TIATRO “HANTRUNN POLLEUN PAYEM SODD”
By: Pal Soares.
Olga singing her political solo
On Friday, 25thof this month in Panjim at Kala Academy Hall, at 7.40 PM, I saw the season’s best Tiatro “Hantrun Polleun Payem Sodd” written and directed by the well-known director Pal Soares. Though the attendance was not to the capacity yet qualitatively it was the best Tiatro so far I have seen in this whole season and in this whole year.
Meera singing her opening solo
Once again Pal Soares indicated his capacity to write and direct such a high caliber Tiatro in tune with those yesteryears’ Tiatrists. Earlier we used to watch such Tiatros written by those days great directors like Remmie Colaco, M. Boyer, Airestedes Dias, C. Alvares, Alexinho de Candolim and many others but nowadays we don’t see such Tiatros written by the current directors with name and fame. For this reason, I can easily rate Pal Soares as the best script writer among all the current well-known writer – directors.
A scene - Godwin and Jessica
It was purely a traditional Tiatro based on Goan tradition and having "Cantos" in every "Poddo" and all these Cantos were beautiful and made more beautiful to the eyes and ears of the audience by the beautiful voice of the beautiful artiste Jessica and others.
Anil singing his solo
The story revolved around a family known as “Dudcar” selling milk and though it was a Dudcar family but by selling Dud it was a developed family having one son as Bank Manager whose wife coming from higher echelon of the society hates to stay in the Dudcar family. Those who want to know what is the final outcome, they must see this excellent Tiatro which is going on now in Goa.
Pal Soares (left) introduced by solo singer Camilo
Full marks for the best roles played by Godwin and Jessica as husband and wife. Jessica’s beautiful appearance and majestic personality brought an extra glamour to this Tiatro which was written in beautiful Konkani with nice sayings and proverbs, By giving examples of great leaders of India who rose to the pedestal inspite of having humble beginning, Pal Soares indicated his great knowledge of towering figures of the world. Though he was not a student of Sorbone University yet philosophically Pal Soares indicated his philosophical knowledge in this Tiatro. The other artistes who deserve mention here are Ivon who played the role of a humble and wisdomatic sister, Pal Soares playing the role of a doctor and Camilo.
Comedians Riza - Neto - Hortencio
Comedywise it was well performed by the all the comedians namely Hortencio, Neto and Riza whom I see for the first time, she shows all the attributes of a perfect comedian in making and she nicely fits into the bracket of Hortencio and Nato. Though Hortencio and Neto deserve compliments for their comedy yet their piece of going overboard by showing comedy having double meaning sounded a bit vulgar, the words “lai” and “danda” were not palatable to the ears and this does not suit them both as they are both known to be decent comedians. The great comedians Jcinto Vaz, Anthony Mendes and Jepsis Hitler did not stoop so low to make the audience laugh by performing so low comedy. For this reason those great comedians remained great. Pal Soares as a director is responsible to check this.
Another scene: Godwin-Ivon-Cyril
Side Show songs did not come up to the expected level and it lacked the required booster for this Tiatro though as usual Olga with her very high caliber political solo mesmerized the entire audience with too many encores besides her duet with Anil was excellent. The other songs that deserve mention here were the solos of Menino Mario, Anil, Jose and Godwin and a duo by Hortencio and Camilo.
Once again, well done Pal Soares and his troupe.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel:7507394349.