Seen above is one scene of cruelty
Since this Tiatro is
going to be staged all over Goa, around 40 Shows as per the information, I
refrain from disclosing the full story in details but just a gist.
The story is
surrounded on three households, well knit neighbours belonging to the three
religious communities, namely Hindu, Christian and Muslim. They reside in an
area where there is no need to have partition of compound wall. However, gradually, due to the infiltration
in their domain of Satanic Hindu fanatics under the leadership of one Pundalik,
the peace in that area is disturbed leading to communal disharmony. But, at
last everyone involved in this disharmony realized their mistake. To see how this happened, one has to watch
this Tiatro. The role of Pundalik was nicely played by Andrew who depicts no
resemblance of Muthalik.
Seen above 2nd, is Andrew as Pundalik
In late sixties, to
challenge the "dadagiri" of Dayananda Bandodcar and to humiliate him, in his
Tiatro “Bondolist”, Nelson Afonso introduced one character exactly similar to
Bandodcar in shape, face and looks. At least Tousif de Navelim was much
considerate in this respect but Nelson was not for Bandodcar. Playing the role of a Hindu woman,
seasoned character artiste Jane excelled very well. During her stay in Kuwait for over a decade
she acted in many Tiatros doing different roles and for that matter extremely
well especially in the Tiatros staged by the late Rosary Ferns. She also
performed in Mando Festivals we organized in Kuwait proving to be a very good
singer. The others who played their roles well were veteran Anil Kumar,
Ortencio, Teotonio as Police Inspector and the director himself.
Seen above are comedians Neto & Ortencio
In the comedy
segment which had no link with the main story, acrobatic comedian Neto produced
peals of laughter in the hall. He is the
natural comedian and currently he according to my observation is one of the top
comedians. Neto was ably supported in the
comedy part by his comedy partner Ortencio. This pair currently makes a very
good comedians partnership
In the Side Show
songs there was a good mixture of Solos and other categories in which every
singer performed well. Though some of the big names in the industry were
missing yet their absence went totally unnoticed without any importance mainly because
of the high quality of the play that totally captivated the minds of the
attendees.
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One more scene
During the interval,
three special invitees namely Mr. Nilkan, Mr. Tomazinho Cardoso and Mr. Kamat were brought to the Stage to say
a few words. In their short speeches,
all three of them showered fabuluous praises on Tousif de Navelim assuring him
of their comfort. But as somebody
remarked after the Show, where was this trio sleeping when the first Show at
Margao was on the verge of collapse?
While concluding the
Show, the writer and director of the Tiatro, in folded hands going on his knees
and thanking the people for their total support to him, asked the Goans never
to allow Akantvadis to destroy Goa.
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.
