TIATRO “EKUCH ROSTO”
WRITTEN BY M.BOYER AND DIRECTED & STAGED BY TOMAZINHO CARDOSO.
THOUG M. Boyer died
over a decade back yet his memory thru his excellent Tiatro “Ekuch Rosto”, brought back alive when Tomazinho Cardoso under his direction staged Boyer’s
above named Tiatro at Kala Academy Open Air venue on 26th of this
month starting at 7.00 PM. This Tiatro was attended by the capacity
attendees. With everyone whom I spoke
after the end of this Tiatro, I got only one answer “CHODD BORO”, in this group
of people were not only the freshshers but also those oldies who watched this
Tiatro under the direction of M Boyer when he was alive, 40 years back. The first time this Tiatro was staged by M.
Boyer four decades back when communal
sentiments and casteism was still at its peak. Leave aside in politics
but even in our day to day life and also
even in our social, commercial and professional activities communalism was
ruling supreme if not openly then at least in a disguise form. This discord was first came to the fore immediately on the day Goa was invaded by the Bharati serkar headed by Jawaharlal Nehru. When once I asked Mr. Boyer what prompted him
to write this Tiatro, replied M. Boyer saying “to eradicate from our
society the curse of communalism”.
The credit for staging
this Tiatro so successfully should surely go to Tomazinho Cardoso because he
did a thorough study of this script and selected as best as possible the new
artistes to perform their respective roles as best as possible if not exactly
the way original artistes performed. One thing it must be
admitted that no body among the current Tiatrists can be equal to M. Boyer,
Antonette Mendes, Prem Kumar, Rita Rose and Alfred Rose in enacting their
roles. No female artiste can emulate the beautiful voice of Antonette Mendes and
if M. Boyer then attained his zenith it was partly because of the all round
performance of Antonette Mendes and it was M. Boyer the lone director who
utilized the entire talent of Atonette Mendes to promote his TiATROS. The 2 most beautiful Cantos of her in this
Tiatro brought back nostalgic feelings of her singing prowess though one of
them the director this time brought on the stage as a Trio giving a touch of
Mando but also performed beautifully by all the tree young girls.
The personality and
looks of Rita Rose was matchless, Prem Kumar’s way of speaking like an elderly
man was superb, M.Boyer’s role though small yet it was like captain’s inning,
Alfred Rose was just a natural actor without any artificiality and Jacinto Vas was
like a Pele in Brazil foot-ball team having no replacement to play his role.
However, comedian 64 was very close to Jacinto Vaz in physical structure and
acting. The artistes that deserved the highest
compliments for playing their respective roles as Hindu couple – father and
mother – Pradeep Naik and Irene Cardoso, of course flawlessly, the latter
inspite of being a Christian played her role as a typical hindu woman very
well.
The Side ShOW Songs
consisted of all the old songs of oldies but still attractive and
meaningful.
Stage setting was done
well by Timothy Dias and Musical score was well provided by Mathias and his troupe.
WELL done Tomazinho
Cardoso and his troupe.
A.Veronica Fernndes.
