On 15th of this month at Mapusa Hanuman Theatre, I saw the new Tiiatro “VANVAK CHUKLEAR GANVAK CHUKTA”, starting exactly at 3.35 pm, and it was written and directed by Kuwait based Tiatrist Domnick Fernandes. Domnick is a well known Tiatrist not only in Kuwait where he is employed but also in Goa and all his previous Tiatros went hit when he staged them in Goa during his vacations with very good attendance. However, for this show at Mapusa, unfortunately the attendance was very poor though every artiste played his/her role well. I am sure his marketing of this Show was not done properly and some of the “pezad” artistes, the more crowd puller were not included in his team where Side Show songs would definitely get a booster and their presence would help to woo the audience more for this Show, However, the current artistes did justice to their Side Show songs.
The story was surrounded around a family life where to cut short, charismatic Aplon played the fantastic role as a mother who gifted her naughty son whatever he ask her even against the wishes of her husband whose role beautifully and appropriately played by Anthony San. Then the son met with an accident and dies. She makes a mistake by giving her son a Bike and then he met with an accident. Small mistake she commits but in the end it becomes very costly.
The role played by Aplon was excellent with her very fabulous and decent dress code and her nice looks brought an extra colour to her role, her display of motherly love in the end indicate why she is become the darling of the the darling of the audience because she does justice to her role.
The title of the Tiatro is based on one Goan proverb which we use differently and that is, "VETEK CHUKLEAR KHUIM GANVANK CHUKTA ANI GANVANK CHUKLER KHUIM DESHAK CHUKTA". Very philosophical the proverb is.
The role played by Justiniano sent chills into the veins of some of the Goa lover audience especially when as a migrant manual worker he comes to Goa and within a short span of time he makes so much of money and go on property purchasing spree in Goa holding vast Goan land in his pocket. Then he goes on threatening the Goans in such a manner that it looks if it is come into reality then we genuin Goans will have to flee from Goa. Threatens he thus: “Gradually we will bring more and more people from our home states like Karnataka, Bengal, Madras, Kerala, Maharastra and fill your Goa with our people who will then control our Panchayats, Legislature and other segments where you Goans are holding in your hands, if necessary we will even beat the Goans for calling us in a derogatory manner as “Ghanttis”.
The comedy part was good but still it needed more punch. The defective mike system made it difficult for some in the audience to pick up what was delivered on the stage. This is the defect of this hall since a long time now and still nobody bothers to rectify this fault. Audience like me pay Rs. 150/- each for the ticket and as such they deserve proper service. In this problem, both the director as well as the owners of the hall are guilty.
In the side show songs, solos of Domnick, Jerry Cal, Anthony San, Robert de Calvim were good besides others so also the trios of Gimix.
Musical score under their Band leader Chris was good but it was a bit louder with loud musical feelings when play was going.
Otherwise, well done bab Domnick and his troupe.
A.Veronica Fernandes.