The curtains unfold to a scene at a cross where Jose (Jesper Fernandes) is praying and interceding to God. Alister (Vishal), who is eyeing Jose’s properties, drops by and makes a request to sell off his properties to him.
Jose bluntly declines Vishal’s demand and the latter finally says that elimination is the only solution to such a problem. The following scene is at the cemetery where the villagers gather to attend Jose’s funeral. He died in a tragic accident and his children settled abroad come down for the final rites.
Back home, there’s discussion regards settlement of properties and bungalow among the deceased’s children, namely Michael (Pushpashil Nagvekar) and his spouse Diana (Tracy Cordo), Regina (Erica Fernandes) and her husband Sidney (Gregory D’Souza) and bachelor Conception (Namiket Salgaonkar).
Jose’s ailing spouse Celine (Abigail) is dumped in the aged home and nobody among the children is willing to bring her back home and cater to her daily needs. Bank officer (Sijoy Coelho) steps in informing about the FDs made by Jose and after interest amounting to Rs 60 lakhs.
All the siblings are taken by surprise and are willing to bring their aged mother back home and each of them volunteer to assist her in their own way. But everything for the greed of share left behind by their father. A little later, another finance official enters informing about the loans taken and the pending amounting Rs 70 lakhs.
Now, all the siblings, including their spouses, are in a dilemma and are unwilling to take care of their mother. Just when plans are afloat to sell off the house and clear all the debts, to everyone’s surprise, Jose makes his appearance in the house.
Now, all the while, where was Jose? Was it a wrong identification with regards to the deceased, followed by burial? What follows next among the members of the family is worth the watch during the second half of the drama.
Tiatr ‘Aiz Mhaka Faleam Tuka’ is an eye opener to all those, who out of sheer greed, run after ancestral properties, neglecting the aged members in the family. It carries a good dose of suspense, with twists and turns and the climax. In a flashback, shadow play also forms part of the entire presentation during the second half.
All the artistes have given the best of performance on stage. Jesper Fernandes as the head of the family stands tall. Vishal is projected as a villain. Namiket Salgaonkar as a bachelor and alcoholic is apt in body language and dialogues. Ancilla Picardo is equally good as ‘Vhoddli Mai’. Irene de Souza makes a cameo in the second half, but is impressive. Other artistes have extended good support to the main cast.
In the comic acts, there’s Forsu (Matias Mascarenhas) and Milagrin (Digvija Raikar) coming together as a couple, with good dose of laughter pills under their sleeves.
In the category of songs, the opening is a choral, followed by solos, duets, duo, trio, quartet and another choral at the end. This presentation had two solos from child artistes. All the singers carried melodious voices and were confident in their renditions. Selvyn Braganca and his musical team extended good support offstage.
The stage sets by Sijoy Coelho need to be appreciated, though there were some hiccups in the concluding scene. The light designs by Raviraj Shet and background music by Louis Mascarenhas were equally good.