"Tiatr" produced copious volumes of music-song

"Tiatr" produced copious volumes of music-song.
Named after the Portuguese 'Teatro,' the Konknni stage was Goa's largest of performing arts, mainly among Catholics. It sure featured names like Kamat de Assolna but bulk was Goan Catholic, some with curious stage names like Titta Pretto
and Jhepsis Hitler!

"Pai Tiatrist" Joao Agostinho (JA) Fernandes, actually "Irmao" of pioneer Lucasino Ribeiro as JA himself always protested, wrote original plays and music right from his
first, and history's second, Tiatr. JA set Tiatr in the seven-Acts format, and between the Acts, songs that could be solos, duets, trios or quartets. With his own wife, he introduced women to the stage. His themes were clearly aimed at social reformation.

Thence, the world of Tiatr produced many giants. They would take a tome to even be briefly discussed. I'll restrict to a few whose song-music so impacted my young mind that I remember them to this day. I was not old enough to see some of them live, but heard their renditions from vinyl records or from 'Akashvani' (in those times, "Aqui Portugal, fala Emissora de Goa.")

Personally, my greatest Tiatrist was singer-actor Kid Boxer. Not just for his song, but for his courage of conviction. Allow me to leave the best for the last, later in this article, when I'll elaborate.

One colossus of the Tiatr world was Minguel Rod. He strode the Konknni stage at a precocious age, entering when he himself was only 13. His songs attacked social ills, which is natural as he hailed from a poor tribal background of Cortalim.


His verse-lyrics were absolutely original -- even if his tunes at times were borrowed. His imagery and satirical bite was not. A song went like, "(The landlord's) house was massive/ built of rock-solid stone/ but a wall collapsed/ when a pig's tail accidentally brushed against it." Credited with revival of the Tiatr during its gloomiest days, Minguel produced colourful titles like 'Lembddo Santan' and 'Pobre Fidalgo.'

Year 1955 was tumultuous for the Portuguese in Goa. August 15, India's Independence Day, saw several "Jai Hinds" shot dead or injured at border points of Patradevi, Molem and Polem. On October 5, Portugal's Republic Day, hundreds of natives converged at Cortalim. Everyone from Governor to gun-totting soldier quaked, until it was discovered it was not an internal 'Satyagraha.' Minguel Rod had died. Like
several Tiatr greats, at a young age: 32. "Aqui Portugal" announced the demise in all its six language news bulletins. And annual radio tributes until liberation.

Anthony Mendes is my best Konknni comedian-singer, not because his ancestral house was a whistling distance from mine. Such was his singing, dancing and acting talent that he was about to be inducted in Hindi films, when he too departed -- also at a relatively young age. Upon his death, Alfred Rose composed and sang a tribute to him. Several times during its rendition, Alfred broke down, and with him, most in the
audience.

Anthony need not have uttered funny Konknni lines to have the crowd in splits. He achieved that by merely twitching his bushy whiskers or squinting his saucer-sized eyes. Or a faked movement of his agile body -- or even with an equally spurious
Padri-style short quote in Latin! He scripted Tiatrs but only one, "Joao Paddekar," was staged in Goa.

Typical of his song lyrics:
"Ho tuzo guneaum, muzo guneaum, kestaum pettota /
Beijeam svater, vontt poleancher, thapttam suzota"
(on domestic tiffs between spouses, where, instead of
kisses, slaps resound off cheeks.)

After him, Jacinto Vaz and M. Boyer held the flag of stage comedy high.

In this galaxy, the greatest in his day was Alexinho de Candolim. He sang and also penned some pretty powerful Tiatrs, including his famous "Sonvsarant Konn Konnacho," and his trademark last, "To Bhavtto Dhormancho." Alexinho died at age 49, in 1964.

Young Menezes was the first rapid-fire ("jet-speed") singer. He liberally used Konknni adages in his songs, including one titled 'Hotel de Jakin!' Like his senior fellow villager Alexinho, Young's songs rhymed perfectly.

