Day 3 of Kala Academy’s 9th Tiatr ‘B’ Group competition bore witness to tiatr ‘Bhogxitolo’ written and directed by Basilio Batista Carvalho and presented by Basilio Art and Cultural Association, Siolim.
The story revolves around two brothers, namely Myron (Salvito D’Souza) and Jonas (Basilio Carvalho) and their families. Jonas and his family have been busy running business in Pune for the past 20 years, while his brother Myron along with his wife Evelin (Iria Almeida) and only son Bryan (Valerius Fernandes) are settled in Goa. There is Eza (Antoinette Fernandes), who serves as a maid and takes good care of the ancestral property as well.
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Desmond (Anthony Gonsalves), who acts as a mediator and third party steps in and coaxes Myron and his wife to sell their ancestral property. He convinces them that there is a good offer and Myron finally strikes a deal.
Seeking two per cent of the share for himself, Desmond gets the concerned party and the property is sold. Demolishing the existing cross built by the ancestors, a mobile tower is erected. Desmond gets another offer and this time from a builder (Jhafet de Souza) from Delhi.
After a good deal of discussion, Myron and Evelin finally agree to also sell their ancestral house to the builder and construct a huge bungalow at Miramar. Meanwhile, Jonas returns from Pune and claims that he also has a share of the ancestral property.
There’s a tussle, followed by heated arguments between the siblings and Jonas is injured. His wife Jennis (Catarin Carvalho) returns from Pune in order to fight the case in the court. Jonas tries to get back the ancestral property from the builder after making a fair deal.
Will Myron, his wife Evelin and only son live in peace in the new bungalow? What tragedy strikes the family?
Tiatr ‘Bhogxitolo’ had a story to relate, but lacked flow and direction. While some lead artistes were confident with their dialogues, other actors, including the director, faltered in delivery. Some of the comedy was brought on the road, with Eza, Joel (Roydon Dias) and others entertaining with some laughter pills.
In the section of songs, there was a variety with good renditions in the form of solos, duets, duo, trio, quartet and choral. Two solos by Alricha Fernandes and Anushka Fernandes, a quartet ‘Devachem Besanv’ and a trio ‘Bebdo Novro’ were appealing to the ears. With two trumpets and a saxophone as blowing instruments, musicians offstage led by Selwyn Braganca provided good music.
The stage sets by Ambaji could have been better, while there were good light effects coming from Ratnakar Salgaonkar. Chrisly Carvalho and Allison Fernandes assisted well with the background music.
