Tiatr Review:
Maim�� Tuzo Put Hanv ! good performance & impressive settings.
If the house-full performances of his latest venture �Maim�Tuzo Put Hanv� are any indication then one can say without any hesitation that Rose Fern�s foray into the Tiatr segment has paid him rich dividends. Well known for his century stand non-stop shows, Rose Ferns has taken a jump onto the tiatr bandwagon just on the eve of the new tiatr season in Goa. �Maim�. Tuzo Put Hanv� a tiatr is dedicated to the memory of his troupe member the late comedian Vitorino Mascarenhas.
The story begins with a scene showing the sinking of a cruise liner and sinking with it are the hopes and aspirations of a family back home. Gracy (Antonette de Calangute) widowed after the death of her seaman husband on board the ill-fated ship, with three growing up children, Roy, Chris and Anouska finds it extremely difficult to face life and make both ends meet. Adding to her misery is the heart ailment of her son Roy. Unable to see the poverty back home, one of her son, Chris is tempted to steal money from a wealthy Landlord by assaulting him. The only reason behind his action being the condition of his ailing brother who needs urgent medical attention. But, young Chris is chased by the Police and is finally taken into custody in the presence of his mother. The mother being strict for discipline desires that her son be taken into custody for the wrong doing. This action on the part of the mother, considering her son is a little brat under ten, seems a little hard to digest.
Chris escapes from the custody of the Police and as a grown up young man finds a lucrative job with a rich businessman Mr. Pinheiro ( Jaju) who is also the local MLA. Cut off from his mother and family and having been brought up without parental love and concern, Chris ( Ulhas Tari) turns out to be a goon and does all types of unlawful things, on the advice of his boss. He is led into all sorts of notorious deeds by his employer Pinheiro, who also happens to be a smuggler and drug peddler. However, in the nick of time Chris encounters an old infirm man (Rose Ferns) who turns out to be a good samaritan for him and on his advise Chris tries to change his evil ways and slowly this old man helps Chris to distance himself from Mr. Punheiro. Roy (Jr. Nelson) on the other hand is also employed with Pinheiro as the Manager and dreams of marrying the latter�s daughter, which his mother is not too happy about. Pinheiro who in the meantime is elevated to the rank of a Minister for Civil Supplies goes about his clandestine activities. Roy and Chris do not know that they are blood relations, till their paths cross at a later stage, rather tragically.
Gracy�s daughter Anouska, played by Sharon, marries one Glen who is never shown in the story for a considerable time and is understood to be working in the States of America. But, at a later stage Glen returns not from USA, but from the captivity of Mr. Pinheiro. Why was he in custody of Pinheiro? who actually helps him to escape? etc are best seen on stage. The play has the usual twists and turns of the trademark Rose Ferns thriller, keeping the viewer alert to grasp the next scene. Then at a point of time Chris a role played excellently by Ulhas Tari, learns that Anouska and Roy are his blood siblings, his emotions, and portrayal of a brother longing to embrace his kin are well enacted. Chris longs to be united with his family and in the course of this does two good turns to safe guard his brother and brother-in-law from the evil designs of Mr. Pinheiro without their knowledge. But, does his mother accepts him as her long lost son?
Then there is the mystery of the old man (Rose Ferns) at no point of time till the end of the play does he really show his real identity, but, yet he shows an extraordinary concern for Chris and his well being. Why? What is his link to Chris? They both come very near to disclosing their respective identities, but yet there is a thin dividing line somewhere from the actual truth. But, at every opportunity both cast serious aspersions on the sea and hold it responsible for their present fate. It appears that the director has ingeniously left the conclusion of their relationship to the better judgement of the viewer. And one ponders on this point long after the play has ended on a rather sad note. The director Rose Ferns has confined himself to a small but defining role, and he plays the infirm old man very naturally.
A far as the acting goes, kudos to all the artists who given their very best in their respective roles. While Jaju as MLA & Minister Pinheiro is convincing, so is veteran Antonette emoting well with her role which requires her to depict both sad and happy moments. The two child artists too do a fairly good contribution by their roles. Peter is very natural in the role of the landlord and does well in the other minor roles too. Jr. Nelson, Sharon, Tari and Roshan as Zenia do full justice to the roles, though one feels the director could have been a little more discreet in selecting his artists for playing the three children of Gracy (Antonette) giving due attention to the age factor, etc. The comedy part is spearheaded by John D�Silva, together with Comedian Augustinho and Crizon, the three combine well to bring about decent laughter. John playing the double role of a cop Susegad and a thief Apresad is a real treat to watch and sends the audience into peals of laughter. The �Cantos� are beautifully rendered with some meaningful lyrics and enhance the beauty of the play. The side-show comprises of a fairly good number of solos, duets and trios. Some excellent singing with meaningful songs comes from Xavier Gomes, Child artist Roseana, Sharon, Jr. Nelson, Peter-Roshan, Wilmix-Xavier, Victor, Francis de Tuem, Trio by Jr. Nelson- Francis-Victor had a good subject on Goa�s politics of defection. The duet by Wilmix-Sharon �Magician� did not rise up to the desired level. The highlight of the songs however, is the Opening trio by Tari-Jaju-Rose Ferns highlighting the contribution of young comedian Vitorino Mascarenhas to the konkani stage.
The music score done by Juju & his Naughty boys was good as also the light effects, which gave an apt and effective backing to the revolving stage. The execution of the numerous colorful scenes with the revolving stage was very professional and smooth. Apart from the little omissions here and there, the drama is good for its superb acting, songs, decent comedy, directional efforts, art, and above all for the sheer joy and novelty of seeing the story unfold on a massive revolving stage with a good number of impressive scenes.
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