PRAY FOR CHURCHILL ALEMAO.
After my last article “Are Goan Voters Ghantta Boil?”, I received lot of emails in support of it; most of the emails are from Navelim village in particular and Navelim constituency in general. Major portion of those who sent me their support are females. All of them have shown their total disgust for Churchill Alemao for leaving SGF and cunningly joining unpredictable Congress of Italian Sonia Gandhi.
Like any other unprincipled Goan politician, Churchill Alemao is also of same category and because of this he is flying like a butterfly from one plant to another only to chew honey for his personal greed. As a man he is nice and affable person. He knows the hardships in life as he himself undergone the pangs in life. My contact with him became strong when we brought him first time to Kuwait as a chief guest in late eighties for our Tiatro staged by the late Rex de Bardez under the banner of Goa Cultural Association. I was given the task of escorting him everywhere for the functions he attended as the Chief Guest and also I was entrusted with the task of giving him press coverage of his tour. Somehow or the other because of his the then sincerity, straight forwardness, principled stand and moreover because of his strong support for the cause of Konkani and thru Konkani for the cause of Goa, I supported him very much and that too blindly. I was very much instrumental among others to make his visit to Kuwait a very comfortable and memorable. And moreover, thru this visit I was very instrumental from Kuwait to make him known better in the Goan community. In some segments among Goans in Kuwait including the Church under Bishop Francis Mechallef, Churchill was considered as terrorist but to clear this misconception wrongly ingrained into the minds of idiots including the idiotic minded Bishop Mechallef, I had to fight with everyone with my verbal arguments and written statements in the press.
Churchill Alemao according to information was just an ordinary “Tarvotti”. He no doubt has gigantic physique but lacked gigantic intellectual capacity. Yet he did what others could not do in such circumstances and succeeded in getting into the public life of Goa with tremendous speed and with great success. Konkani language and fight for its cause was the main reason to get him into the foothold of public life in Goa. He should be grateful to Konkani and all the supporters of Konkani, including me, for giving him a chance to be what he is now. I am a staunch supporter of Konkani and a strong lover of Goa. Since Churchill also had the same likings, we matched very well in our approach for the twin causes of Goa, that is, recognition of Konkani and Statehood for Goa. Churchill fought very well for the cause of Konkani even to the extent of putting his life into peril. So much so, Prataphsingh Raoji Rane and his Government during the language agitation tried to liquidate him from this planet. For this reason Churchill Alemao had to go underground for so many days. All these hardships he had to undergo only because of Konkani and Goa. If Konkani was recognized yesterday as an official language paving the way of conferring Statehood on Goa, it was partly because of the strong campaign and movement made by Churchill Alemao and all his family members especially his brothers who were also persecuted by the Rane Government at that time.
The recognition for Konkani was not the sole accomplishment only of Konkani Porjecho Avaz headed by Nagrivadi Pundalik Naik and among others also supported by his equally anti-Romi colleagues. The recognition of Konkani was also due to the tremendous efforts put in by Konkani supporters not only from Goa but also from outside Goa, especially from Kuwait. In this category, I can rightly say that my efforts were not less. No expatriate Goan has done what I have done for the cause of Konkani by being in Kuwait. Nagrivadis are reaping the fruits of our hard labour and denying us our rights to have recognition for Romi script Konkani. Churchill Alemao then was very vocal in support of Romi Konkani but gradually he slowed down in his approach to this issue. Occasionally like a lion he roars in support of Romi Konkani but it is only a political gimmick because he knows his voters are Romi supporters. Churchill is now become a pure corrupt Indian politician. Earlier he was uncorrupt and virgin for this reason upright Goans like me were behind him. But now, upright Goans like me are rightly rejecting him and day by day his support will diminish because he is betraying the trust in his supporters. Navelim constituency people are getting negative feelings against him for betraying them. According to reliable information his own village Varca people are having negative opinion on him. For this reason, it looks that he avoided Benaulim constituency in which Varca falls and jumped into Navelim constituency. Navelim constituency voters must accept the responsibility of the ill doings of Churchill Alemao in political arena.