Trio singers -- three actors interspersing in a song -- were popular on the Konknni stage. The most legendary was Kid-Young-Rod (Kid Boxer, Young Menezes and Minguel Rod).

Among the famous Trios was Rom-Rem-Rod, who sang on the abominable murder of a Taleigao housewife, her daughter and a yet unborn child. That crime, a few years from liberation, shocked Goa, earned Malayalees local hatred and, in a long time, the Aguada gallows a trophy.


The generally accepted "Trio Kings" were Conception-Nelson-Anthony. Their political satire was so devastating that they invited post-1961 official wrath on the Tiatr
fraternity -- special guys. More about them below.

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Alfred Rose must be the most prolific of Konknni 'cantarists' (singers). He wrote and sang so many songs that he lost count of them. No chronicler can fix the number of 'cantaram' he penned. He set most of them to music himself, sang a few hundred, solo or in duet with wife Rita, or others. Most, however, were sung by other artistes.

Alfred did a wide variety of songs, from serious to satirical, melodic to mournful. Like Alexinho de Candolim before him, many of his songs carried a strong social
message, even if at times he sounded like a Sunday 'sermao.'

Some despised the nasal in his otherwise versatile soprano voice. And, even though original most of the time, Alfred sometimes borrowed popular Western tunes. But, as one of his greatest fans and my friend Filipe Dias of Madel-Margao says, "Alfred's
music was customer-oriented. When fans requested him to set songs to particular Western tunes, Alfred obliged."

Like music generated by the Konknni stage, it's not possible to discuss Cantaram save in passing. My personal choice always was songs that spun on humour. Names like Anthony Tuloo ("Lion of Cantarists"), Francis de Monso, 'Big Shot', Pascoal ("Master") Fernandes, Robin Vaz and Hermenzildo Francisco Camilo (H. Britton) will long be remembered for their melody-comedy.

In this genre, singers like Kid Boxer and Minguel Rod were
incomparable. Minguel's witty 'nightmare' still resounds:

"Angan tem asa nhoim re edem mottem bobor / Kai bore pole
tache mou-mou robor / Ratchem sopnant ieun korta tem mhaka
zobor / Mat apunn khuim rauta ti sangonam re khobor.

"Poir rati tannem sopnant ghott dhorlo maka / Ekar-ek beij
diunk laglem paka-paka / Tea vogtar saiba kainch anink mhaka
naka / Zago zaun tor polloi zalear mazor lenvta mhaka.

"Kal rati ani ek pautt jiu khoxen mhozo bhorlo / Oklecho pai
soirik gheun amgher so pavon sorlo / Oitana khoxen mhunno
babu apunn chol'lo / Zago zaun tor polloi zalear nakar
bhonvta zorlo.

"Ekech muttin zorleache dant hanvem moddle / Zago zaun tor
polloi paichea oklache arxe foddle / Pain kalukant chor mhunn
maecher borech oddle / Maein chobko marun paichea khoddeache
kens thoddle.

"Kestaum hem kabar zatoch auchit jhem mhaka poddli /
Oklechi mae ieun nhoim re soirik mhoji moddli /
Te tiddkin dhorun tika hanvem *charains* korun oddly /
Zago zaun tor polloi novich kamboll pinzun soddli."

In the general female genre, amongst the shiniest stars: Lorna (Sorg Tujea Dolleanim, Sorga Rajeant, Sopon, Noxibac Roddta -- all fused in Chris Perry's
music magic, and trumpet, as in Piso and Bebdo), and Rita Rose (Bottateanchi Bhaji, Ankvar Ravtelim, Kalliz Ostorechem, and in duet with hubby Alfred, Osoch Fottoitai, Tum Mojem Sukh and Anvdde Tuje Sompoi -- from 'Boglant.')


Let's move to another genre of Goan songsters.

