TIATR ACADEMY MEET ON LATE TIATRISTS.

 

On Monday, 21^st of this month, I attended a Meet organized by Tiatro Academy Goa, to mark the birthdays of the yesteryears’ Tiatrists who are no more in this world. They were all born in this month, namely the late Prem Kumar, the late Saby Coutinho, the late Philomena Braz, the late Khoddo Minguel, the late Peter D’Costa, the late Remmie J.Colaco and the late Rosalia Rodrigues.

 

 

 

The Meet was unfortunately attended by a very thin crowd which gave a very bad image of this occasion.  Organising of such Meetings is a good concept but the organisers must do the marketing properly to woo the audience in good number. Without required quota of audience the Meet becomes dull.

 

TAG President Agostinho Temudo

To woo the audience the organisers must also select very good speakers and not any Altu-Faltu type of speakers who keep the proceedings boring.  The newly inducted President Comedian Agostinho Temudo being young, energetic and innovative must have to use his skill and expertise to make this very good monthly event a very fruitful.  He must select the speakers properly who are even capable of reciting few verses of the songs rendered by the late Tiatrists in question. When TAG is paying the speakers a certain amount of fees for their services then TAG must select proper speakers, they need not necessarily be from the Tiatro fraternity.

 

Speaker Alvaro Gomes

 

Two speakers namely Alvaro Gomes and Josephine spoke on these Tiatrists; Alvaro spoke on Remmie J. Colaco, Saby Coutinho, Philomena Braz & Khoddo Minguel while Josephine spoke on the others.  Agostinho Temudo in the beginning welcomed the audience with his few humble words and also proposed the Vote of Thanks while concluding the Meet.

                                                 Speaker Josephie

Meantime, I wish the newly inducted President of TAG Agostinho Temudo all the best to carry forward the task entrusted to him.

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

TIATRO "MAP BHORON VOTLEM" BY PRINCE JACOB.

 

Yesterday, 19^th of this month in Panjim at Kala Academy Hall,  I watched the Tiatro “MAP BHORON VOTLEM” written and directed by Prince Jacob;  the Tiatro was attended by the Hall packed  audience.  As scheduled, the Tiatro was started exactly in time at 3.30 PM.  After the late J.P. Souzalin,  Prince Jacob is having an unique distinction to adhere to the time very strictly.  

 

Annie & Valencia sing their song on Nuns

This Tiatro Prince Jacob has dedicated to all the females  who are fighting for justice against the rapes committed on them.  Hence, the story is based on the Rapes committed by the rowdy son of the powerful politician.  The RAPist finally gets his punishment, how?  It is to be seen by watching this Tiatro. The role played by Jose as the rapist was excellent, so too by Ignatius de Xelvon of the powerful politician.  The roles played by both the rape victims, Sonia and Valencia merit bravo.  But the role played by the veteran and seasoned artiste Annie Quadros was the most powerful as strict Police Officer.  Her action and diction and movements all were appropriate.  She looked as a real Police Officer the way she presented herself.  She deserved highest accolades and  it is she who brings an extra colour to this Tiatro.  I have been watching her since a long time now and always found her performing her roles whatever they may be, very appropriately.  Her attractive personality also gives an added booster to her acting.  At the moment she is the pride of Konkani Stage and darling of the audience.

Seen in this photo  is Valencia in the middle with Sonia

 

Besides good story, some of the scenes were excellent especially the  scene where sorrows of Mother Mary shown by piercing arrows and the scene how Sonia is shown hanging. This scene was watched by the audience with rapt attention.  The scenes at Police Station where the rapist acts looked unreal because at the Police Station you don’t act like a Dada in front of the ranking Police Officer.  Certain discipline is maintained at this place even though you may be the son of the powerful politician.

Jose singing his solo

 

Unexpectedly, the comedy part did not reach to the pedestal as normally done in Prince Jacob’s Tiatros.  Normally his Tiatros are known for very good comedy but this time it was not so.  The comedy scene of Filming looked childish falling much below the majestic dignity of the director.  Great directors of yesteryears like Minguel Rod,  J.P.Souzalin, Alexinho de Candolim, C. Alvares, M. Boyer,  Prem Kumar, Remy J. Colaco and Nelson Afonso would never introduce such cheap comedy in their Tiatros.  For this reason they remained taller than all the current  so called tall directors. Today's tall directors are only talking tall but depicting short stature stories.