With all my negative feelings on Churchill Alemao I still feel there is a need of him in Goan public life. He, by nature, is a great lover of Goa and Konkani but greed for power and money made him bend his natural principles. We in Goa need such a personality and mighty man to support many of our causes. Besides, we need his natural humility which is disappearing from him leading him to distance himself from genuine Goans. He is gaining a habit of behaving like a Maharaja thereby alienating himself from the masses Goan politicians are like hardcore criminals because they have criminalized Goan politics. Churchill Alemao is one of them. We have to get him out of this rot by all means because he served Goa and Konkani very well once. We cannot forget the sacrifices he made for the cause of Goa and Konkani. . In appreciation of what good he did for Goa we have to woo him towards goodness. This we can do as a last resort only thru PRAYERS. All other means to bring him on right path have failed. He does not care for anything. If a person becomes hard and stubborn then nature takes care of him in different ways. We don’t want nature to reprimand him and to punish him for breaking the laws of nature thru his selfishness.
In view of this, we, the Goa lover Goans spread all around the globe must start praying for him to change his unprincipled and selfish stand. The parties that he changes every now and then is creating a bad fellow in him and thereby making fools of his supporters. He is a Christian and that too a Catholic. He goes to Vailankani and believes in the power of Mother Mary of Vailankani though he disgraces his Christianity and faith in Mother Mary by swearing on the Coconut and in the Temple purely in a Hindu ritual which goes against Christianity. This he did at the time of formation of PDF Government initiated by him by aligning with anti-Goan and anti-Konkani MGP. It is not only an ordinary sin but a big sacrilege for a Catholic to adore and embrace Hindu rituals. The Church in Goa and especially Varca Church must hold special prayers to enlighten him in the right direction because we need him to protect our interest. We need a leader to protect our interests otherwise Parrikar and his BJP will swallow us. If thru our prayers Churchill Alemao can become a good leader of Goa to protect our interest and not his selfish interest then we must not waste more time. In Kuwait many people agreed to pray for his change and I think it will come otherwise by hurting people and his supporters he will face his doom. History tells us that those who defy people’s goodwill are bound to fail. History tells us that those who hurt people’s sentiments are bound to disappear like an ether. We don’t want this to happen to our Churchill Alemao. For this reason, I plead with Goa lover Goans to pray for him to change his political lifestyle. Dayananda Bandodkar with his political, financial and muscle power of his MGP supporters was defying everyone, he was hurting every genuine Goan and every true lover of Goa and Konkani. Finally, what has happened to him on one fine evening while playing Ping-Pong at Kampal? Was he assassinated by anyone? No! He was assassinated by the power of the nature. The law of nature rules supreme. We must know this very well and pay obeisance to it.
Prayer is a power. Fervent prayer can even bring heaven to the earth. The power of prayer is more powerful than the power of mighty Atom and Hydrogen Bombs. Prayer can create miracles as we never saw before. In the Biblical book of Joshua, young Prophet Joshua wanted to win his battle over his enemies. To win this battle he needed Sun Light which was falling. If Sun sets then darkness would envelope the earth in which case there was the possibility for Joshua to lose his battle. Hence, in order to delay the Sun from setting and thereby keeping the Sun light intact, Joshua knelt down and fervently pleaded with God in a most powerful prayer to stop the Sun from moving further. He prayed to keep the Sun erect without moving. And miraculously thru the mighty power of Joshua’s prayer, Sun in fact remained erect for a whole day without moving an inch further till Joshua won his battle against his enemies. This truth was finally acknowledged as a genuine happening when the Apollo Mission went deep into this research from the Moon and thru its research the Apollo Astronaut and Nasa confirmed in its report that in reality and in fact Sun Did Not Fall once in the history.
This is the power of the prayer. So, let us now pray for the change in our Churchill Bab which will surely help not only for Goa and Goans but also for him and all his family members.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
February 7, 2008
February 4, 2008
Super Hit ? - Tiatro “Sir” review
Super Hit ? - Tiatro “Sir” review
Written and directed by comedian Agostinho Temudo, “Sir” was successfully staged on Friday 19th of January at Hawally A/C Hall in Kuwait. Instead of 3.30 PM as scheduled, the Tiatro started at 4.30 PM in a very chilly hall which lacked heating system. Though it was attended by a good number of attendees yet it was not a full house contrary to the expectation.
Even then, if this much of crowd came to watch this Tiatro, it was mainly because of the efforts of the organisers in disbursing the tickets and not because the writer/director was a high caliber one. Since this is the first Tiatro of the year and it was held after a long gap, it was expected that people would flood the hall but nothing of that sort happened. Let this be a warning to those who are organizing their Tiatros one after the other. They should not expect heavy turn out for their shows. I think people are getting negative feelings towards Tiatro now because of the bickering amongst the Tiatrists and because of the cheap stories and comedy copied from Hindi Films.