At a time when Goa's independent identity was under grave threat, in the run up to the Jan-1967 Opinion Poll, several gifted Goans used their pen, voice and music to save the day for their homeland. Men like Dr. Manoharrai Sardessai, Adv. Uday Bhembre and Shankar Bhandari worked hard, through their song, to stem the tide of public opinion that was almost sure to have forever obliterated the idea of a distinct Goa.

Songs like "Goenchea Mojea Goenkaranno" and "Goenkar zaiat zage" sung by 'Goyem Shahir' Ulhas Buyao and "Don Pana" by Assolna-born vocalist Carmo Rod, still echo. In easier times, men like Bhembre wrote songs like "Chann'neache Rati" (sung
by Buyao), while Buyao himself produced quality songs, the most hilarious of which, to my mind, is "Gagar kiteak foddta re?" rendered, with equal finesse, by Varsha Usgaonkar.

"Dorya Deger" by Santosh and Mamta Prabhugaonkar, with pleasing vocal skills, delivered a powerful message on inter-caste marriages. These are included in Buyao's album, "Roop Tujem Laita Pixem."

Mangalore also produced a rich harvest of cantaram. Helen D'Cruz and Henry D'Souza created radio history with "Ye, ye, Katrina" (1971), one among many in their repertoire. Then there were Jerome de Souza, Lourdes Collaco, Agnes D'Souza, among
others. Wilfy Remimbus and Eric Ozario were giants on Mangalore's music matrix.


In this penultimate piece, some more 'firsts' in Goan music:

The first recorded Konknni song (on a vinyl gramophone record) was by Joao Agostinho, the Pai Tiatrist's "Mog mirmiriancho" (HMV, 1910), sung by him with his daughter Sofia. The first recorded Konknni audio cassette was by Alfred Rose. The
first Konknni audio CD was by Remo Fernandes. To Remo also goes the credit of re-doing old classics like 'Rajan & Prema' and 'Kustoba Rane.' The (unofficial) title of "Nightingale of Goa" was bestowed by a Portuguese governor on yodeler Dioguinho D'Mello -- who died, sadly, both blind and a beggar.

* * *

Goan music: a long, twisted, and often colourful road across time

Goan music: a long, twisted, and often colourful road across time
- By Valmiki Faleiro



Among my many debts of gratitude, one I owe to Goan music. To
cantorists and lyricists of Konknni songs. To those who set
the verses to music, and produced a repertoire very dear to a
substantial segment of Goans. From old-world gramophone
records, transistor radio and the first cinema, it was the
music that took me to the songs. The songs then took me to
the lyrics.

That is how Konknni songs, among few other things like
Konknni-speaking friends -- and the ever witty, wise, and
often wacky, world of Konknni adages -- improved my otherwise
severely limited vocabulary of the mother tongue. To them all
who scripted, scored and sang all those great Konknni songs,
here is a humble salute.

I met Frank Fernand, producer of the everlasting
songs in his early-1960s films 'Amchem Noxib' and
'Nirmonn,' in the late 1970s. I carried his angst,
on the disdain of Goa's elite and government
towards Konknni, in a Sunday piece in the
Margao-based West Coast Times I was then with. He
introduced orchestral music to Konknni song and
adapted the Tiatro celluloid. To me, he's also the
greatest Konknni music composer.

Frank Fernandes -- born Curchorem, May 3, 1919-- played the
violin and trumpet like they were toys. He was maestro to
Bollywood greats like Shankar-Jaikishan and Kalyanji-Anandji.
He set the tunes of [the prominent Konkani films of the
yesteryears] Amchem Noxib and Nirmonn to musical magic. This
great son of Goa passed away in Mumbai, April 1, 2007.

