One of the greatest sensations of Konkani Stage today is none other than Salvador Silveira from Calangute, Bardez, Goa. Besides being a Tiatrist of very high caliber having abundant talent of writing and directing good Tiatros and also composing and singing finest songs, he is a strong proponent of modern day Zagor in a changed fashion giving a very decent outlook of Zagor thus attracting lot of audience from elite background. His Zagors attract innumerable people from every segment of Goan society especially the young and the modern generation. All his Zagors are staged in his village Calangute, not only yearly once but even twice and thrice.
As a Tiatrist, he acted in Tiatro when he was just 10 in his locality when he took part in his school Tiatro. At 15 he started composing and singing his own songs. “PAPI SAMAZ” was his first Tiatro he staged in 1986. In all he wrote 6 Tiatros and all were staged in his village Calangute and for charitable causes. As a singer and Tiatrist, he acted in over 100 Tiatros along with most of the top artistes namely Alfred and Rita Rose, Ophelia Cabral, Phiomena Braz, Titta Pretto and others, both in Goa as well as in Bombay. As a composer, he composed over 500 songs, some of which were given to others to sing.
According to my observation, he is easily the fastest composer of songs and as such I can rightly call him the JET SPEED COMPOSER OF KONKANI SONGS. If anyone wants to check this, please have an open contest and prove me wrong.
To keep his art for posterity, he produced 8 Konkani Song Albums, 4 VCD’s and 4 CD’s and as per the feed-back, all are liked by the people. Besides he helped many producers in composing songs for their Tiatros as well as for their Albums.
My admiration goes for Salvador Silveira more because of his contribution in the development and promotion of ZAGOR which he stages regularly in his village, Calangute at different locations. The importance of his Zagors is this that he introduced lot of innovations in his Zagors. In his Zagors you see some of the participating artistes are elite and educationally qualified even graduates. Some of the females participating in his Zagors are graduates too and with sophisticate background. In his Zagors you will not easily see vulgarity in action nor in words as it was known in earlier days. The songs rendered in his Zagors are of very high standard, all these songs are composed by him only. And the musical score provided in his Zagors is of very high standard. This music consists of Gumott, Madyem and Kanxaem played by the seasoned musicans whom Salvador Silveira guides and directs.
His next Zagor is scheduled on 5th of May this year at Calangute which is going to be a great success in performance wise as well as audience wise. Within the last three months Salvador staging three Zagors means a great job deserving highest compliments.
In Goa, there are so many organizations to promote and to award the promoters of Konkani cultural art but it is surprising to note that up to now no organization came forward to recognize Salvador Silveira’s contribution to Tiatro and Zagor Art. It is time now to recognize his immense contribution in the promotion of Tiatro and Zagor Art.
In his personal life, Salvador Silveira is a successful businessman.
A.Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Goa.
Tel:7507394349.