NEW TIATRO "TUKAIM TENCH ASSA" BY SHARON MAARELLO.

Opening song. Sucurro de St.Cruz & Sharon introducing Platilda in the middle

With the participation of seasoned seniormost Tiatrists who earlier during their golden era, dazzled the Konkani Stage audience and thus kept the Konkani Tiatros alive, staged their Tiatro “TUKAIM TENCH ASSA’, written and directed by the excellent female artiste and melodious singer Sharon Mazarello. Script wise and performance wise the Tiatro was excellent giving excellent credit to the lady writer and director. I can rightly say that this is one of the best Tiatros of the season and Side Show wise it was too good where not only excellent songs were rendered but they were rendered with the melodious voices by all the singers, mainly by Fatima, Josephine, Platilda, Jessie Dias, Sharon, C. D’Silva, Ortencio, Sucurro de St. Cruz and others, many of them with encores.

C D'Silva renders his solo

A scene where Josephine is seen buying bread from Ortencio 

 It is a great to see Fatima still maintaining the sweetness of her yesteryear sweet voice so beautifully, so too Josephine whose one beautiful canto compensated the full amount of your ticket.  She also excelled well in the trio with jessy and Platilda. All the songs of Jessy Dias created an excellent feeling like the Trio and Quarter and the beautiful Duet with C. D’Silva thus bringing back the old memories when she was singing attractive duets with C. Alvares.  Fittingly, she is called the “Mae” of Konkani Stage having served the Konkani Stage for such a long period with distinction and still capable to serve more. Almost all the females and males too who participated in this Tiatro are capable to serve the Konkani Stage for more years and I feel their seasoned services should be utilized by the current directors instead of going for novices who lack some basics. Though they may be ageing but their performance is not ageing, it still is having its evergreen freshness. 

Another scene where you see Sabeena. Seen right is Marcelin de Betim

Beautifully sung a solo by Sucurro de St. Cruz

 The performance of script writer and director Sharon Mazarello was like the captain’s inning in Cricket Test, her opening song along with beautifully high pitched singer Sucurro de St. Cruz introducing all the artistes participating in this Tiatro created totally a charming impact on the Tiatro, besides her solo and duets with Victor D’Cunha and also with her husband Wilmix were fantastic.   The major part of the admiration was focused on the once Queen and still the queen of comedy Bai Platilda who did not lose an inch of her smartness of keeping the audience happy especially with her comments in Portugues. 

Seen above is Ortencio singing his solo

The duet rendered by Victor de Ciunha & Sharon Mazarello

Her flow of words from her mouth and her way of singing were so attractive that she made the audience spellbound throughout her entire performance.  And moreover she was very much liked by the audience. I dont think there is anybody on Konkani Stage now who cold emulate her and outbeat  her, she was the product of the group of stalwarts who mesmerised the audience in Sixties, namely M.Dod de Verna, Airistedes Dias, Tony Sax, Luis Rod, Conception, Jacinto Vaz and others.  She developed her art and confidence in the constellation of the great stars who helped her to mould her art. When she first time entered the professional stage I saw her at Mapusa with total innocence on her face and all over her body with beauty spread all over her face. She was the admiration and attraction of the then young  boys like me and as a matter of fact I still admire her.

Singing a Duo by Marcelino de Betim and Ortencio

Seen in one of the scenes are Josephine & Sabeena

This Tiatro as a reward for this group somebody must take it to the Gulf and to other parts of the world including USA.  I am sure some of my former colleagues in Kuwait who are still on forefront to organize such Tiatros must come forward to take the entire troupe to Kuwait and as usual simultaneously to other parts in the Gulf.  I hope Manuel, Felix and Dominick Araujo and others are reading what I am writing here. I also hope Tony Gonsalves and my earlier colleague in Kuwait Xavier Arauo will do something in UK.

A wonderful Trio rendered by Josephie-Platilda-Jessy Dias

Singing a Duet by Wilmix and Sharon Mazarello

Te story is surrounded mainly on Father and daughter, the role of the father was nicely done by 80 + years old C . D’Silva who still looks active and Fatima who missed none of her earlier attributes to keep the audience spellbound. I came across in the Hall some of her admirers who enjoyed every bit of her acting. Fatima always argues and verbally fights with her father on any silly ground as if she is infallible.  For this she receives a befitting answer saying “ TUKAIM TENCH ASSA” at an appropriate time.  

A comedy scene Josepine and Wilmix

                                           The scene where Platilda and Ortencio are seen

Wilmix whom I saw for the first time playing the role of a comedian was at his best where his performance was superb.  The other roles played by the great Sabeena and Josephine were worth admiring. It is great to see every artiste performed his role well and hence I convey my congratulations to the director Bai Sharon Mazarello who with her majestic personality received enermous amount of goodwill from the attendees.  I also congratulate each and every artiste some of whom inspte of being so aged performed so well.  Congratulations to the Musicians as well.

A scene; Wilmi-C.D'silva-Platilda & lovely Fatima

Victor D'cnha seen singing his beautiful solo

                                          Singing a Quarter: Anth.San - Fatima-osephie - Jessy Dias

A.Veronica Fernandes.