My good neighbour and friend, Francisco C. Colaco, no less a
cardiologist than the singer he also is, opines that late
Chris Perry was the greatest. I have no problems. Both Dr.
Colaco and I were blessed to be born in an area, 100 metres
in radius, that gave birth to several Konknni greats (the
list is long, but allow me to mention a few):

Joao Agostinho Fernandes, Pai Tiatrist (father of the Tiatr).
Mestre Fancu of the Holy Spirit Church and its music school,
who spawned a generation of famous musicians. His
reconstructed house at Tepodi Pandd, leading to the house of
some Tepodd -- catch Margaoites nicknaming people charitably!
-- still stands, as does the original quaint residence of the
Pai Tiatrist at Modsai.

Roque Bernardo Barreto Miranda, scion of a great literary
family, kept Konknni traditions alive with his Enfiada de
Anexins Go?se (Imprensa Nacional 1931). Amazing that such a
tiny geographic area also produced the likes of Mestre Nunes
Fernandes and Anthony Mendes, to me the greatest Konknni
comedian. His role of compounder in the film Amchem Noxib is
yet unsurpassed. And, of course, Chris, Joe and Paul-Perry.

Another 100 metres from here, then tiny Pequeno Madel gave
Goa musicians of the meter of Mestre Agostinho Carvalho. Also
the much decorated singer-comedian, Manoel Santana Aguiar
(State Award-1985, Sangeet Natak Academy's-1995, and Padma
Shree in 2005 -- an award every decade!) Born in Madel, M.
Boyer settled in Santemol, Raia. His stage brother, the
unique Jacinto Vaz, Goa's own Charlie -- Sir Charles Spencer
-- Chaplin, came from Mandur, Tiswadi though.

I am under no illusions that any justice can be
done to the world of Konknni music within one or
even a series of newspaper articles. Permit me,
though, to reminisce a bit.

Half a century ago, when I was a child, Konknni was shunned
both in schools and in upper class homes. Konknni, our
identity and heritage, thrived on the laps of the red
lateritic soil of the central of Parashurama's seven
Konkanas. Our ancestors made that identity bud, bloom and
blossom. Konknni writers, musicians and songsters kept the
language going.

Some have chronicled Goa's film and stage music. Andrew Greno
Viegas, who fell to cancer at 40 last year, was among them.
Between his lab assistant's job, he collected memorabilia of
Konknni song, wrote, and brought out the book titled 50 Years
of Konknni Cinema (2000). He worked at building an
encyclopaedia of recorded Konknni music.

There is the almost self-effacing Bonaventure
D'Pietro of Anjuna. He not only writes copiously --
his Songit, Doulot Goenkaranchi (2004) is a
treasure -- but plays and produces Konknni music as
well.

We have our own inimitable storyteller, Mario Cabral e S?,
who, between his many books, edited Location Goa (2006).
Another journo Frederick Noronha has pointed out that this
State-sponsored volume lacks adequate exposure. Selling
books, even one as good as Mario de Sa's, I reckon, would not
fetch our ministers the kickbacks that outsourcing deals do.

[First published in Herald, in 2008]
as archived by gaspar almeida, www.goa-world.com

TIATRO : A CRITICAL STUDY - [Ph.D. Thesis by Andre Rafael Fernandes]

TIATRO : A CRITICAL STUDY
[Ph.D. Thesis by Andre Rafael Fernandes]

Abstract

The study traces the development of Tiatro from its various origins.
Whereas the general impression is that this dramatic form began in 1892 in Bombay, the thesis traces Tiatro?s genesis to the traditional Zagors and Khells which have evolved over several centuries from ancient performances.

The study documents available references from the earliest Portuguese plays in Goa. The developments in Music and Song [both Indian and Western] are tracked and their integral functions in Tiatros is indicated. The research accounts for variations in the spelling of Tiatro and studies diverse aspects such as Genres, Thematic concerns, Phases of growth, Structure, use of language, roles of actors, women, set designing, lighting, innovations, stage management, publicity, censorship, limitations and audience participation, etc.

The thesis gives due credit to, and highlights the contribution of Joao Agostinho Fernandes, rightly regarded as Pai Tiatrist the 'Father of Tiatro'. Several of his major plays are analysed and their impact assessed. Joao Agostinho is found to be not just an excellent ground-breaking playwright but also a forceful votary of social
reform.

