Goa: Hope after Despair - Now, 'Padri' Hopes To Purge
'Sins'
Panaji, Mar. 8: Exit Sins, Enter Priest. After the
flop show of the controversial Hindi film Sins across
the country, popular Konkanni playwright from Goa,
Prince Jacob, is all set to convert his super-hit play
Padri (Priest) into a movie.
The formal launching of the film was held near Our
Lady of Snows Church, Raia-Salcette, in the presence
of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Luizinho
Faleiro, Konkanni Academy president Pundalik Naik and
others including priests.
The script and dialogues will be penned by Prince
Jacob and the lyrics and music by Wilfy Rebimbus of
Mangalore. The producer of the Rs 5-million film is
Raymond Quadros and the director, Rajesh Fernandes -
his debut Konkanni film - who has successfully
directed three films in Kannada.
'Padri' will be shot in Goa and Karnataka -- on the
famous Colva and Dona Paula beaches and the churches
of Raia, Panjim and one in Karwar. It will have eight
songs and plenty of comedy, which is characteristic of
the Konkanni tiatr.
Unlike 'Sins', which deals with the illicit
relationship of a Catholic priest with a teenaged
girl, 'Padri' will present a good message and create
communal harmony, sources said.
Prince Jacob has dedicated the film "to the many
priests I know personally and whose life of sacrifice
I admire."
By SAR NEWS
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