Comedian Agostinho was first time introduced to Kuwait Konkani Stage by late Dr. Rozario Rodrigues when he accompanied his troupe. But as an individual he was first time brought to Kuwait by Rosary Ferns for his Tiatro to do comedy role opposite to Prince Jacob and Querobina and he performed extremely well. During that trip of his he was staying in my house with me along with other artistes namely Prince Jacob, Jr. Rod, Josephine and Felcy. It was during that time we both inculcated acquaintance. Later on he was regularly brought to Kuwait by other organizers some of whom used the code of “No contact with Veronica” which means “when you are coming for our show, you should not meet Veronica”. Though some abided by this code introduced by the bastardized Goans, comedian Agostinho alone challenged this code by saying “you go to hell. You brought me to Kuwait only to act in your Show. The rest is my lookout”. By challenging this code, he started coming to my place and meeting me and spending time with me. Incidentally some of those who were promoting this code themselves shamelessly came to me begging for my help to promote their Tiatro.
The theme of the Tiatro Sir is not very impressive. The subject was light and devoid of any intellectually high moral though many people liked it. This does not mean it was a cheap story. The story has a moral revolved around political life in Goa, mischief of the Montris, punishment for the wrong doers and fall of a pride. Agostinho by nature is politically conscious. Among the Tiatrists who stayed at my place, he is the only Tiatrist who displayed his total concern for Goa. He was the only Tiatrist at my place in Kuwait who wanted to know more of day to day affairs of Goa by reading Goan daily newspaper. He was everyday waiting for me to come home soon after my work and hand over to him the Heraldo. In the light of this, he introduced his political views in this Tiatro. Though he is still in novitiate of directorship yet I am sure he will improve gradually. To become a good director is not a joke and to attain this grade Agostinho will have to work harder.
There are many faults in his Tiatro which requires correction. For example. He showed how in the last scene the Minister is arrested. In reality, is it possible for a Police Officer to arrest a Minister, especially in Goa? And that too for a rape? Narvenkarism is flourishing in Goa so openly yet nobody is arrested. What is possible in theory may not be possible in reality. Likewise you find many direction-related flaws. The rape scene could have been depicted in a better way. Roma after the rape while coming out of the place of Minister does not look disjointed - like a girl who was just raped. After the rape her appearance and dress did not justify the preceding action. It was not Roma’s fault but that of the director who should have guided her adroitly. But how this “kalcho – porcho” director will learn the art of direction without maturity of a seasoned director? Agostinho Temudo has to learn a lot to become a good director and I am sure he will acquire this goal gradually. He must also avoid copying from Hindi Films. So also he must stop hard on unpalatable language like “Dukrachea Kastacho” etc. Vulgarity in words and in action should be avoided by all means. Vulgarity spoken from the stage is not acceptable to the audience especially to the decent audience.
The roles played by seasoned and well matured Mathew Araujo as a lecturer and later on as an ageing man was well enacted. So too the role of Roma as his young daughter. Roma possessed good stage attraction, she looks very attractive on stage. Her voice is also very charming. The role of a Minister played by Salu de Loutolim was well performed. Kuwait based actor Adriano played a superb role of the CEO of the company though he did this role as a last minute substitute for Samuel Carvalho. Those who saw this Tiatro in Goa as well said that Adriano played this role much better than what Samuel did in Goa. Adriano’s voice is more attractive, clarity is better, dress code is fine and stage attraction was better than the visiting artistes. Samuel lacked all these attributes. Adriano looked like a real actor and not like a Gorilla.
Comedywise, the Tiatro created peals of laughter in the hall by both the comedians Selvy and Agostinho though Selvy remains much higher than Agostinho cause he can sing with a melodious voice as well. Though comedy in Sir is more like kiddish and childish yet it was humorous and enjoyable. Selvy with his Anthony Mendes type of flexible body can move like a spring. Agostinho’s screaming spoils the beauty because it generates unnecessarily negative feelings. Negative feelings are not required and screaming and expressing every word loudly is not a mode of traditional Tiatro. It is o.k. for Khell Tiatro and basically I think Agostinho graduated to traditional Tiatro from the Kindergarten of Khell Tiatros.
Without Selvy’s comedy role, the tiatro ‘Sir’ would certainly collapse and Agostinho would also collapse. The Tiatro is termed Super hit and the best drama currently running in Goa but frankly speaking there is nothing extraordinary about it. If this is the state of our super hit dramas, what can we expect on the Konkani stage in future? Only this kind of a run of a mill?
