Tiatr "BIM TOXEM BHAT"

"BIM TOXEM BHAT"


Seby Ferns from Majorda a person afflicted with muscular dystrophy has come out with a Konkani drama "BIM TOXEM BHAT" (As you sow so shall you reap). It is a family story based on the ill effects of alcoholism and how it destroys the family.

The drama has well known Konkani stalwarts like Lawry, Wilix-Sharon, Peter-Roshan, Mini Mario, Baba Benzer, Comedian Ben and Comedian Luis Bachan.

This is Seby's fourth drama and this drama has had an excellent reponse where ever it was staged. In Margao this drama was staged 3 times due to public demand.

The drama will be staged in Kala Academy Panjim on 20th September at 3.30 pm and once again in Margao in Ravindra Bhavan on 23rd September at 3.30 pm.

We request you to attend the drama along with your family and friends and encourage the disabled with your presence. Tickets are available at the venue.

Regards
Avelino de Sa
PRESIDENT
DISABILITY RIGHTS ASSOCIATION OF GOA
C/o Star Investments, Opp. Head Post Office, Panjim, Goa - 403 001.
Telefax: 0832 - 2427160
Email: dragoa@rediffmail. com
http://www.disabilitygoa.com

Roseferns' tiatr 'THAPOTT'

'THAPOTT'

'THAPOTT' Ditoleak ani ghetoleak ek thapott boreak toxench vaittak-ui poddunk xokta mhonn Roseferns 'Thapott' hea aplea tiatrant dakoll korta.
Captian D'Souza (Rosferns)-acho put Frazer (Victor) eka gorib cheddva Fiona (Roshan)-acho guptim mog korta. Tacho bapui tanche ixttagoticher add astolo mhonn zanno zaun-ui, to aplea bhav Crizmon (Tari)-acho sogllo adar ani sohokar gheta.
Ek dis Fionachi chitt vachunk proyotn kortana, Crizmon aplea bapaik ani avoyk Terez Mari (Francisca)-ak sampoddta. Capt D'Souza aplo daktto put Crizmon Fionachea mogant asa mhonn somzun, tacher ek thapott marta ani gharantlo bhair ghala.
Dusre vatten, David (Ali) Sofia (Antonnette de Curtorim)-cho fottkiro mog korun, taka avoyponnachea bhesar soddun, pordesant veta. Somazant loz lipoun dovrunk, Sofia-cho bhav Freddy (Peter) zolmant ailolea aple bhoinnichea bhurgeak eka kochreachea dobeant uddoita. Tea vellar, Crizmon tea bhurgeak thoinchem ubarta ani tacho poramos korunk yeujita..


Fraxer Fiona-cher visor ghalun, Sofia thaim kazar zata ani aplo sonvsar korta. Fraxer-an apnnak fottoilem dekun, Fiona madr zaupachim sopnam sopneta. Tea vellar, Crizmon taka buzvonn diunk yeta ani ghoddlam tacho apunn guneanvkari mhonn vollkhun gheta. Punn madr zaupachem panvl fattim gheunk Crizmon tache lagim magta.
Put gharantlo bhair soron gelo mhonn Capt D'Souza-k khup khont bhogta. Ek dis aplea sangata tea supurlea bhurgeak gheun, aplea avoy-bapaichi bhett gheunk ailolo astana, aplo bhav Sofia thaim kazar zala to polleun, Crizmon ojap zata. Apunn-ui kazar zaun, eka bhurgeacho bapui zalam mhonn to soglleank sangta.
Punn tem bhurgem apnnachench mhonn Sofia ani tachea ghorkarak khobor asona. Dusre vatten, Ali Sofiak 'blackmail' korta ani tache koddlean zaitech duddu magta. Bapui hospitolant ilaz ghetana, taka rogtachi goroz poddta tednam Crizmon aplem rogot taka diunk fattim sorta. Akantachea vellar, Crizmon aplem rogot aplea bapaik kiteak dina?
Crizmona thaim aslolo bhurgo aploch mhonn Sofiak sid’dh zata kai? Bapaichea thapttak lagon, Crizmonachem fuddlem jivit koslem ani koxem zata? Hem sogllem tiatrachea dusrea bhagant bes bore toren dakoilolem asa.
Komedi babtint, inspektor Kando (Sally), Bikond (comedian Brian) ani Constancio ekamekak sangat diun, lokak borech umedhir dovortat. Kantaram babtint, Peter-Roshanachem duet 'Serkaracho novo kaido,' Lawry-Francis de Tuem-chem “Purtugezancher add,' Antonette ani Victor-achem 'Michael Jackson,' Francis de Tuem-chem 'Moronn chukona,' ani Lawry-chem 'Background polleuncho' aikopa sarkim aslim ani lokak boro sondex ditalim.