An important contribution of this research is the innovative documentation of Joao Agostinho's manuscripts, handbills, brochures, news clippings, reviews and related items in his collection. He is also presented as a role model for Tiatrists of all times.

Hundreds of Tiatrists have kept audiences enthralled for thousands of performances in Goa, Mumbai and elsewhere. On any given weekend during the theatrical season, at least ten shows are held in various parts of Goa.

While justice cannot be done to all the Tiatrists, in a study of the present type, an attempt is made to briefly analyse the published plays of nine other playwrights. These are : Aleixinho de Candolim, A.R. Souza Ferrao, Kid Boxer, J. P. Souzalin, C. Alvares, Remmie J. Colaco, John Claro Fernandes, Prem Kumar and M. Boyer.

A list of Tiatrists is also appended.

Issues, Problems and Challenges in Contemporary Tiatro are discussed in the study. In spite of the general apathy of official / government bodies and the onslaught of cable television and alternative forms of entertainment, it is seen that Tiatro has so far managed to hold its ground as the premier form of staged entertainment for Konkani speakers.

Ever since Antonio Piedade Moraes innovated the path-breaking transformation of the ground based khells ?to stage performances of Khell-Tiatr and the subsequent evolution of the Non-Stop Drama, Tiatro has been enthused with new life and dynamism.

With the gradual decline of the Tiatro production in Mumbai and corresponding spurt in formation of Goan troupes, theatrical activities have resurged. Tiatros entertain not just local audiences but also perform for the benefit of emigrants elsewhere in India, the Middle East, London and Toronto.

Developments in communication technologies such as the Internet permit the Goan diaspora to be aware of the contemporary artistes and performances. Considering all its inherent strengths, Tiatro has an assured future as a medium of entertainment, education and social transformation.
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FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://twitter.com/fn

Tiatrachea Machier: Tallio Marat

From: Edward Verdes
Subject: Re: [Gulf Goans] Tiatrachea Machier: Tallio Marat
To: gulf-goans@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 2:29 AM

Mayachea poile sumanat hanvem ho tiatr mojea kuttumba sangatak, Margao GVN Hallant pollelo.

Khorench boreantlo boro tiatr hea seasonantlo. ..Bore dailog ani khoddegant acting...Bai Hazelachem acting maka ekdom borem laglem.
Avoi-bapain aplea bhurgeam sangatak ho tiatr pollouncho.

Kantaram borim aslim, chodd korun Francis de Tuem, Marcus Vaz ani Lawry Travasso ancho trio ekdom boro aslo ani tankam machier 6 pautti porte apoile.
(interval uprant te disonk nant)

(A very good tiatr of this season, good story, acting and powerfull dialogues. Dont miss this tiatr if you
are in Goa..specially Gulfies should watch this tiatr with their families)

Mojim Porbim Bab Milagres de Chandor-ak.

Dev Borem Korum
Eddie Verdes


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Subject: [Gulf Goans] Tiatrachea Machier: Tallio Marat




