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GOAN TIATRISTS
Currently William de Curtorim is the most powerful tiatrist as political
singer. Because of his popularity among the tiatr goers he is become the
darling of the audience. The importance of his current running tiatro in
Goa lies totally on him, he is like a one-man industry, his tiatro means
“William de Curtorim” even though his colleagues are doing good job in all
respects. Though there are no big names in his tiatro yet because of his
fame people flock to see his tiatro. Earlier we saw how one man industry
like J. P. Souzalin, Alexinho de Candolim, M. Boyer and Prem Kumar used to
attract the attention of the audience. In the same manner William de
Curtorim is currently doing. Unfortunately many of his colleagues and his
so-called friends in the tiatro circle are jealous of hi fame.
On 5th of January I had an opportunity to attend his Tiatro at Mapusa that
was watched by the capacity crowd. Among the audience Congress MLA
Dayananda Narvenkar also attended as chief guest. When during the interval
Narvenkar came to the stage to say a few words, he lambasted the police and
all the forces behind them who earlier reprimanded and stopped William de
Curtorim from singing two political songs. Narvenkar even went on saying
that in democracy such brutalities of police are not tolerated and said he
himself was surprised to see police are also coming and sitting in the hall
during William de Curtorim’s tiatro.
Now while appreciating Dayananda Narvenkar’s support for William de Curtorim
and for free speech, I request if not demand, Dayananda Narvenkar during the
next Goa Legislative Assembly session to raise this question in the Assembly
and get proper explanation from the Minister concerned. There should be
thorough enquiry thru proper channel why the Mapusa Police summoned William
de Curtorim to Police Station and reprimanded him. It should be found out
who instructed Mapusa Police Station to summon William de Curtorim or is it
just a gimmick of Mapusa Police Station to make them important like
Portuguese Agente Monteiro? Anyway in this whole episode William de
Curtorim became a big Hero – courtesy Mapusa Police Station – and in the
bargain Dayananda Narvenkar gained goodwill from the public. Earlier the
same William de Curtorim in his songs bombarded Narvenkar (Montri Hospitalan
Nidlet etc). It was a God given opportunity for Narvenkar also to brighten
his image already soiled earlier by William de Curtorim’s songs. If
Dayananda Narvenkar is really true to his own self and true to his support
to William de Curtorim and true to freedom of speech then he will raise this
issue in the Goa Legislative Assembly openly so that lovers of freedom of
speech and lovers of William de Curtorim and Tiatro will admire Narvenkar
otherwise Dayananda Narvenkar will prove how cunning he is.
On 9th of January Herald daily published my article in support of William de
Curtorim and in condemnation of Mapusa Police Station for reprimanding
William de Curtorim. During the next 48 hours at my residence I received
number of telephone calls among them from some Rostad Tiatrists who showed
their total contempt for my support to William de Curtorim. From these calls
I realized how these Rostad Tiatrists are jealous of William de Curtorim’s
fame which, if William de Curtorim maintains properly, will never diminish,
let heaven fall from the sky. William should know that his greatest enemies
are not Goa Police and Goa Government and politicians but his own Rostad
Tiatrists colleagues who are all out to downgrade him. Because of such envy
in tiatro circle tiatro is on the verge of death. And by the way who is
killing tiatro in Goa? None other than jealous and Rostad tiatrists.
William should not give them chance to play their mischief. Inspite of some
of his flaws William de Curtorim is become currently the darling of crowd,
he is feared by the Government, what stupid opposition MLA’s cannot do in
Goa Legislative Assembly, one man William de Curtorim is doing and that too
beyond Assembly forum that is from the Konkani Stage – Hail Konkani Stage.
William de Curtorim is the need of the hour, Goa needs him, Konkani needs
him, Goan depressed and meek people need him. The only thing I request him
is not to malign the wives of politicians or the wives of those whom he
criticizes.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Kuwait.
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