NEW TIATRO "KAKLUT KORAT" BY WILLS COLLIEBOY.

Director Willy singing opening solo

Yesterday,12^th of this month,  in Panjim at Kala Academy Hall, at 3.30 PM, I saw the new Tiiatro “KAKLUT MHOJI KOR”, written and directed  by Willy Silveira.  I can rightly say that this is one of the best Tiatros of the recent history storywise, directionwise, actingwise, sideshowise and otherwise too.  

Scene: Juju  & Dola

Solo by Cajetan de Curtorim

Though poorly attended yet it was very well performed by all the artistes where the special credit must go to lovely looking Roshan whose role of a faithful mother of a handicapped son was excellent. Willy played captain inning very well  in beautifully playing the role of the handicapped boy.  Attractive Dola played her role well opposite Juju as her husband, so too Pascoal Rodrigues.  Comedy was superbly performed  by both the ace comedians Humbert and Agostinho deserving highest compliments. It was clean and decent comedy without any vulgarity.  

Solo by Benny de Aldona

Comedians Humbert & Agostinho

In the side show songs, all songs were interesting, though there was not a single politial song yet the side show went very well. Though some of the heavyweight artistes were missing yet their absence went unnoticed.  Benny de Aldona was at his best in all his songs so too Cajetan de Curtorim, Mini Mario, Peter – Roshan – Benzor.  Others too performed well.

Scene: Willy & Juju

The story is surrounded on a handicapped boy who is hated by his father and throws him  out of the house.  The mother also goes with her son and then the very interesting part unveils which must be witnessed by seeing the Tiatro.

Trio song by Roshan-Benzon-Peter

Though the story is a family story yet it is woven around spiritualism where Biblical references and   quotations are used. Besides in this story you find lot of information on many world renown incidents whereby one can easily gauge the high intellectual capacity of the script writer Willy. This was his first Tiatro in his 17 years Tiatro career and being first he wrote and directed so well deserving highest compliments.

                                                        Solo by handsome young Benzon

A.Veronica Fernandes.

RE-EMERGENCE OF CONGRESS.

Congratulations to the Democratic system existing in Goa and this democratic election process that has just completed by electing 40 MLA’s is to be applauded. Kudos to all the defeated candidates for accepting their defeat  democratically.

Congress Party  deserves highest compliments for coming back from the worst defeat it suffered from BJP, thanks for their apology and forgiveness they sought from the Goans for being rude, arrogant and corrupt in their previous tenures.  It is good for the major portion of Goans to forgive Congress and give them again majority of MLA’s in this election. It is up to them now to prove their worth and their maturity by following the democratic methods  to form their next ministry without creating rifts among themselves.  Congressmen are known in Goa as power hungry and to get it they will even initiate defection as it happened in the past. The power hungry youngsters in the party must be warned in advance not to play mischief at the time of ministry formation.  The oldies in the party especially the former CM's must act sensible otherwise they will destroy what has been gained in this election. 

Congressmen must now respect their voters who reposed their trust in them again to act sensible and for God sake please do not fight for ministerial berths.  What is imperative now is to dethrone BJP from power and for that you asked the voters to give you the mandate which was finally given to you however slim it may be. We cannot afford to hand over power again to the communal  party that acts in an arrogance  way.  Let all the wrong decisions done by the previous government be undone starting with “Madd” to be reconverted into  “Madd”.

The defeat of Parsenkar was a very bitter defeat due to his blindness towards the genuine grievances of the people and his arrogance even though I  admire his immediate decision to resign as CM however, his statement that Goans made a big mistake by giving a fractured mandate is itself his big mistake.

The elected government must now work for the good of Goa and Goans without being partial only towards their supporters. 

A.Veronica Fernandes.

TIATRISTS AND THEIR CONCUBINES.

On 28^the  of last month I attended the meeting, “Meet the Artiste”  in Panjim at Tiatro Academy Auditorium, organized by TAG only. The artiste to be met on that day was one of the senior most Tiatrists  “Titta Preto” who came all the way from Bombay to attend this programme.

After the proceedings got over, the question time came for Mr. Preto to answer. Taking advantage of this previllege, I posed the following question to Mr. Pretto:

“KHUINCHEA TIATRISTAN POILENCH NAIKINNPONN SURVAT KELEM?”

There was a bit of silence immediately after my question, Titta  Pretto was unable  to grasp the question, others looked to be confused, still among the audience members some thought the word “NAIKINN” was a bad word, somebody said it means “Prostitute”, one person said it is a personal question and still others felt it was an inappropriate word not meant to be uttered in such a forum.  Then I noticed this whole scenario and I told everybody there that the word Naikinn is a word used to refer to “Kumar” or Mistress and went still one step further and used the appropriate word in English meaning “Concubine” that means “NAIKINNPONN” means “Concubinage”.

There was no answer to my question  but a bit of confusion in the Auditorium.  Then I realized that either my question was not properly understood or merit no answer.  In order to avoid further confusion, I withdrew my question.

Now,  let me be more elaborative.  As I said above, the word Naikinn is a right word for Concubine in English and in the current phase of Tiatrists, as I was given to understand, some Directors are shamelessly infested with this vice of Concubinage having Concubines from their own troupe.  This is a SINFUL vice which goes against the morality, dignity and religion.  By keeping a Concubine you supersede your wife and those Tiatrists and Directors who keep Concubines are known to mistreat their real wives.  This is yet another grave Sin.  Earlier in the past this type of Sin was called in Tiatro circle as a Sin of “ROCHAISM” because according to my information the great yesteryear Tiatirst and Director Saib Rocha was the first Tiarist to keep a Concubine from his own troupe about some years back. After him there came and are many Tiarists and Directors who followed in the footsteps of Saib Rocha who was advised by some of his friends to stop this Rochaism but he refused.  His last days were very bad as he died an unsung, unadored, uncared and undignified hero in the Azilo of Provedoria. His Concubine was all powerful in his troupe, her decision was final and her word was like this “if comrade Napolean said yes, it must be yes”.  Because of her power, Saib Rocha had to forfeit some his own powers which weakened his authority and dignity that ultim ately many times affected the quality of his Tiatros, his personal dignity, respect in his troupe and society.

Similarly, some of the Concubines of our modern days Directors are also imitating the first known Concubine in all respects.  They are called not only Naikinnim but also "Naginnim" and because of this, our Tiatrists and Directors having Concubines which is an act of immorality and Sin, I hope will not finally land into the Azilos. They may be thinking that their Sinful acts are remained hidden under the petticoats of their Concubines but  no, everything is transparent for everyone to see.  The modern Saib Rochas are traitors, they preach one doctrine of uprightness from the Stage and perform something different doctrine in their personal life.  For this reason people do not take their messages seriously and hence their Tiatros and Songs do not create the necessary effect in our Society. The Tiatros and Songs of many of our Tiatrists and Directors are meant just to pass time even though they perform innumerable Stages. 

A.Veronica Fernandes.