BY DANIEL F DE SOUZA

AGNELO FERNANDES, a young and enterprising video film producer from Consua in Cortalim in the South, is slowly but surely gaining popularity through his creative works. Earlier, in the year 2007, he had produced a VCD film, Axirvadd Devacho, revolving round family values, which received a good response from viewers. Once again, Agnelo is back in the news with his second VCD film….

BY DANIEL F DE SOUZA

HE IS young, adventurous, happily married, focused, a globe-trotting IT professional based in Detroit, USA, but has a great passion for Konkani music, specifically for the legendary Melody King, the late Alfred Rose. Meet Agnelo Fernandes, the new ‘sing alike’ of Alfred Rose, who was recently seen at his vocal best at the Kala Academy Black Box when he rendered two sensational Alfred Rose hits: ‘Mog Dakhoi’ and ‘Dotorancho Dotor’ at a show organised by Tiatr Academy-Goa in memory of Lucasinho Ribeiro.

BY DANIEL F DE SOUZA

HE WAS named Salvador Mascarenhas by his parents at baptism. But, today, if one were to refer to him by his birth name, nobody would recognise him. But call him Comedian Sally and everyone who is associated with the Konkani stage and tiatrs will nod their head in recognition. Young Salvador grew up in his native village of Sao Jose de Areal in the South and completed his schooling at New Era High School.

MANFA MUSIC and Manfa Video have released two Christmas carol albums. While one is an audio album, the other is a video presentation. The audio album is Mistletoe Carollers and the video album is named Christmas at Sea.

MANFA VIDEO has just released the VCD/DVD of Annie Quadros’ first Konkani video film entitled Pearl. It may be recalled that Annie Quadros had premiered the film at the Gomant Vidya Niketan on November 9, 2009 and, thereafter, the film was officially released in Kuwait and Dubai during her visit there with Prince Jacob’s troupe.

WRITER, DIRECTOR and producer Tony Dias must surely be a happy man. His theatrical experiment on Mahanand Naik, the dreaded serial killer, entitled Mahanand Monis vo Soitan? on the Konkani stage has paid rich dividends. After waiting for tickets, I finally got the opportunity to watch the show at Gomant Vidya Niketan last Friday. Despite having staged the show at the same venue over 27 times, the show was still houseful and I had to literally pester Damu at the booking counter for a single ticket.

ANNIE QUADROS, the dynamic and versatile lady adorning the Konkani stage in Prince Jacob’s troupe, needs no formal introduction to tiatr lovers. She enjoys a special place in the hearts of every tiatr fan. Her stellar performance as a widow in the feature film Padri will be remembered for a long time. Having served the Konkani stage for 33 years, she has been part of Prince Jacob’s troupe for the last 22 years, since 1987. That in itself is a record which very few artists can boast of.

THE KONKANI tiatrist fraternity lost a promising and upcoming colleague in comedian Edisson Fernandes on October 17, 2009 after a brief ailment. His mortal remains were laid to rest in his native village of Orlim on October 19, 2009. Edisson was part of the Mario Menezes troupe for the past three years and appeared to be growing into a noteworthy artist of the Konkani stage. Under the direction and guidance of Mario Menezes, his inherent talent was just beginning to flourish and get noticed when death dealt an untimely blow.

BY DANIEL F DE SOUZA
MANFA MUSIC recently released two audio albums. Manfa’s Top Collection, MP3 songs CD Volume 6 (containing 50 selected songs) and Lawry Travasso’s Goan Birthday Party are sure to delight listeners.
Continuing its tradition of releasing Konkani hit songs in the MP3 format, Manfa’s Top Collection is the production house’s sixth such volume […]

ACCIDENTS ARE commonplace on the roads of Goa. The incidence of accidents increases every year. They cause pain, suffering and bring about misery and permanent physical handicap and, in some cases, even death. The consequences of a road accident and the implications of the same can be nerve shattering as well as lead to depression. Tomazinho Cardozo drove home this point very effectively in his latest drama, Eksiddent, staged by his theatre group Kala Mogi as part of the Kala Academy tiatr competition.