Chitra seen singing her solo on Maestro Juzinho
Yesterday in Panjim at Kala Academy Hall, at 3.40 PM, I saw the new Tiatro ‘MAFI MAGTAM” written and directed by Comedian Domnick. Though the hall was not fully filled yet it was a good attendance that enjoyed this Tiatro from the beginning till end. I can rightly say it is one of the best Tiatros of this season and every artiste performed his and her role appropriately well and the credit for this surely goes to the director. However, I can’t resist the temptation of highlighting the superb roles played by the two artistes to attain total success for this Tiatro and they are Eliterio D’Costa playing the role of the husband and father of the young girl and Chitra playing the role of the grand mother. This is the first time I see her performing such a role and she did it extremely well displaying all the attributes and qualities ingrained in the typical Goan Grandmother.
Sonali Naik sings her solo
The story is woven around one young girl – Sonali Naik – who craves for her real mother and who leaving her young daughter, gets married second time after obtaining Divorce. Since the Tiatro is going on all over Goa, I refrain from disclosing the full details of the story and suggest to watch this Tiatro.
Seen above are Ellias and Precilla in one scene
The comedy part was nicely handled by both the Comedian brothers Director Domnick and Luis Bachan with an added association of young comedian girl Cassey Travasso who indicates lot of confidence in her acting.
Seen above Com. Cassey to the left.
Among the Side Show songs, especial mention must be made to the excellent solo rendered by Chitra in praise of Maestro Juzinho who is bed ridden now and who was an ace musician performing for so many Tiatros. It was a fitting tribute to his excellent work he did in musical field. So also Saby Divar, Lesly and Ellias performed well in their songs. The duets rendered by Chitra & Allias and Precilla & Xavier de Maina were worth admiring.
Seen above in another scene are Ellias & Chitra
Seen above is the husband and wife duet Prescilla & Xavier
A.Veronica Fernandes.