Digdorspeachem Mon:

'Thapott' hea tiatra vorvim 1980 vorsa
hanvem mhozo pongodd ghoddun haddlo.
Tednam hea tiatrache hanvem 205 proyog kele.
Otubrache 25ver toch 'non-stop' tiatr pustok
rupan hanv uzvaddak haddunk sodtam. Lovkik zal'lo mhozo tiatr pustok rupan
haddchem karonn itlench. Sahit’ya mollar mhozo ek-ui vavr na. Tiatr pustok rupan haddun, hanv fuddle pillgek kitem tori sabhallun dovrunk sodtam.
Fuddarak-ui lovkik zal'le mhoje tiatr pustok rupan haddunk mhozo proyotn astolo.

P AGXEKAR
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Konkani film - Poltodcho Munis

Goan Konkani film - Poltodcho Munis- captivates Toronto Film Festival audience
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Man beyond Bridge - Konkani film - Poltodcho Munis

A Film Review by Silviano Barbosa Toronto


Based on Konkani Poet/Novelist Mahableshwar Sail's story and under the magic touch of young Director Laxmikant Shetgaunkar, the Konkani film Poltodcho Munis can easily be classified as Goa's best Konkani movie ever to captivate the world film audience.

This movie has everything in it: best direction, a touching unconventional story, natural acting, attractive scenes, simple yet effective dialogues, down-to-earth
characters, rural jungle terrain with a river running through it, and a typical Goan native population to bring out the volatile soul of the land in front of the appreciative world audience.

The music is enlivening, and every moment of the film feels precious and satisfying to the soul and you wish and hope the movie never ends.

The emotion is boundless and you empathize with the main characters throughout the film. Who is to decide what is righteous or not, but you can believe and love the
dazzling treatment the director paints the film with.

The chirping of the birds, the quaint sounds of the wild, the smooth running of the fresh pure water in the river, the dark mountains, and the flora and fauna of this
beautiful Goan terrain that has hypnotized the poets and sadhus of this world for ages, embellish the environs that forms the backdrop to this magnificent film.

The film ends sadly with Vinayak cutting off the rope of the bridge as he cuts off his life from the other side - POLTODDI.

The Man Beyond the Bridge is directed by Laxmikant Shetgaonkar (also screenplay). The cast includes Chittaranjan Giri, Veena Jamkar, Prashanti Talpankar and Vasant Josalkar. The music is by Debasish Bhattacharjee/ Ved Nair, sound by Rajendra Hegde, cinematography by Arup Mandal and edited by Sankalp Meshram.

The affable portrayal of Vinayak by Chittaranjan Giri is commendable. Veena Jamkar as his live-in companion/
mentally challenged woman hardly speaks, except to say "Naka..", but acts superbly. So do the fine charismatic characters of SarPunch, adviser/midwife (voijinn) Prashanti Talponnkar, Bhott and Possorkar, who give this film its finishing touches.

Director Shetgaonkar has tackled various aspects of life in this film: loneliness, yearning for love and companionship, serenity of nature, conservation, religious passion and fervour, politics, community celebrations, social mores and traditions and most of all he has used appropriate spoken Konkani language to give a legitimate touch to this film's locale.

With films like Poltodcho Munis and directors like Laxmikant Shetgaunkar, India, if not Goa, can be proud of its own *Slum Dog* achievements in the world of films.

You have to see this marvellous film for its mercurial soul and most of all for its MUNISPONN .



Reviewed by Silviano C. Barbosa,
Author of the Canadian/Goan novel, "The Sixth Night"
goache@hotmail. com

September 15, 2009



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Rare Konkani film gains Toronto festival spotlight

Reuters / Euan Rocha

The Toronto International Film Festival has catapulted several
well-known Bollywood movies to global prominence in recent years, but
2009's event has showcased one Indian movie that had audiences buzzing
for its use of a rare language, Konkani. Skip related content
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"Paltadacho Munis," or "The Man Beyond the Bridge" is the first ever
film using Konkani -- a language only spoken in the tiny state of Goa
in Western India and a few surrounding areas -- to be selected among
the some 300 movies playing here.

