NEW TIATRO "OMOR MOGACHI KANNI" BY IRINEU GONSALVES

Seen above Irineu Gonsalves welcoming everyone

On Tuesday 4^th of this month, in Panjim at Kala Academy Hall, at 4.45 pm I saw the new Tiatro “OMOR MOGACHI  KANNI” written and directed by the well-known director Irineu Gonsalves.  It was well attended by the Tiatro lovers who went home after seeing the last scene, satisfactorily. The end part of the story was so suspense that to get the real answer everyone remained magnetized to his/her seat.

Opening solo by Sanaya

Jessica & Tari in one romantic scene

It was such a wonderful Tiatro that rarely in the recent past I saw such a display on all the fronts namely Storywise, Sideshow-Songswise, Comedywise and Musicwise. Every artiste male as well as female played his/her role very well proving high caliber of the director in coaching the artistes.  However, especial mention must be made to the two main artistes handsome Tari and beautiful Jessica who both played their roles as lovers very well.  Rarely earlier they reached to such a crescendo of their acting. The dialogues and proverbs introduced in the story were of high quality so also the Cantos especially the first romantic canto based on the tune of Malayka and and beautifully rendered by Tari and Jessica.

                                               Marcus Vaz on his solo Mae

Another scene: Rosario de Benaulim - Botelho - Carmeen 

Both Tari as a highly educated son of a “Kharvi” and Jessica the high profile daughter of an aristocrat “Bamon” parents fall in love. What type of love? It was an inseparable love.   However, the parents of Jessica both Rosario de Benaulim and Dola  in no way agreed to allow their daughter to merry the low caste boy.  Because of this caste discrimination, they both boy and a girl including boys parents played by Rosario Botelho and Carmeen Barbosa suffer too much humiliation.  The roles played by Bothelho and Carmeen were worth admiring so too by Rosario de Benalim and Dola. 

                                           One more scene where shown a good catch of fish

A quarter song by Alexinho-Lorna-Carmeen -Dola

This story was of the Goa as seen in early sixties and as depicted by the director on the Stage very beautifully and adroitly.  Earlier in fifties the legendary Minguel Rod used to script such powerful Tiatros and because of such  powrful Tiatros the effect of caste system in our society and community in particular was minimized but  never eradicated. 

                                            Ron sings his solo on Bible

A comedy scene: John de Silva-Sally-Lorna 

Youngster Sanaya on her solo

Though both the lovers face tremendous boulders on their path yet after undergoing all the miseries they finally successfully attained their goal.  However, after 50 years of their married life the wife is afflicted with the Alzheimer sickness that requires lot of caring love that her husband gives her and finally succeeds in bringing her to her normal self.

Tari in another scene as a Pilot

One more scene

Among the others who played their roles well deserving mention here are Sundeep Calangutcare as a doctor and Willy. 

The comedy part was well handled by the ace comedians John de Silva and Sally who were ably supported by Alelxinho de Morjim and his wife Lorna who both possess lot of potentials to promote and develop Konkani Stage. 

Olga & Anil sing their duet

All the Sideshow songs were good but special mention should go to the solos of Marcos Vaz, Olga, Rosario de Benaulim, Ron, Benny de Aldona and Sanaya; duo of Benny de Aldona with Rosario de Benaulim; Duet by Anil and Olga; Trio by Joaquim – Ron – Dola; Quarter by Alexnho de Morim – Lorna – Carmeen – Dola.

Duo by Rosario & Benny

Musical score for this Tiaitro was provided by James and his troupe.

Solo by Rosario de Benaulim

Well done Bab Irineu Gonsalves and his entire troupe.

A.Veronica Fernandes.                           

CONDOLENCE MEET FOR THE 5 TIATRISTS.

Yesterday,   4^th of this month, I attended a condolence meeting  organised by Tiatr Academy of Goa, at TAG  Auditorium, Campal, Panjim, starting at 5.00 pm and attended by the admirers and the relatives of the 5 late Tiatrists namely Cajetan Pinto (Caiti) a make-up man;  Inacio Rosario Luis (Jali) a musician – Drummer;  A. Fernandes (Tony Sax); Francis Xavier Mendes  and Francis X. Barreto. This was the condolence meeting organised by TAG especially to mourn the death of all the mentioned artistes.

Xavier Mendes

The  official of TAG Mr. William  spoke on the contribution of these Konkani Stage stalwarts towards the development and promotion of our Tiatros. Among the audience who volunteered to speak on the subject were A. Veronica Fernandes, Tony Sax’s son and Tomazinho Cardoso.

Seen at Extreme left Xavier's son & 3rd from left Xavier's wife

Mr. Veronica focused his speech on Tony Sax and more on the comedian Xavier Mendes one of the sons of the legendary Konkani Stage comedians Anthony Mendes who according to me was not only one of the best but the best comedian of Konkani Stage so far. Those who saw the Konkani Movie “Amchem Noxib” will surely have the taste of Mendes power while others like me who also saw him acting on the Stage must have tasted the real taste of his comedy much more.  He never bastardised the Konkani Stage by using filthy and vulgar language as it is currently done in some of our Tiatros.  The more horrible thing to know is that some of the directors are practically involved in pushing some of the bastardised comedians especially those “kalche porche potte”  to use the vulgarity in their Tiatros.  And when they are criticized for disgracing the Konkani Stage thru vulgarity they react negatively.  One of them was the one who like  a slave was  licking my shoes at my place even late at nights begging with me like a beggar to feed him with the good matter to script his political Tiatros and to compose his political songs. I never came across such a “Beiman” tiatrist.  Good that in short time only he showed me his true colours. He should know one proverb in Konkani “Eka Kapddan Bail Mathari Zaina”.        

