C.Alvares seen receiving his best actor award from Indira Gandhi for original Nirmon.
On 6th of
this month, at Marquinez Palace, Esg. Complex, Panjim, I watched the Remix “NIRMON”
Konkani Picture at 6.30 PM. It was attended by a good number of attendees though
the hall was not full.
The original Nirmon
picture I saw when it was released about 50 years back and during that time it
created a sensation all over Goa in particular and Konkani world in general. The quality of this Cinema was so great that
finally it won the National Award which was presented in Delhi by the then
premier of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi; C.Alvares winning the best actor award.
The current Nirmon
picture is worth seeing and worth admiring as it was done very well with the
help of modern technology, the effects of it can be seen easily on the screen.
While the original Nirmon was done by most of the top Goan Tiatrists, in the
current Nirmon only a few Tiatrists acted, namely C. D’Silva playing the role
of Souza Ferrao as Bebdo in the original Nirmon and comedy role of Jacinto Vaz
in the original Nirmon, is played by
John D’Silva in the current Nirmon. Bachan
also played a small role in the current Nirmon.
The main substance of the original Nirmon is
retained in the current Nirmon but some changes have been introduced. In the original Nirmon the role of Rudolf as
mine owner businessman played by Anthony D’Sa
is now changed to a businessman owning a Shipyard. The song rendered by Jacinto Vaz in the
original Nirmon is changed a bit in the sense the scene where Jacinto Vaz was
hanging on the Bus is omitted from the current Nirmon while the song
Claudia in the current Nirmon is
rendered very beautifully. Though the roles played by both the girls in the
current Nirmon in place of Ophelia and Antonette were good yet the
attractiveness of Antonette and Ophelia and the charm they both had was missing
in the current Nirmon. The role played in the original Nirmon by C. Alvares was
supreme and no one can defeat him yet this role played by the artiste in the
current Nirmon was good. Alvares took his greatness along with his dead body to
the grave. The role played in the current Nirmon of Shalini in the original
Nirmon is excellent, her clarity is
superb, lookwise she has better attraction and her voice resembles that of
Shalini but her Konkani sounds like that of a Manglori Konkani. The roles played by the small children
especially by the boy were extremely good.
They brought tears into the eyes of many in the audience.
Qualitywise this
current picture is very good and it is worth watching.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.Tel:7507394348.