'Tallio Marat’
amchea tornnateancher lokx oddta

Ghorabeachea udarposonna khatir avoy-bapain fokot duddu ekttaim kelear puro na. Avoy-bapui aplea vaddtea bhurgeancher aplem lokx oddina tednam, tancho fuddar ani xevott koso ani koslo zata tem Milagres de Chandor 'Tallio Marat' hea aplea tiatrant bes-bore toren dakoll korta. Sam (Elvis) ani Savita (Sharon)-achea sangata tancheo dog dhuvo Rosa (Carmin) ani Zelia (Hazel) jiyetat. Aplea avoy-bapaiche nodre add Rose guptim Lenoy (Rumualdo)-chea mogan poddta ani dhaktti dhuv Zelia vaitt ixttagotik lagon, vikhallim vokhdam (drugs) ani soro piyeunk xikta ani tanchech sangata tem aplo chodd-so vell sarta. Gõyant aplim bhurgim vaitt rostear choltat mhonn pordesant nokrek aslolea Samachea kanar poddta. Dubai apli nokri soddun divn ani Gõyam yevn, aple potinni ani bhurgeam sangata fuddle dis sarunk Sam ek tharav gheta. Vaitt ixttagot soddun borea margar yevnk 'taker' (Milagres) Zeliak aplo adar bhasaita. Tachi-i bhoinn toslech poristhitint atm-ghat korun somploli dekun Zeliacher toslem moronn yena zavnk 'taker' zaiti tozvit korta, punn Zelia tachem kainch ek aikunk toyar asona. Ek dis aplea ixttam sangata vell sartana, vikhallim vokhdam piyevn Zelia soiranna bhair poddta. Te sondecho faido ghevn, tache te tin ixtt tacher bolatkar kortat ani jivexim martat. Tea tovnaxi mon’xamni Zeliacho xevott kelo dekun, to 'taker' vichitr toren tancho bodla gheta ani adarlolea khunnak lagon xevottak Inspektor (Agnelo)-achea hatantlean taka bondkhonnint vechem poddta. Dusre vatten, ankvarponnich Rose avoyponnachea bhesar pavta ani ti khobor aplea mogiak kolloitoch, gorbhpatt korunk to taka suchoita. Punn toslem panvl marunk Rose toyar zaina. Pordesant vochpache toyarek lagtana, ek bhonvddi marun, apun logn zatolo mhonn Lenoy Rose-ak bhas dita. Punn pordesant vetoch, Lenoyak Nikisha (Sunita) sampoddta ani dogaim Gõyam yevn lognache toyarek lagtat. Hi khobor aikun, Rose khup dukhi zata ani dil'lea utracher aplo mogi add gelo dekun, tem aplo jiv sompounk sodta. Punn Rose-achea kusveant aslolea bhurgea vixim sot uzvaddak yetoch, Nikisha guptim Rose-ak aplo adar bhasaita. Logna disa Lenoyak Nikisha nhoi, punn tachench adlem mogi Rose bhett'ta ani tachech thaim taka kazar zavchem poddta. Tanchi dogainchi ti bhett koxi zali, tem nimannea pordear bes- bore toren dakoilam. Kantaram babtint, Lawry Travasso-chem Niz Mog, Francis de Tuem-chem Dotor, Sharon Mazarello-chem Internet Novre, bab Cameron-achem Uddta to Buddta, ani duet gailolim Elvis-Carmen- achem Bhaddem, ani Victor-Andrew SEZ kantarank loka koddlean boro yevkar mell'lo.
V Ixtt Milagres de Chandor-ak porbim dita ani fuddarak anik tiatr borovn ani machier haddun, Konknni machiechi seva pott’tiddken korunk ulo marta.

DIGDORSPI ULOITA:
- Az meren hanven 22 tiatr borovn, machier ube
keleat.
- Konknni machier Follam Naslolo Rukh ho mhozo
poilo tiatr.
- Chodd-xe mhoje tiatr kuttumbancher attaplole
astat, punn he khepek hanvem adhunik
tornnateancher (new generation) bhor ghala.
- Tiatr pollevpeank lagon amche tiatr fuddem vetat.
Tancho sohokar novea digdorspeank- ui mellcho
Mhonn mhozo anvddo.
P Agxekar


www.v-ixtt.com

Tiatrs and society

Tiatrs and society

One fine Sunday, I attended a tiatr. It was well directed
and conveyed a very good message. But what disappointed me
was that a duet was sung criticising a priest who preached
against women wearing jeans and tight outfits while
attending the Holy Eucharist in Church.


This singer sends a wrong message by saying that dress is
not important, but only faith in God is enough. As our
Blessed Virgin Mary warned in 1917 at Fatima in Portugal,
more souls go to hell because of sins of the flesh than
for any other reason.
I humbly request tiatrists to compose good songs and
encourage the priests who have the guts to stand and
preach correctly.

