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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/