Compeer

Xavier Mendes along with his other two brothers, eldest Felix and youngest Derek helped me in my campaign from Kuwait to work for the cause of Konkani by way of acting in our Tiatros staged to raise funds for NOVEM GOEM Konkani Daily.  Even otherwise they as Mendes Bros. stood by us for any good cause of Konkani and Goa.

William

Unfortunately, many of the Goans who did so much for Konkani cause from Kuwait are neglected and forgotten in Goa.  If Konkani cause gained so much of success  for its cause  it was partly because of the strong financial support came from Kuwait. Now government is giving aid and grant but that time there was no  such grants and hence Kuwaitkars played their role well.  Those who are not aware of this should know now.

Tomazinho Cardoso

In his speech the son of Tony Sax highlighted the excellent work his father did as a tiatrist and as a father to them. It was a very touching tribute coming from the son to his father, only highly intellectual and matured persons full of wisdom can speak like this.

Photos of the five artistes

Speaking on the subject, Tomazinho Cardoso lamented the discipline of the tiatrists WHO failed to attend this meet.  He also spoke on the new book coming shortly on the dead tiatrists

Tony Sax's son

                                 

May their soulsrest in peace.

A.Veronica Fernandes.

NON-LOCALS & GHANTTIS SUPREME IN CANDOLIM.

In my village there is a small Vaddo called Araddy, its residents were  small in number but in the recent past because of migrants  its population is increased.  The new settlements where migrants are settled is also called GHANTTIANCHI Araddy by the locals. This Araddy officially called as New Araddy where the settlements and the houses built by the migrants are without planning and in many cases without proper licenses from the official authorities.  In case of any fire breaks out there then everything will go into flames.  The whole area was built haphazardly and hazardously. According to the locals, the local licensing authority is responsible for this unplanned and unauthorised settlement zone of migrants. It was the local Panchayat and MLA of that time responsible for this mess which they made to create a vote bank for them.

Some of the local leaders who were ruling the village affairs including the current chief are guilty of permitting to construct the Araddy settlement illegally and yet again they are ruling the village now.  They are not proper administrators to rule the village,  this is the quality of the people who are ruling in our villages. If such “Ghorvam Rakhne” rule our villages then there will be nothing good in our villages.  Especially, when non Goans and non-locals are given an opportunity to rule our localitis then these non-locals will do nothing good for the locals and locality.  The non-locals will never be faithful to our localties, they will be interested in themselves only to build their own Bunglows, hotels and Restaurants etc. This is very bad and very sad.  I cannot understand how they allowed the migrants to construct their houses without proper plans and documents? In fact, the whole settlement at New Araddy looks illegal and such illegal structures are allowed to construct normally by taking heavy bribe by the loal rulers.  So those responsible to allow these illegal houses are to be blamed.  Can anyone trust such people to rule our village and constituency? We must reject them now only before they approach us for our votes again. Moreover by infiltrating in our Communidades they are harassing the locals also.  Very shortly they will finish the Communidades too. 

By allowing illegal constructions many of our Sarpanchas and Panchas   and also MLLA’s built their own financial empires. Money from where they got? Surely from the heavy bribe they got from all those ghanttis and migrants.  How suddenly they became lakhpotis when their base and ancestry were so poor?  For such rogues politics of corruption is good and thru this you come to know how disgraceful family background they have. On top of it they are moving in society shamelessly like barberians after committing barbarity of bribery and corruption.

Candoicars must now only start a campaign to demand from the current local leaders and rulers who and how they allowed the new illegally constructed colony in Araddy and who was responsible for this.  Many of the eligible non-Goan voters from new Araddy are dual voters, that means they are voting in Goa as well as also in the regions of their origin or in their birth places in India from where they are come and settled in Goa. In Goa and in New Araddy many of the migrants as told to me are selling their votes and because of this the rascal candidates prefer them because these rascal candidates can afford to give them money which they accumulate thru loot and bribe. For this reason, those candidates and parties that are in opposition must start a campaign thru proper channel to bring this topic to the notice of the Election Commission or to any other relevant authority to stop this dual voting system. 

Meantime, the leadership of Candolim is in the hands of rogues who are fit only to dictate the terms to the locals and not to Ghanttis and Migrants.  Candoikarani atam tori zaiat zage.

Candolim is the land of world renowned revolutionaries like Abe Faria and Pintos and recently of Pe. Chico Monteiro who fought singlehandedly against the government of India. Candolim is not a land of migrants and ghanttis who are acting like Maharajas and are ruling our land.   We must stop these ghanttis from ruling in our land as early as possible.  One such Ghantti is harassing the locals to take his personal revenge. This bloody bastard leader is using threathening language against his opponents as if Candolim is his father’s property when In fact he does not know who his real father is.  

A.Veronica Fernandes.