Among the side show songs, the solos of Meena and Roma deserve highest compliments. Both these actresses rendered their solos very beautifully. And for Meena, this is the first time that I saw her singing so beautifully with meticulous clarity. The other songs deserved mentions and highest compliments are of Xavier Almeida from Taleigao. Both his solos one on the late Dr. Jack Sequeira and the other on greatness of our Communidade brought greater beauty to this Tiatro. The other singer who captured the hearts of the audience by his excellently rendered opening solo was Joaquim Cabral from Dona Paula. Both Almeida and Cabral are first timers in Kuwait and yet they stole the limelight. Both of them in their maiden appearance in Kuwait rightly captured the hearts of the audience. People are eagerly awaiting them in the next Tiatros. Agostinho deserved compliments for introducing these hidden stalwarts to the Kuwait Konkani Stage.
The music provided by Norman was very pleasing to the ears, the sound was never above the voice of the singers.
Amongst the locals, Marcus Vaz rendered a solo on the late Sanny de Quepem. Marcus Vas could have still enriched this song with more information on the greatness of Sanny de Quepem as a singer. As fitting tribute to Sanny, Marcus Vas should have rendered at least a verse and a chorus of any of the best songs of Sanny de Quepem. In their trio Laurent-Marcus Vaz–Cajetan de Sanvordem eulogised GCC countries for providing job opportunities for us and further said that we must show our gratitude to these countries. It is very good advice. But when Kuwait was under the invasion of Iraq, Kuwait Goan evacuees in Goa organized their movement where they held their first Rally and public meeting in Panjim on 11th November 1990, incidentally, none of these trio singers showed their gratitude to Kuwait from where they earned their sustenance by joining in the mentioned Public Rally and Meeting. That time they forgot to show their gratitude to Kuwait which made them someones in their lives. In Konkani, there is a saying “Padrincho sermau nhoi unienk punn fokot lokank”. We have many Tiatrists well enough in sermonizing others how to behave in life but in reality they forget to lead a good life.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
Written and directed by comedian Agostinho Temudo, “Sir” was successfully staged on Friday 19th of January at Hawally A/C Hall in Kuwait. Instead of 3.30 PM as scheduled, the Tiatro started at 4.30 PM in a very chilly hall which lacked heating system. Though it was attended by a good number of attendees yet it was not a full house contrary to the expectation.Even then, if this much of crowd came to watch this Tiatro, it was mainly because of the efforts of the organisers in disbursing the tickets and not because the writer/director was a high caliber one. Since this is the first Tiatro of the year and it was held after a long gap, it was expected that people would flood the hall but nothing of that sort happened. Let this be a warning to those who are organizing their Tiatros one after the other. They should not expect heavy turn out for their shows. I think people are getting negative feelings towards Tiatro now because of the bickering amongst the Tiatrists and because of the cheap stories and comedy copied from Hindi Films.
Comedian Agostinho was first time introduced to Kuwait Konkani Stage by late Dr. Rozario Rodrigues when he accompanied his troupe. But as an individual he was first time brought to Kuwait by Rosary Ferns for his Tiatro to do comedy role opposite to Prince Jacob and Querobina and he performed extremely well. During that trip of his he was staying in my house with me along with other artistes namely Prince Jacob, Jr. Rod, Josephine and Felcy. It was during that time we both inculcated acquaintance. Later on he was regularly brought to Kuwait by other organizers some of whom used the code of “No contact with Veronica” which means “when you are coming for our show, you should not meet Veronica”. Though some abided by this code introduced by the bastardized Goans, comedian Agostinho alone challenged this code by saying “you go to hell. You brought me to Kuwait only to act in your Show. The rest is my lookout”. By challenging this code, he started coming to my place and meeting me and spending time with me. Incidentally some of those who were promoting this code themselves shamelessly came to me begging for my help to promote their Tiatro.
The theme of the Tiatro Sir is not very impressive. The subject was light and devoid of any intellectually high moral though many people liked it. This does not mean it was a cheap story. The story has a moral revolved around political life in Goa, mischief of the Montris, punishment for the wrong doers and fall of a pride. Agostinho by nature is politically conscious. Among the Tiatrists who stayed at my place, he is the only Tiatrist who displayed his total concern for Goa. He was the only Tiatrist at my place in Kuwait who wanted to know more of day to day affairs of Goa by reading Goan daily newspaper. He was everyday waiting for me to come home soon after my work and hand over to him the Heraldo. In the light of this, he introduced his political views in this Tiatro. Though he is still in novitiate of directorship yet I am sure he will improve gradually. To become a good director is not a joke and to attain this grade Agostinho will have to work harder.
