In the Facebook yesterday, prominent writer/journalist
Daniel D’Souza wrote thus:
“As a senior writer director and
playwright, I have high regards for Patrick Dourado. It was with this respect,
after a fairly long time I ventured to go and see his latest tiatr ‘Mhozo
Sangati Tho’ showing at the Ravindra Bhavan Baina, Vasco this afternoon. It was
shocking to see the comedy sequence between comedian Brayan and comedian Luis
Bach’chan wherein they openly display a ladies nightie, a black coloured ladies
slip, and a red ladies brassier to evoke cheap laughter...”
There was a time when this beautiful art of Tiatro went into the hands
of third grade Tiatrists who used the Tiatro Stage to release thru their filthy tongues and actions nothing but filth
and vulgarity. It was during this period
that educated and elite class of Goans stopped from going to see the
Tiatros. So much so, the decent people
even stopped moving with Tiatrists and also stopped having their
friendships. Good and decent families
then stopped getting their daughters married to Tiatrists because of their low caliber
discipline. These Tiatrists were
Drunkards, Sex maniacs, ruffians, rowdies, jobless and irresponsible.
Seeing this state of affairs of these Tiatrists, Joa Agostinho Fernandes who is called Pai
Tiatrist, sitting on the grass ground at Azad Maidan in Bombay was found crying
When asked why he was crying, replied
Pai Tiatrist thus, “I am crying to see to what level our Tiatros are brought by
the “Rostad” Tiatrists. This art of
Tiato is a great art which was created by Lucazinho Ribeiro and we carried it forward with noble principle for noble artistes and
for noble audience. But sadly it is gone
now into the hands of “Rostad” Tiatrists who bring it a very bad name”.
During those days the decent and
elite parents would never easily allow their sons to act in the Tiatros. Acting in Tiatros means lowering one’s family
status. During those days Tiatrists were
equated with prostitutes in the sense that the way the services of prostitutes are
sought for few hours, in the same way
Tiatrists were admired for few hours till the end of Tiators. They were called the Kings of three hours but
after this period they were rejected by the decent society because of their
indecent acts and vulgarity displayed on the Stage.
Once in my village, my father as a contractor organized one Tiatro of
Bombay troupe where the late C. Alvares rendered a duet with Philomena
Braz. In this duet Alvares sings one
line thus “Aum poddlam tujea mogan pun azunui shot marunk na Golan”. Listening to this statement, Rostad audience
applauded Alvares but decent ones condemned it, so much so, some decent persons from the
audience came to my father and told him to convey their disgust to Alvares saying
such a terminology does not suit him especially when Alvares is enjoying top status
in the Tiatro world.
In Kuwait nobody wrote reviews of Tiatros as I did, both in Konkani and
English. When I landed first time in Kuwait, our Tiatros were full of vulgarity
and indecency because most of the Tiatrists were of third grade having no
education, no proper manner nor proper family background. Vulgarity and “Zupatti” were routine and
audience loved it. Xavier Gomes had a very dirty habit when singing his solo as
a female, to pull up his dress while going out and thereby giving cheap
pleasure to the cheap audience who immediately blow their whistles to call him
back. Then I used my pen to oppose this
vulgarity till he stopped it.
Once while singing their trio in the Church Hall,
Cajetan-Marcus-Xavier, they displayed ladies undergarments, namely Panty and
Brasiers. Seeing this, the decent people
got disgusted on this Trio even complaining to the Bishop to stop renting the
Church Hall to stage Tiatros.
Immediately then I wrote my review in Konkani Weekly condemning this
vulgarity and mentioning thus “Eklean
Cheddi dakoili aple Naikinnichi, dusrean Body dakoili aple bailechi ani tisrean
aple dhuvechi”. Though I gained ill will from the culprits but I succeeded in
halting the repetition of such vulgarity.
What I observed from those Tiatrists who used filth on the Stage was
that their family background and family discipline were very low. They are brought up like “Rostad” without any
parental guidance, without proper educational background and without decent
surrounding. Once because of his double meaning solo, I refused the late
H. Briton from participating in one of our Shows in Kuwait.
Even recently I directly pointed out on his face to one comedian of
Roseferns Tiatro that he should stop doing vulgarity on the Stage.
Currently only the cheap, the third class and Rostad type of comedians
make use of vulgar and indecent comedy.
It is they who bring the standard of Tiatro down. They must know that they are not the owners
of this art to do what they want. As a director, Patrrick Dourado must stop
vulgarity in his Tiatro with immediate effect and must apologise for this goof.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.
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