After a
successful Konkani debut project
‘Sophiya – a dream girl’, which bagged The Karnataka State Award for Best
Regional Film-2017 under the production banner Janet Noronha Productions, Janet
Noronha, the first woman film producer of Coastal Karnataka has successfully
completed the shooting of the second venture in her production, the much talked
about and anticipated Goan Konkani film, ‘Kantaar’ starring Bollywood actor
Jackie Shroff, our own Konkani star Ester Noronha, actor Noel Sean and many
other prominent Goan actors namely Velrose Pereira (Canada), Luis Bachchan,
comedian Dominic, Dolla, Liby, Meena, Chitra Aphonso, Donald Colaco, John
Aguiar, Savio Queiros and many others in various important roles.
The movie has been
completely filmed in Goa and is undergoing post production work in full swing.
The grand audio
release of the film took place on November 11, 2018 at Taleigao amidst the ‘Kor
Kantaar’ show. Guru Das Vir Pilarnaker (Goa Art and Culture) and Fr Cipriano (Parish
Priest, Taleigao) released the Audio CD, while Thelma Moses (GTDC) released the
Goa Tourism promo ‘Amchem Goa’. Fr Olavo Caiado (Director, Diocesan Centre for
Social Communications Media) released the teaser. Fr Cossesao, Aditya Barve
(Music Director of ‘Kantaar’), Tushar (music arranger), Janet Noronha(the
producer of ‘Kantaar’) and Ester Noronha (singer/actress) were present at the
event along with many other cast and crew members of the film.
The
film is slated to release in January 2019. The audio CDs of ‘Kantaar’ are now
on sale.
