July 10, 2014

TIATRO "UNDIR MHOJEA MAMA" BY ROSEFERNS.

 
NEW TIATRO “UNDIR MHOJEA MAMA”.
 
 
 
Packed to capacity the A/c Hall at Kala Academy Panjim, yesterday the 9th of this month, the Tiatro lovers watched the new Tiatro “UNDIR  MHOJEA  MAMA” written and directed by the renowned playwright, Roseferns.  In Goa in the Tiatro circle, there are a very few directors whose marketing capacity before the audience is such that their name itself is enough to woo the audience for their Tiatros and one such director is Roseferns.  Because of his name and fame, a  day in advance the tickets for this Show were sold. Currently, this is something great as it used to happen earlier for the Tiatros staged by those gigantic directors namely J.P. Souzalin, C. Alvares, M. Boyer, Remy J. Colaco, Prem Kumar and some others. All those gigantic directors of yesteryears lived up to the expectations of the audience but are the current great directors capable to fulfill the expectations of the audience? The audience alone can answer this question.
 
  
As scheduled, the Show started at 7.45 PM while outside it was raining since it was a rainy day. Since more Shows of this Tiatro are going to be staged elsewhere in Goa including the repeat Show in Panjim, I desist from giving full details of this Tiatro.  Hence, the gist. 
 
 
 
The title of the Tiatro UNDIR MHOJEA MAMA is used in figurative sense indicating a traitor – Rosario de Benaulim - in the family of Roseferns. This traitor happens to be one of the sons who created a plot to kill the bride of his brother – Tari – on her wedding day itself when she was going to the Church for her nuptial.  While at home preparing to get set to go to the Church for his nuptial, the bridegroom gets the sad news of the sudden death of his bride and out of shock he goes mad.
 
 
 
Tari played the role of a mad man extremely well and he was assisted well by the charismatic artiste Antonette de Maina.  Rosario de Benaulim does justice to his role and as his wife seasoned and attractive artiste Roma performed her role beautifully. As usual, the director Roseferns did his role very well with the normal clarity of the  delivery of his terminology.  Comedian Jannet also as usual played her part well along with comedian Selvy and others.
 


In the Side Show songs, Lawry Travasso, Marcus Vaz, Francis de Tuem, Rosario de Benaulim and Roma rendered their songs well. However, in the absence of Saby de Divar something looked missing since his political songs creating lot of ripples are admired by the audience.

As a whole and with the exception of a few minor flaws, the Show was well enacted and it is worth watching by those who missed it.  
Congratulations Roseferns and your troupe.

A. Veronica Fernandes,
Tel:7507394349.
 


 

July 7, 2014

BRAZIL MINUS INJURED NEYMAR.


I am totally disappointed that Neymar is out of World Cup due to intentionally inflicted heavy injury on him by the ruffian type of Colombian defender Juan Zuniga. It was surprising to see that the match referee failed even to show Yellow card to the offender. This shows the laxity on the part of the Referee and as a matter of fact so far in this World Cup refereeing was not up to the mark. 
 
 
Minus Neymar much of the glitter not only of Brazil but also of the remaining part of the World Cup will be lost. His graceful play and sprinting with the ball were just the thrillers to watch. His running capacity with the ball makes him another Ussain Bolt on the football field.  This sprinting capacity gave an added booster for his otherwise excellence in playing excellent soccer especially in defense splitting passes.
 
 
So far, Brazil looked heavily depended on him and in his absence the home team will find it extremely hard to overcome the challenge of their opponents Germany which is a very organized team having a very good disciplined team work.  In 1994 when Maradona was evicted from the World Cup for the intake of Drugs the beauty of that tournament was lost because in his absence people lost the opportunity to get them entertained further by any other player. In the same manner, in this tournament with the exit of Neymar we lost the opportunity to see him entertaining the soccer fans from the soccer field. I only hope he recovers fast.
 
 
In 1966 World Cup held in England, Brazil returned home miserably because it then depended too much on one player Pele and when he was ruthlessly injured by the Bulgarians and Portuguese, Pele failed to produce his magic and hence Brazil came home empty handed.  In order to amend this mistake in the next World Cup in 1970 at Mexico the new coach of Brazil Mr. Saldanha prepared a totally new look team comprising number of Peles to diminish the over dependence on one real Pele. Hence came the stars like Jairzinho, Dr. Tostao, Rivelino, Gerson, Clodoaldo, Carlos Alberto and others who produced the best ever team on this planet that finally won the Jules Rimet trophy for the third time for Brazil and to keep it permanently for Brazil.
 
 
Unless miracle takes place and in view of the absence of Neymar on whose feet the greatness of Brazil revolved, Brazil will not survive the onslaught of Germany in the semi-final. In 1962 Brazil in the absence of injured Pele, had second Pele in Garrincha to gain them the  victory but in this edition there is no second Neymar. Hence the situation for Brazil against Germany is very bad. Still as my favourite team I wish Brazil all the best because best of soccer is stored in them and they have capacity to release it. Hope they will do this now.

 

     A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel: 7507394349.

July 6, 2014

PAL SOARES' TIATRO IN PANJIM ON TUESDAY 8TH JULY.

 
After attaining success in Margao and acclaiming to be the best drama of this season, well-known writer & director Pal Soares is now coming to Panjim,  at Kala Academy Hall,  on 8th of this month at 7.30 PM to stage his new drama "ATAM THORI MHAKA SONDHI DHIAT".
 
It is a must see for those who are longing to see a good story and side show songs too.