Only a handful of movies have ever been shot in Konkani, mostly due to
the small market. Recent estimates put the total number of Konkani
speakers in India at roughly 2.5 million, a mere 0.2 percent of the
country's 1.2 billion people.

Still, the film about one man's struggle to accept and love a mentally
ill woman, has generated strong interest among a small group of the
language's speakers who are excited by the rare opportunity of
watching a Konkani film.

Director Laxmikant Shetgaonkar hopes his movie will appeal to a wider
audience and that the festival's backing can give it the publicity it
needs to play in cinemas around the world.

Last year, Anees Bazmee's 'Singh is Kinng,' was showcased at Toronto
and was one of Bollywood's biggest hits, and the festival also served
as a platform for Karan Johar's romantic drama 'Kabhi Alvida Naa
Kehna' and Kabir Khan's first feature film 'Kabul Express,' which were
both released in 2006.

"The Man Beyond the Bridge" follows the life of Vinayak a lonely
forest guard, who one night comes across a filthy, unkempt and ill
woman outside his house. Vinayak initially attempts to drive her away,
but she keeps returning and a relationship slowly develops between the
two.

But Vinayak is ridiculed and ostracized by local villagers, who cast
out anyone with a mental illness and believe Vinayak's relationship
with the woman is morally incorrect.

Shetgaonkar hopes the movie, set in the hinterlands of Goa, will cause
audiences to question attitudes towards the mentally ill.

"The idea is to raise an issue, try to reflect different perspectives
and make people think," he said.

Shetgaonkar also hopes the recognition gained by the film will
encourage Indian filmmakers to produce works in other regional
languages that do not have a long cinematic history.

"Konkani movies have a very small market ... But, since this movie is
being screened here in Toronto, it shows that it is all about making a
good film, irrespective of which language you make it in."

"The Man Beyond the Bridge" is the first feature film directed by
Shetgaonkar, who has previously won critical acclaim for his
documentary film "A Seaside Story," and the film was produced by the
National Film Development Corp of India.

(Reporting by Euan Rocha; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte)
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Kala Academy 35th Tiatr Competitions (2009)

Talent Galore at ‘Tiatr’ Competition
Written by CLARA A RODRIGUES
Wednesday, 16 September 2009 01:42


The 35th ‘tiatr’ competition that begins on September 18 will provide amateurs and non-commercial tiatrists the opportunity to exhibit their talent. Mr Tomazinho Cardozo, president of the All Goa Tiatr Academy, says that the absence of commercial artistes is one of the highlights of the tiatr competition.
The involvement of youngsters and the use of highly sophisticated and technical props are the additional attractions at this competition, which increases people’s interest in the plays staged.

The main objective the competition serves is to encourage new talent and promote tiatrs. Held annually, the tiatr competition sees a lot of first time participants. Alfi de Divar, a tiatr director participating in the competition, is all praise for the way the competition is organised. He only wishes that more time were allotted to set the stage before the performance of the tiatr. Earlier, performers were given a day, but now this time has been reduced to just 2-3 hours, which is not sufficient.
The tiatr competition, which witnesses a lot of competition, is a great boon to young talent at the grassroot level, giving them a stage to perform, and providing them with a platform for receiving critical appreciation. New talent can be discovered here. An audience that is usually always houseful and having within it producers from the professional tiatr fraternity who have their eyes open to scout for new faces. “This competition is an opportunity to get noticed and picked up by professional artistes,” says Mario Fernandes.
Something new always is seen at the tiatr festival. From plots, technique to something as phenomenal as bringing together residents from different villages to work as one team, with culture serving as binding force.
Mario Fernandes, the spokesperson of the Serula Art and Culture Academy, a group that will stage a tiatr at the festival, says that the best part about the group is that its members consists of people from four villages, namely from Succoro, Penha de Franca, Salvador de Mundo and Pomburpa. “We held auditions for various roles and got such a good response. We got writers, comedians, singers and musicians. From the young to the old, all wanted to help. Our long term goal is to invest in local talent.”
“This time we have the award winning director from last year’s festival, Shirish Naik, Derek De Mello, who won the best actor award last year, Christopher Menezes better known as Comedian 64, who won the best comedian award six times, Shania Pereira, who has won the best child singer as a part of our group.”
“We do it as a family,” Mario adds with a lot of satisfaction.
You find tiatrs made at a local level more assorted with each person doing a different thing unlike in professional tiatr that has the constraint of manpower.
“We are trying to use culture to unite villages,” explains Mario. “There is so much enthusiasm around. The people have been so helpful. They have come forward to help with the posters, food, and miscellaneous needs, including a hall for practice.”
“It has been difficult to put the whole group together as we had to start from scratch. Most of them have never taken part in a competition. Aspects right from finalising the director, writer, bandleader, stage set up, lights, sounds, background music, make up artist, group and organiser have to be taken care of,” continues Mario.
“We are ready for criticism. Or else we will always be scared to experiment,” says Mario on the coming together of four villages to stage a tiatr. “The time has come to invest in the young people,” he says with a lot of determination.

