Tiatr ‘Then and now’ Literary it means ’Yesterday and Today’ As the title suggests, it is indeed a two part presentation i.e the period say upto 1970s and as of now. To the left of the stage – a typical household of bygone era A father (Mathias Marcarenhas) with two young daughters (Violet and Vhorty) with their uncle ‘Tiva’ (Anthony Carvalho) The children with old fashioned dresses ‘vistid’ etc When the church bells rings all family get together to say Angelus or Aimori. When the priest or Pe. Vigar (Sucoro de Sta Cruz) with complete cassock visits the household, every one kisses the priest hand and addressed hin as ‘Pativ’ (What exactly we did upto 70s) Having ‘Pez’ or Canji (Except we had in Kanso or Bowls), a typical ‘Olotor’ (Except we had in the centre above) see pic etc etc The two little girls now grown up (Joycelyn Misquita and Simonia Cardozo) One got married and when she visited her father/Sistr she come with red ‘vistid’ the one usually worn by newly married bride ‘Salleacho vistid?” see pic She comes back with the complaint of her hard to handle mother-in-law (sasumaim) After reconciliation by the father/sister, the daughter happily returns back to her in-laws. Father is now old and sick – Unable to walk on his own In order not to cause any more burden to his daughters, he express his desire to join any old age home. With all the support and fervent assurances he got from his daughters, the father finally changes his mind and decides never to leave home or the daughters. The scene when daughters pleading their father never to think of leaving house etc was really touching and brought tears amongst the packed audience.
On the other hand, to the right of the stage there live a modern household A typical of present day era. Mother (Irene Cardoz) and her two kids ( Daughter Josepha & Son Karan Bhagkar) and their cook (Sheik Amir) - See pic Little Karan shown busy playing on his computer PC – see Pic Konkani speaking mother now all the time speak (broken) or red English not only with her children but with the cook too. No Konkani in the house at all- Everything western style Typical present day breakfast with Jam, butter etc , getting late to school/bus etc shown. Grown up son is now Shivanand Naik and the daughter Larisa Fernandes. This side of the household, when the evening church bell rings, there is no Angelus or ‘Aimori’ but disco instead, in which the mother too takes part to the tune of her favourite song 'Waka Waka' . Someone rings the door bell, as usual no one likes to answer the door so it’s the cook as always, who does the job. He come back to say ‘there is a young handsome man’ to which not only the girl but the mother too runs at the door – Only to find out the young man was none other than the church Padr. Kur (Ass. Priest in plain cloths –Zico Fernandes) The son too compliments the priest saying ‘you look hero with that T shirt’ Daughter get married and soon come home with bags and baggage saying she cant put up with her mother in law and husband too takes mother's side. No reconciliation but instead mother/son phoning a layer to file divorce papers. The mother is not young anymore now, infact she is sick and in her wheelchair. No more English talking now or all back to Konkani. But her only son and the daughter have some surprises for her Everything well planned beforehand and on the day, they both reveal their plan to their mother. Daughter says ‘You have to, there is no other way’ Son goes even further ‘ You have to and you have to do it now, right now’ Packed bags are ready so do the Abulance outside the door to take her to the Old age home. The shocked mother cries and cries ‘I don’t want to go, I don’t want to go, I want to stay here, I want to die here’ The scene was again very very touching and I am sure it made every sensible person cry. KAL ANI AIZ the tiatr wriiten and directed by Tomazinho Cardozo (Kala Mogi, Candolim) was the 5th show in the ongoing 36th Tiatr Competition at Kala Academy. Staged on 29th Sept.2010 Had 11 songs which had not only trio and Quartet but quintet too. Tomazin Cardoso, dressed as ‘Patrakar’ in his opening ‘KAL ani AIZ’ says ‘Aiz Goem bhorlam Goem bhailea lokani’ (Goa today is full of outsiders) Socoro de Sta. Cruz with his daughter Sonia at their best as usual. (with Solo & Duet) Trio by Tomazinho, Larisa and Fiona. Fathers reveals his plan to re-marry despite having two grown-up girls Another Trio by child artists Violet, Joshepha and Vhorty – a patriotic song well received by the audience. Duet by Maria Cardoz and Joao Cardoz was good too Quartet by Assis, Joycelyn, Simonia and Mathias where 3 come for film auditioning was my favourite. A solo by young Violet d’ Souza, looking for her type of 'Nouro’ bagged Joegoauk’s best prize for best singing in the child category. Maria Cardozo in her solo singing/dancing always brings colour to the show Quintet by Maria, Joao, Josepha, Vhorti and Violet where the 3 daughters ask their Parents to try for a brother – very hilarious. Sheik Amir in his solo sang ‘Patmari’ in M Boyer’s style Besides, there were two politicians roles Viz. Tukaram Naik and Assis Cardozo JoeGoaUk’s best prize for best acting again goes to Mathias Mascrenhas (Which also includes some marks from the Quartet singing as Hritik Roshan/Style) Well, this is the troupe whose tiatr ‘AKXIDENT’ won top prize last year. I must admit, during the show, I too joined others when they said ‘This one is not as good as last one’ However, as said, the last poddo (of the total 6), a powerful and thought provoking presentation on both side of the stage/households could change it all. Will leave it to the judges. Every one was at their best though, one or two places, overacting is a lso noticed. The two daughters acting was quite natural and deserves full marks Extra: The tiatr had some glitches on technical sides. In the very beginning, during the opening chorus song, there was sound problem. People keep on shouting ‘Sound Sound’ and the singer went on singing (completed nearly half) until he stopped. He asked ‘can you hear now?’ the response was even louder ‘No’. It had to bring down the curtain to allow fixing the problem which took about 15 minutes.. Some people from the back shouted ‘deduct marks’ But the KA rep was quick to come to the Judges to say ‘it is not their fault, so no any deductions nor it should affect the set time limitation, take it afresh’ (It’s the same KA man who cannot even pronounce the Tiatr Titles properly and who once said ‘Keep you mobiles and children on silent mode’ Looks like they thought they would go hi- tech in their tiatr this time by not using the mic on the stands infront, instead they had it on the floor (mini wired microhones). It may be reminded that this technique already been tried in the earlier Tiatr competition (2008?) and was a total failure. Despite restoring the sound / mic back on stands, it appears that the problem was never fully resolved. Lighting too seems not bright enough Many tiatr personalities seen such as Prince Jacob, Ben Evangelisto, Anil-Fatima etc The tiatr was houseful an hour before the show OK, some pics The opening – Tomazinho Cardozo http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037089686/ Household ‘Then’ Father with young daughters http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5036470543/ kids with uncle http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5036471923/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037090072/ Father with grownup daughers http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5036473577/ Bridal ‘vistid’ we talked about http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5036477317/ family with the priest http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5036473991/ with sick father http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037097708/ olotor http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037095158/ Household ‘Now’ On breakfast table http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037091338/ Kid Karan on Computer http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037090816/ Mother with grown ups http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5036475781/ son-daughter revealing their plan http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5036479729/ Songs: Trio http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037091838/ kids trio http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5036474669/ Duet by Maria and Joao Cardozo http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037093744/ another by Socoro and Sonia http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037096212/ quartet http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037094708/ Quintet http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037096644/ Sheik Amir http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauktiatr5/5037097140/ Note: I may not be a good reviewer Likes and dislikes differ from person to person. e.g. Latest Salman Khan Bollywood film ‘Dabangg’ wasn’t of my taste at all yet it has beaten ‘3 idiots’ See what I mean? joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