Augustine Coelho, Aldona
http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=23259&cid=13

Tiatrachea Machier 'Kal, Aiz ani Faleam'

'Kal, Aiz ani Faleam'
cheddvachea jinnecher bhor ghalta

Eka cheddvachea jivitak tin bhag asat. Kal ek ankvar cheddum koxem, aiz ek avoy koxi ani faleam ek sasumaim koxi. Ek ankvar cheddum koxem bore rit-dekhin tem vaddlem zalear ek bori avoy ani tea uprant ek bori sasumaim zavnk bhag melltolem mhonn Mario Menezes aplea 'Kal, Aiz ani Faleam' hea tiatrant dakoll korta.

Aple zannte avoyk azilant ghalun, Tanya (Agnes) aple avoychea (Sabina) ghora pennem korta. Ticho ghorkar Rio (Mario Menezes) aple ghorkarnichi ani ektteach putachi antrea-poirean khobor ghevnk yeta. Teach gharant Tanyacho bhav Tyron (Lawry Travasso) aple potini Nisha (Rosy Alvares) ani dhuve Riomak (Rioma)sangata ghevn, ekvottan jiyetat.

Aple suniek, Nishak cheddum zolmolam ani aple dhuvek Tanyak put zolmola dekun avoy bhorpur vegllochar dakoita. Nishak ani tache dhuvek Riomak kikont korun, tancher naka zal'lim boglanttam thapun, Tyron-achi avoy tankam pois dovorta. Aple ekttech dhuvek Tanyak ani tichea putak soglo mog-moipas divnk ti fattim sorona. Nisha aplea payancho kochro mhonn somzun, tika soglo ghorcho vavr korunk tachi sasumaim formaita. Tanya-i tachi beporva korta.

Tyronacho bhav (comedian Sally) logn zavnk fuddem sorta tednam, sun (comedian Janet) gharant kitlem dot-dennem haddtolem, tache vixim tachi avoy tache lagim sodpus korta. Logn zatoch gharant ailoli sun poderachea kuttumbachi mhonn kolltoch, tachi sasumaim dukhi zata.

Sasumaim aplea mathear bosche poilinch, gharant ailoli novi sun tika nittayer ghalun, tika tichi suvat dakoita. Nishak-ui tichi gulam’ zaina zavnk ti taka xiddkaita.
Tanya guptim anik konnacho mog korta mhonn tachea bhavak Tyron-ak kollun yeta. Punn aplo gupit mog Tyronak ugddapo korunk tem koxench kobul na. Tuji bhoinn tosle bhan’goddent poddchi na mhonn sangun, Tanyachi avoy aple dhuvek tenko dita. Ek dis Tanyacho mogi Karim (Philipe Almeida) tachea ghara yeta tednam, Tyronache nodrek sot uzvaddak yeta. Ek dis bagint Tanya ani Karim-achi bhett zata tednam, aple bhoinnichi vatt soddunk Tyron Karimak dhomki dita.

Ek dis okosmat Tyronache avoyk kallzacho atak yeta. Gharant konnuch asona fokot tachi nat Rioma. Tea vellar aplea bapaik toxench ambulance-ak fon korun, Rioma aple sasumaink adar korta. Kallzachem operesanv korunk don lakh poddtole mhonn voiz sangta tednam, Tanya aplea putak sangata ghevn, aplea ghovager vochunk toyar zata.

Tea vellar, dhaktti sun aple sasumainchea adarak pavta. Ilaz ghevn, ghara yetoch, avoyche dolle ugoddtat. Tanya aplea ghorkarak ani putak ghevn, avoyche khobrek yeta tednam, aple dhuvecho nhoi punn odik promannan aplea putancho, sunancho ani tanchea kuttumbacho apnnem odik mog korunk goroz mhonn tika kollun yeta.