There are many faults in his Tiatro which requires correction. For example. He showed how in the last scene the Minister is arrested. In reality, is it possible for a Police Officer to arrest a Minister, especially in Goa? And that too for a rape? Narvenkarism is flourishing in Goa so openly yet nobody is arrested. What is possible in theory may not be possible in reality. Likewise you find many direction-related flaws. The rape scene could have been depicted in a better way. Roma after the rape while coming out of the place of Minister does not look disjointed - like a girl who was just raped. After the rape her appearance and dress did not justify the preceding action. It was not Roma’s fault but that of the director who should have guided her adroitly. But how this “kalcho – porcho” director will learn the art of direction without maturity of a seasoned director? Agostinho Temudo has to learn a lot to become a good director and I am sure he will acquire this goal gradually. He must also avoid copying from Hindi Films. So also he must stop hard on unpalatable language like “Dukrachea Kastacho” etc. Vulgarity in words and in action should be avoided by all means. Vulgarity spoken from the stage is not acceptable to the audience especially to the decent audience.
The roles played by seasoned and well matured Mathew Araujo as a lecturer and later on as an ageing man was well enacted. So too the role of Roma as his young daughter. Roma possessed good stage attraction, she looks very attractive on stage. Her voice is also very charming. The role of a Minister played by Salu de Loutolim was well performed. Kuwait based actor Adriano played a superb role of the CEO of the company though he did this role as a last minute substitute for Samuel Carvalho. Those who saw this Tiatro in Goa as well said that Adriano played this role much better than what Samuel did in Goa. Adriano’s voice is more attractive, clarity is better, dress code is fine and stage attraction was better than the visiting artistes. Samuel lacked all these attributes. Adriano looked like a real actor and not like a Gorilla.
Comedywise, the Tiatro created peals of laughter in the hall by both the comedians Selvy and Agostinho though Selvy remains much higher than Agostinho cause he can sing with a melodious voice as well. Though comedy in Sir is more like kiddish and childish yet it was humorous and enjoyable. Selvy with his Anthony Mendes type of flexible body can move like a spring. Agostinho’s screaming spoils the beauty because it generates unnecessarily negative feelings. Negative feelings are not required and screaming and expressing every word loudly is not a mode of traditional Tiatro. It is o.k. for Khell Tiatro and basically I think Agostinho graduated to traditional Tiatro from the Kindergarten of Khell Tiatros.
Without Selvy’s comedy role, the tiatro ‘Sir’ would certainly collapse and Agostinho would also collapse. The Tiatro is termed Super hit and the best drama currently running in Goa but frankly speaking there is nothing extraordinary about it. If this is the state of our super hit dramas, what can we expect on the Konkani stage in future? Only this kind of a run of a mill?
Among the side show songs, the solos of Meena and Roma deserve highest compliments. Both these actresses rendered their solos very beautifully. And for Meena, this is the first time that I saw her singing so beautifully with meticulous clarity. The other songs deserved mentions and highest compliments are of Xavier Almeida from Taleigao. Both his solos one on the late Dr. Jack Sequeira and the other on greatness of our Communidade brought greater beauty to this Tiatro. The other singer who captured the hearts of the audience by his excellently rendered opening solo was Joaquim Cabral from Dona Paula. Both Almeida and Cabral are first timers in Kuwait and yet they stole the limelight. Both of them in their maiden appearance in Kuwait rightly captured the hearts of the audience. People are eagerly awaiting them in the next Tiatros. Agostinho deserved compliments for introducing these hidden stalwarts to the Kuwait Konkani Stage.
The music provided by Norman was very pleasing to the ears, the sound was never above the voice of the singers.