A scene where Annie is seen in the middle 

 

Comedian Humbert’s role as a comedian was good but some of his body movements and jerks  looked vulgar not meant for our Tiatros, especially his showing his back to the audience and putting his hands between his legs.  Though he is an excellent comedian yet some of his body movements are not palatable to watch.  Our earlier great comedians namely Anthony Mendes, Kid Boxer, Jacint Vaz and Jepsis Hitler were superb and upright in all respects while performing their comedy roles,  for this reason people still remember them.  Their comedy was unforgettable.  To make the audience laugh they never used low grade language of "GHORVAM RAKHNE".

Singing a trio: Jacob-Cajetan-Jose

In the segment of Side Show songs, the Tiatro failed to rise up to the expected level of the audience though some of the songs deserve mention here, namely the solo of Jose on Tiatrists, the song on Nuns by Annie Quadros and Valencia, the Trio rendered by Cajetan de Curtorim, Jose and Prince Jacob alerting Goans going abroad with Portuguuse Passports.

 

                                                      A scene of hanging

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel: 7507394349.

 

BRUTALITY OF SAUDI MUSLIM DIPLOMAT.

After committing an un-Islamic act in India, by the diplomat of Islamic country of Saudi Arabia, he fled to his country.  I strongly condemn the said Saudi diplomat for stooping so low to brutally abuse and rape the two Nepali domestic servants.  This is one of the dirtiest habits many of the Gulf Arabs are having of raping their poor maids. I don’t understand  why this tribal habit still exists in these rich Arabs.  With their money power they can even purchase best of females but instead purely in a tribal manner they go after their poor maids as it is rampantly happening in Kuwait too. By committing such un-Islamic sacrilegious acts they are creating a bad image of their otherwise great religion Islam for which religion I have high respect

Indian government is to be blamed first for allowing the accused diplomat to leave the country by taking shelter in Vienna convention which should not be applicable to the crime of rape. Being bribable entities, I feel the concerned personnel in the MEA in Delhi must have taken bribe to allow the Saudi diplomat an easy exit.

Would Saudi government allow such an easy exit to any Indian diplomat if he had to commit similar or still minor offence on Saudi soil?  Saudia is a strict Islamic country whose citizens are disciplined to follow the very rigid Wahhabi Islamic codes.  But this Saudi diplomat by committing such a horrible crime against the two Nepali maids lowered the image not only of his Islamic country but more than that of the Islam that he is professing by praying 5 times a day, performing Haj and Umrah.  Such people are externally Muslims but internally worst than Jews and such Jews are plenty in the Gulf countries, more in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. 

 

Will Saudi government conduct a thorough probe of  this episode back at home of this crime committed by its diplomat?  I doubt. The central idea of Islam is justice and in tune with this principle of justice, I feel Saudi government must punish the said diplomat as per the Sharia Laws and compensate the maids for the what they have suffered. from the hands of this diplomat monster.  Only then the Islamic country of Saudi Arabia will give a correct impression that it is truly an Islamic country capable of delivering justice.  It is not enough to threaten the poor expatriates  in Saudia with Sharia Laws even for minor offences but these laws must be also applied to the said diplomat who has disgraced the fair image of Islam.

 

These Gulf Muslims when the matter of illicit Sex comes, they will stoop shamelessly to any low because they love something illicit without paying extra money. They consider maids as third class creatures but at the time of having illicit sex with these poor maids these traitors find these maids as first class creatures?  Shameless the rich Muslim Gulf Arabs are these. 

When these Arabs can commit such heinous acts in India then what worst acts they must not be committing on poor maids working on Saudi soil and elsewhere in the Gulf like Kuwait?  Worst of such brutalities in Saudia and Kuwait against the poor maids are systematically conducted  by their citizens without even due respect for their religion of Islam and as a matter of fact many of our Goan females were victims of such atrocities. Human Rights activists in Goa must do something on this subject.

A.Veronica Fernandes,

Candolim, Goa.

Tel:7507394349.