NEW TIATRO "MAIM-PAIK AZILANT DOVORAT"
BY TONY DIAS.
Nice scene where 2 bulls are shown
Yesterday, on 5th
of this month, at Kala Academy Hall, Panjim, I saw the new Tiatro “Maim-Paik
Azilan Dovorat”, written and directed by Tony Dias, at 7.45 which was attended
by a fairly large number of people though it was not a full house as many Seats
were empty.
When
earlier the ticket fare for this Tiatro was declared as Rs. 200/- a piece with
the excuse that the director has to recover the heavy cost of the Scenes
introduced in the Tiatro, my normal interest in this Tiatro doubled. Hence, I went to see this Tiatro expecting
something extra ordinary. Though the
rate of the ticket was returned to the normal fare of Rs. 100/- but the scenes
were not something more extra ordinary like what the late Prem Kumar was doing
or J.P.Souzalin or Saib Rocha.
Minimario singing one of his solo
Currently there is not
a single director among us who can out beat or compete with the Scenes of Prem
Kumar yet Tony Dias did something which has to be applauded and I do applaud.
The first scene where two bulls are shown there is lot of interest as it looks
like original. Prem Kumar in late
sixties in his masterpiece Tiatro “Vavraddi” introduced 2 Bulls that were used
to plough the field as it was shown on the stage. It looked very genuine and very beautiful.
Till now I have not seen such a beautiful scene as Prem Kumar did in his Tiatro
Vavraddi.
The other beautiful
scene Tony Dias introduced was the Railway scene which looked very
appropriate.
Roshan sings her romantic solo
The Tiatro Maim-Paik
Azilan Dovorat looked ending in one
direction but when you watched this Tiatro till the last scene, your
expectations go wrong because the ending unexpectedly take the different turn which was depicted beautifully by the
director. Instead of keeping their parents in the Azilo during their old age as
expected, the parents in this Tiatro shown are housed in the palatial house
with all their belongings by all their sons. This
turn makes this Tiatro more interesting.
Seen in above scene is depiction of Railway
The major credit for
the success of this Tiatro goes to the old father of the children and the
husband of aged Irene. All the four sons
shown in the play did their roles well but Mini Mario and Franky deserve more
appreciation. Among the daughters-in-law,
Roshan and Semenca played their roles
better. Lookwise they had edge over the other two.
One more scene
The comedy part nicely handled by Sally is to be appreciated, he spoke without screaming and thereby maintaining the
original decency and traditionality of the Tiatro. However, in the absence of Cantos in every
scene as it used to be done in the original tradition of the Tiatro, the entire
Tiatro looked half empty. Introduction
of one Canto only in the whole of the Play is too little.
In the Side-Show songs,
the Tiatro did not rise up to the pedestal yet all those who rendered their
solos, duets etc, they played their part well in this segment, especially Saby
de Divar, Xavier Gomes, Roshan and Mini Mario in their solos while Peter-Roshan
and Semenca – her partner rendered their duets well.
As a whole, this Tiatro
is good and give some lesson to the audience.
Hence, it is worth watching.
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