Amongst the locals, Marcus Vaz rendered a solo on the late Sanny de Quepem. Marcus Vas could have still enriched this song with more information on the greatness of Sanny de Quepem as a singer. As fitting tribute to Sanny, Marcus Vas should have rendered at least a verse and a chorus of any of the best songs of Sanny de Quepem. In their trio Laurent-Marcus Vaz–Cajetan de Sanvordem eulogised GCC countries for providing job opportunities for us and further said that we must show our gratitude to these countries. It is very good advice. But when Kuwait was under the invasion of Iraq, Kuwait Goan evacuees in Goa organized their movement where they held their first Rally and public meeting in Panjim on 11th November 1990, incidentally, none of these trio singers showed their gratitude to Kuwait from where they earned their sustenance by joining in the mentioned Public Rally and Meeting. That time they forgot to show their gratitude to Kuwait which made them someones in their lives. In Konkani, there is a saying “Padrincho sermau nhoi unienk punn fokot lokank”. We have many Tiatrists well enough in sermonizing others how to behave in life but in reality they forget to lead a good life.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
Mogan Tujea Lasotam’ - A Review
BY DANIEL F.D'SOUZA dannyboy04@rediffmail.com
Music House production firm based in Mapusa in the North is churning out audio and video albums with regularity. Their recent additions are VCD music album ‘Mogan Tujea lasotam’ of Kuwait based Rosary Ferns and ‘Mevonk Na’ a VCD film of Menino de Benaulim. Both these new videos have received good response from the Konkani music lovers.
‘Mogan Tuje Lasotam’: This video music album of veteran stage artist Rosary Ferns based in Kuwait is shot in picturesque locations in and around Goa, with the outdoor and indoor filming by Cameraman Joywin Fernandes. The video album has ten nice tracks sung by popular singers of the Konkani stage with meaningful lyrics composed by Rosary Ferns himself.
The video begins with the title song ‘Mogan tujea lasotam’ a Mando rendered in a sensual voice by talented Veeam Bond Braganza with appropriate music score by Maestro Josinho. It really makes a pleasant listening as well as a fine beginning to the album. Rosary Ferns comes with a solo ‘Matharponn’ a well composed song highlighting the old age stage of life and the consequences thereof. Peter-Roshan both pair together to render ‘Soitann’ a lovely duet on a fast pop beat. The duet has a good morale. ‘Put’ is yet another nice solo with good and touching lyrics sung by versatile senior stage singer Luciano Dias.
Rosary Ferns returns back to once again render a meaningful solo ‘Gorv’. In this solo the singer talks about pride and the negative consequences of the same. To drive home his point and emphasize on the message of his song he has shown clips of tyrants such as Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussien. ‘Ostori’ a solo by Bab Agnel is passable, followed by a nice duet ‘Sangatan Bhonv-ia’ well rendered by the versatile pair of Antonette de Calangute and Bonny Pereira. Joywin has captured the indoor shots well and the pair does justice to the lyrics with some natural acting.
‘Tumi Fotouta’ a solo by Mini Mario is well rendered with good music bnack up and picturised at appealing outdoor locations. The last tracks on the album is ‘Dinar’ and this video is another excellent solo sung by Rosary Ferns sounding a sensible warning for those aspiring to take up jobs in the gulf.
Overall the album is a nice and slick presentation with nice solos and good duets. The songs are meaningful and bear a morale. A good pick for Rs. 150/-, go for it.
Mevonk Na: This VCD film has a good star cast of dashing Ulhas Tari, stylish Antush pretty Jessica, charming Ana, versatile Fatima supported in the hilarious section by comedians Joana, Agostinho, Ambe, Fernando and others. The story is revolving around two households and their children Walter & Jessica with Brian another college going youth also a part of the triangle, with the story overlapping on a love triangle. Then there is a friend Norma who tries to play games with ulterior motives and greed for money. An unwed mother mourning the death of her child at birth, a nurse playing good Samaritan. A young man aspiring to join the Police department and wearing the uniform of a Police Officer, and later fulfilling his dreams. All this and more twist to the tale with a good amount of suspense, and conspiracies is what ‘Mevonk Na’ is all about. The script of the film is fairly good with a lot of English dialogues thrown in with natural flair as and when the situation demands. However the ending seems to be a little too abrupt.
The comedy sequences with Agostinho, Fernando, Ambe and Joana are well scripted and enacted with some natural acting. The VCD film is priced at Rs. 150/- and is available at all leading music stores.
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Khille & Gelem Soddun – Manfa’s latest albums
The latest offerings from the House of Manfa Music is Prince of Centuries Pascoal Rodrigues’ audio album ‘Khille’ and Lawry Travasso’s Video album ‘Gelem Soddun’.
Khille: This audio album has 14 delectable tracks rendered by several singers of the Konkani stage besides four rib-tickling jokes intermittently presented by comedians Agostinho, Janet, and Selvy. The first track ‘Utrachi Mudi’ rendered by Osvi Viegas with a smooth voice makes a good beginning. ‘Ugddas Kortam’ by Lawry Travasso is a beautiful tribute paid through song to living Konkani stage legend M. Boyer. The title song ‘Khille’ on the album is rendered by Pascoal himself and the lyrics are really thought provoking and touching. Versatile singer Felcy renders ‘Bhogsonnem’ and speaks about the issue of forgiveness, while Jaju Fernandes lends his voice for ‘Bible’ an educative track emphasizing the importance of the Holy bible. Selvy and Janet both combine with a comedy duet ‘Pandu Lampiao’.