www.navhindtimes.com




Kala Academy, Campal, Panjim Goa
List of programmes between 19 September 2009 and 25 September 2009:
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Sept 14-30, 2009:
Darya Sangam
Rivo Event Management Group
Consumer & Interior
Exhibition

Sept 19, 2009:
Morning
Tony Dias
Tiatr "Mahanand Naik Munis Vo Saithan"
Ticketed

Sept 19, 2009
Evening
All Goa Semi-Classical Dance Competition
5 pm
Free

Sept 20, 2009
Morning
M. Menezes
Tiatr "Kaal Aiz Ani Faleam"
Ticketed

Sept 20, 2009
Afternoon
Seby Fernandes
Tiatr"Bhim Toxem Bhat"
Ticketed

Sept 20, 2009
Late evening
Filip Almeida
Tiatr "Soglim Khoxial"
Ticketed

Sept 21, 2009
7 pm
Tiatr Competition "Voiz"
Ticketed
7.00 p.m.

Sept 22, 2009
7 pm
Tiatr Competition "Jivitan Kallokh"
Ticketed

Sept 23, 2009
7 pm
Tiatr Competition "Kalokhi Uzvadd"
Ticketed

Sept 24, 2009
7 pm
Tiatr Competition "Fulantlem Moum"
Ticketed

Sept 25, 2009
7 pm
Tiatr Competition "Teag"
Ticketed

Sept 25, 2009
4 pm
KA-DIM Classroom Production
Free

Source: Santosh Korgaonkar, Asstt. Theatre Manager
Kala Academy, Goa.
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35th All Goa Tiatr competition Review - Day 5
Written by J P PEREIRA
Saturday, 26 September 2009 00:21
(The Navhind Times www.navhindtimes.com)

‘Fulantlem Mou’
The Sao Gonsalo Dramatic Troupe, Cujira, Santa Cruz, presented ‘Fulantlem Mou’, a ‘tiatr’ written by A M Araujo and directed by Sandip Kalangutkar.
The drama recounts the tale of a girl who has had a brain haemorrhage but could not afford proper treatment. She grows up to be a fine young lady but is afflicted by the same sickness. The play then continues with the problems she faces.

Meenakshi Narvekar does a wonderful job as the sick girl. Samir Gadekar acts well as the man who is in love with her and Elvis Sequeira is perfect as the father. Others in the cast are Carmen Barbosa, Sandip Kalangutkar, Filip Azavedo and many others in smaller roles. Madhuri Shetkar and Dnyanesh Parsekar provide the humour. The sets were designed by Olabo Botelho with Naciment Fernandes and the light effects provided by Santosh Shetkar. The background music was given by Ubaldo Botelho.
Agnelo Dias and his band backed the various songs rendered by Micah Fernandes, Lascriya Cardozo, Ave D’Souza, Adolf Fernandes, Elmer Sequeira, Andrew Fernandes, Victor D’Cunha, Filipe Azavedo, Mercidon, Celesto and Nascimento. Elvis Sequeira, Agnelo Lobo and Hashvaine Fernandes performed some good solos while Carmine-Elvis and Micah-Sonali did a couple of nice duets; an impressive trio was performed by Agnelo-Andrew-Victor.

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(As archived by gaspar almeida)
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