. A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait. - wrote:
He was not only a singer of very high quality but also a very good actor, director, writer, producer and Konkani "Romansi" Writer/Author. For posterity he gifted his songs in the form of books even with Solfas. As an actor he once won the Cine Times Award for performing a very good character role of a Blind Person. As a director he did marvelous job in staging Non-Stop Drama, which was a very good innovative idea on Konkani Stage. As a singer, there is no parallel to him; his voice was so angelic that if I am permitted I can rightly say that only his father A. M. B. Rose's voice could be somewhat similar to that of Alfred. Those who are trying to imitate him are making mockery of themselves. As composer he was a class by himself. He was the first to introduce Konkani Audio Cassette and first to produce and stage musical shows on Minus Track. RESPONSE: I have been reading all the mails in regards to this great soul, late Alfred Rose but no one has made a mentioned about his first and the only book published by him in Konkani namely "Zomnintli Bhirant" in a form of comic or story in all pictures. It was an expensive affair as in the early 70s when every picture had to be done and print it in block form, now the modern offsets are the easiest and cheap. -Alfonso Bond Braganza Mapusa. ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