‘Sant Bokht’ a solo track rendered by Angreat Rodrigues highlighting the devotion of various saints in Goa, is an average track on the album. Pascoal Rodrigues and Felcy both together combine for a romantic duet ‘Mogan Zalam Pisso’. ‘Udok’ by Jaju Fernandes and ‘Dudacho Glass’ by Pascoal Rodrigues are the last two tracks on the audio album. The last track by Pascoal Rodrigues is once again has some nice lyrics and is backed by good music.
The audio album has music by Chris Correia with Filip de Sanvordem (Saxaphone), Anthony de Velim (Trumpet) Peterson Gomes (Bass), Norman Cardozo (Keyboard), Aurville Rodrigues (Drums) and Chris on rhytm guitar. The lyrics for all the tracks has been composed by Pascoal Rodrigues. The album is priced at Rs. 125/- and is available all over the State with the regular outlets.
Gelem Soddun: This is video album of Lawry Travasso comprising of 8 beautiful songs picturised at several outdoor locations in and around Goa. The album begins with the title song ‘Gelem Soddun’ by Lawry followed by another solo track ‘Bhurgeank rostear soddinaka’ by the same singer. The song has some touching lyrics highlighting the fate of orphan children. Stylish singer Victor makes his presence strongly felt on the video album with an electrifying romantic track ‘Sopon’. Lawry’s next ‘Maria Magnnem Kortana’ is a solo followed by melodious singer Osvi Viegas’ ‘Duvens’ (lyrics Osvi Viegas) sounding a caution on the deadly scourge of HIV/AIDS. This is a nice track on the video album and Osvi does full justice to the touching lyrics together with some nice clips by Joywin.
‘Prema’ by Lawry is set to foot tapping music, followed by Goenkaram a solo on the folk beat by Lawry speaking about various aspects of Goan lifestyles and the last track on the album is a duet ‘Poi Poi’ by Lawry and Delaila. The duet is well picturised with pleasant music backup. The video album is worth the cover price of Rs. 150/- and makes a pleasant viewing . Go ahead pick a original copy today from the nearest seller. The music in this video album is scored by Philip Baretto with James Vaz providing the background music.
Music House production firm based in Mapusa in the North is churning out audio and video albums with regularity. Their recent additions are VCD music album ‘Mogan Tujea lasotam’ of Kuwait based Rosary Ferns and ‘Mevonk Na’ a VCD film of Menino de Benaulim. Both these new videos have received good response from the Konkani music lovers.‘Mogan Tuje Lasotam’: This video music album of veteran stage artist Rosary Ferns based in Kuwait is shot in picturesque locations in and around Goa, with the outdoor and indoor filming by Cameraman Joywin Fernandes. The video album has ten nice tracks sung by popular singers of the Konkani stage with meaningful lyrics composed by Rosary Ferns himself.
The video begins with the title song ‘Mogan tujea lasotam’ a Mando rendered in a sensual voice by talented Veeam Bond Braganza with appropriate music score by Maestro Josinho. It really makes a pleasant listening as well as a fine beginning to the album. Rosary Ferns comes with a solo ‘Matharponn’ a well composed song highlighting the old age stage of life and the consequences thereof. Peter-Roshan both pair together to render ‘Soitann’ a lovely duet on a fast pop beat. The duet has a good morale. ‘Put’ is yet another nice solo with good and touching lyrics sung by versatile senior stage singer Luciano Dias.
Rosary Ferns returns back to once again render a meaningful solo ‘Gorv’. In this solo the singer talks about pride and the negative consequences of the same. To drive home his point and emphasize on the message of his song he has shown clips of tyrants such as Adolph Hitler and Saddam Hussien. ‘Ostori’ a solo by Bab Agnel is passable, followed by a nice duet ‘Sangatan Bhonv-ia’ well rendered by the versatile pair of Antonette de Calangute and Bonny Pereira. Joywin has captured the indoor shots well and the pair does justice to the lyrics with some natural acting.
‘Tumi Fotouta’ a solo by Mini Mario is well rendered with good music bnack up and picturised at appealing outdoor locations. The last tracks on the album is ‘Dinar’ and this video is another excellent solo sung by Rosary Ferns sounding a sensible warning for those aspiring to take up jobs in the gulf.