Kantaram babtint, Xavier Gomes-an gailolem 'Vat' kantar boro sondex ditalem. Marcus Vaz ani Xavier Gomes-achem duet 'Adlim Festam,' Agnes ani Rosy Alvares-anchem 'Nhesop,' Francis de Tuem-Xavier Gomes-Marcus Vaz-achem trio 'Kid-Young-Rod' aikopa sarkim aslim.

-P Agxekar
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TIATRIST NASLOLO TIATR DIS - 17/4/2009

TIATRIST NASLOLO TIATR DIS

- Vitorin Pereira, Utorda


Kala Akademy Gõy, 1996 vorsa-sun Abrilache 17ver Tiatr Dis monoita.

Xembor vorsam odik zalim tea disa bhov manest bab Lucasino Ribeiro ani Pai Tiatrist Joao Agostinho Fernandes hannim poilech pautt Mumboi xharant “Italiano Bhurgo” ho Konknni tiatr machier dakhoilear. Tachea ugddasak Kala Akademy ho dis 1996 vorsasun vhodda dobajean monoitana vorsan-voros kaim mhalgoddea tiatristank puroskar bhettoun sotkar korta. Hi tiatr mogiank, tiatr kalakorank khoxechi gozal.

Vorsavolli pormonnem hea vorsa Kala Akademint Tiatr disache karavollik hanv hazir aslom ani machier ravon don utram ulounk mhaka bhag favo zalem. Machier ravon vosrear nodor ghalit tor tiatr mogi (polloupi) favo toxe hazir asle punn khontichi gozal mhollear amchea tiatrist bhov thodde asle! Karann amche tiatrist bhav bhoinnank Abrilacher 17ver tiatr dis mhunnon khobor nasli kai? Vo Kala Akademichim apovnnea potram mellonknant. Tiatr dis mhunnche amchea tiatristank ghorchich kariavoll nhoi? Tankam apovnnea potranchi goroz asli?

Itlench nhoi fattim Moddganv don dis Dalgado Konknni Akademichem Sahityik ani sonskrutik sammelon aslem tednaim tiatrist favo tea porim nasle. Aiz kal tiatrist Konknni bhaxe vorvim tiatranim bhag ghetat ani aplea ghorabeank duddvancho adhar melloitat vo thodde tiatranchea zoddivorinch aplem kuttumb sambhalltat mhollear chuk zaunchina. Eka-eka tiatristachea sangatak ghorchim dog-tiguch ailear kariavollicho vosro chikar bhorom ieta. Tiatr polloupi koslei Konknni kariavollik khoxen ietat.

Punn amche tiatrist? Orthik vo dusro kosloi faido aslearuch ietele. Na tor oslea dobajeanchem kainch poddon vochonk na. Portem zalear Konknni ami tiatrist sambhallttat, amchi Romi Konknni amkam zai oxem hod’ddem fuddem kaddun machier ravon sangonk meklle! Hanv sogllech tiatristank hem lagu korina. Thodde khorench tan-bhuk visron Konknni khatir vavurtat. Vichitr gozal hi, tiatrist machier ravon kitli sobit Konknni utram ani sonvad uloitat, punn tech machievele denvle mhunttoch eka meka thaim Konkliz tastat toxench aplea ghoranim bail-bhurgeam thaim Inglez uloitat.

Itlench nhoi Romi Konnnichea fuddari passun eka-meka thaim khazgint Ingezuch katortat. Te uloitat tea gozalink Konknni utram nant kai? Vo amcho Konknnico mog fokot suvartha khatir vo tiatr polloupi bhousak fottoupa khatir? Ami Konknnicho apsuvarthi motlobponnan dongi mog korcho nhoi, punn nisuvarthi ani niz mog korunk favo oxem tumkam disona? Sodeak itlench puro.

JIVIT / Ank Mai 2009
(JIVIT - Konkani Monthly Magazine, issue May 2009).