Mervin (Johnson Pereira) runs an advertising company, with Celina (Trupti Kerkar), an orphan, employed as a model. Mervin’s wife, Mable (Collisha D’Souza) prepares to get her spinster sister, Sylvi (Irene de Souza) married through a proposal. One day, among other guests, Mable tells her husband that she has also invited Celina to their residence. Mervin says his employee will not turn up.
Moments later, Jerry Braganza (Ashwin D’Souza), a dealer in readymade garments, drops in at Mervin’s residence. Mentioning that Celina is dead at her flat, he claims to be as a CID officer and tries to unearth the truth of illicit relationship between Mervin and Celina.
Threatening Mervin that the police will arrest him any moment, Jerry disappears from the scene. Fearing detention, Mervin admits to his wife of unlawful ties with Celina and tries to win her sympathy. Meanwhile, Celina makes her unexpected appearance at Mervin’s residence and a verbal conflict between the three, results in cold-blooded murder.
Who is the culprit? Is it Mervin who eliminates Celina to strengthen his marital ties? Or is it Jerry, who could not stand his wife, Celina, being involved with her boss?
Tiatr ‘Dista Toxem Nasta’ has good amount of suspense, which keeps mounting at every scene. Consequence of extra-marital ties in a family has been highlighted in the drama.
Although the suspense drama had little scope for comedy scenes, the director made efforts to bring in some comic relief to break the seriousness and monotony.
Johnson Pereira and Collisha D’Souza formed a perfect match on stage, displaying natural talent as husband and wife. In a cameo, Trupti Kerkar looked graceful. Sylvi looked comfortable in her character. Ashwin D’Souza was in the limelight for his suspense character. Domnic Pereira as a PI, though prompt in dialogue delivery, lagged behind in body language, but his colleague, Valerian Fernandes’ dual delivery was justifiable.
In the comic acts, Matias Mascarenhas, Domnic, Nikita, Nivette and Rosario Fernandes jammed up for some lighter moments on stage, with Rosario as Bruce Lee, being a centre of attention.
Songs in the form of solos, duets, duo, trio, quartet and choral had varied messages. But solos by Linoshka and Leticia, quartet by Pascoal, Ana Maria, Johny and Nivette and the concluding choral on ‘Madd’ deserved applause.
Stage sets by Rosario Fernandes, light effects by Dhananjay Phalkar and live music by Selwyn Braganza and team cannot be ignored.