Overall the album is a nice and slick presentation with nice solos and good duets. The songs are meaningful and bear a morale. A good pick for Rs. 150/-, go for it.
Mevonk Na: This VCD film has a good star cast of dashing Ulhas Tari, stylish Antush pretty Jessica, charming Ana, versatile Fatima supported in the hilarious section by comedians Joana, Agostinho, Ambe, Fernando and others. The story is revolving around two households and their children Walter & Jessica with Brian another college going youth also a part of the triangle, with the story overlapping on a love triangle. Then there is a friend Norma who tries to play games with ulterior motives and greed for money. An unwed mother mourning the death of her child at birth, a nurse playing good Samaritan. A young man aspiring to join the Police department and wearing the uniform of a Police Officer, and later fulfilling his dreams. All this and more twist to the tale with a good amount of suspense, and conspiracies is what ‘Mevonk Na’ is all about. The script of the film is fairly good with a lot of English dialogues thrown in with natural flair as and when the situation demands. However the ending seems to be a little too abrupt.
The comedy sequences with Agostinho, Fernando, Ambe and Joana are well scripted and enacted with some natural acting. The VCD film is priced at Rs. 150/- and is available at all leading music stores.
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Khille & Gelem Soddun – Manfa’s latest albums
The latest offerings from the House of Manfa Music is Prince of Centuries Pascoal Rodrigues’ audio album ‘Khille’ and Lawry Travasso’s Video album ‘Gelem Soddun’.
Khille: This audio album has 14 delectable tracks rendered by several singers of the Konkani stage besides four rib-tickling jokes intermittently presented by comedians Agostinho, Janet, and Selvy. The first track ‘Utrachi Mudi’ rendered by Osvi Viegas with a smooth voice makes a good beginning. ‘Ugddas Kortam’ by Lawry Travasso is a beautiful tribute paid through song to living Konkani stage legend M. Boyer. The title song ‘Khille’ on the album is rendered by Pascoal himself and the lyrics are really thought provoking and touching. Versatile singer Felcy renders ‘Bhogsonnem’ and speaks about the issue of forgiveness, while Jaju Fernandes lends his voice for ‘Bible’ an educative track emphasizing the importance of the Holy bible. Selvy and Janet both combine with a comedy duet ‘Pandu Lampiao’.
‘Sant Bokht’ a solo track rendered by Angreat Rodrigues highlighting the devotion of various saints in Goa, is an average track on the album. Pascoal Rodrigues and Felcy both together combine for a romantic duet ‘Mogan Zalam Pisso’. ‘Udok’ by Jaju Fernandes and ‘Dudacho Glass’ by Pascoal Rodrigues are the last two tracks on the audio album. The last track by Pascoal Rodrigues is once again has some nice lyrics and is backed by good music.
The audio album has music by Chris Correia with Filip de Sanvordem (Saxaphone), Anthony de Velim (Trumpet) Peterson Gomes (Bass), Norman Cardozo (Keyboard), Aurville Rodrigues (Drums) and Chris on rhytm guitar. The lyrics for all the tracks has been composed by Pascoal Rodrigues. The album is priced at Rs. 125/- and is available all over the State with the regular outlets.
Gelem Soddun: This is video album of Lawry Travasso comprising of 8 beautiful songs picturised at several outdoor locations in and around Goa. The album begins with the title song ‘Gelem Soddun’ by Lawry followed by another solo track ‘Bhurgeank rostear soddinaka’ by the same singer. The song has some touching lyrics highlighting the fate of orphan children. Stylish singer Victor makes his presence strongly felt on the video album with an electrifying romantic track ‘Sopon’. Lawry’s next ‘Maria Magnnem Kortana’ is a solo followed by melodious singer Osvi Viegas’ ‘Duvens’ (lyrics Osvi Viegas) sounding a caution on the deadly scourge of HIV/AIDS. This is a nice track on the video album and Osvi does full justice to the touching lyrics together with some nice clips by Joywin.
‘Prema’ by Lawry is set to foot tapping music, followed by Goenkaram a solo on the folk beat by Lawry speaking about various aspects of Goan lifestyles and the last track on the album is a duet ‘Poi Poi’ by Lawry and Delaila. The duet is well picturised with pleasant music backup. The video album is worth the cover price of Rs. 150/- and makes a pleasant viewing . Go ahead pick a original copy today from the nearest seller. The music in this video album is scored by Philip Baretto with James Vaz providing the background music.
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