory with the mentioned salesman's scene.
The audio release of this movie is slated for August 15, while the premiere date is yet to be decided. "It is due, somewhere around the first week of November and the film is also offered for screening at IFFI this year, besides the Konkani convention in Mangalore organized by the Mandd Shobann starting November 25," revealed Sharon.
Finally, however, it's an "all clear" signal for "TUM KITEM KORTOLO ASLO?".
Music for the film is credited to Balthazar Fernandes (ex-assistant to Kalyanji-Anandji) while Wilmix has penned the lyrics and set it to tunes.
The cinematography is attributed to Domnic Dias.
Trivia: 'Tum Kitem Kortolo Aslo?'
The feature film is the first Konkani film to be directed by a woman and first Konkani film that is 100% Goan (i.e. Producer, Director, Screenplay-Writer, Cinematographer, Music Director, Editor, Choreographer, Musicians , Singers , Actors and entirely shot in Goa. It's the first Konkani film to use professional choreography, also involving Goan Fire-Dancers. It's the first Konkani Film to use an Orchestra of 35 Goan Musicians and the first Goan film with a Dolby-Sound.
Wilmix and Sharon Mazarello
:::About the Producer and Director:::
The husband and wife team of Wilmix-Sharon does not need much introduction to Konkani drama / tiatro goers, as both over the years with their talents have made their presence felt among the Konkani speaking audiences.
Wilmix Wilson Mazarello traced his roots to acting in Village concerts and then acting in professional tiatros around 1970. He has written and directed tiatros, one act plays for Radio & TV and also composed and sung numerous songs.
Wilmix has published Konkani tiatros namely "Sukti-Bhorti", "Durig", etc and also published a book in English entitled '100 Years of Konkani Tiatro', illustrating the history of Konkani tiatros.
Sharon Melancia Mazarello has been singing professionally for the last 25 years and has earned international fame for her melodious voice. She is a household name in the music world of Goa, having performed and sung on Radio, Television, Tiatro Stage, Musical shows, audio cassettes, CD's and Video films including playback singing for Konkani feature films.
Earlier in her career, Sharon has sung for leading bands in Mumbai, singing pop, rock, blues, and folk music in English, Hindi, Konkani and Portuguese.
She is an accomplished musician too, having done her Music Theory through the Trinity College of Music, London. She has won several Awards and accolades wherever she performed earning herself the title – 'The Voice of Goa'.
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