The biennial Goa State Film festival, organised by Entertainment Society
of Goa (ESG) and State Information and Publicity Department recently concluded
its eighth edition with the awards ceremony. Two films which stole the show
were ‘Nachom-ia Kumpasar’ and ‘Home Sweet Home’.
Humble as always,
Bardroy Barretto, director of ‘Nachom-ia-Kumpasar’, is very happy with the
recognition his film has recieved from the state. ‘Nachom-ia-Kumpasar’ won
awards in ten categories including Best Film and Best Director. “It is always
good to win and we won ten awards. It is the recognition for the efforts of the
team on the state level that matters,” says Bardroy who will soon be attending
film festivals at Washington DC and Columbia. Speaking about his future
project, Bardroy adds, “I am working on a script of a film which will have the
story set in the 1975-1985 era. ‘Nachom-ia-Kumpasar’ was set in 1965-1975.”
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Actor and
theatre personality John D’Silva won the Best Actor award for his performance
in ‘Home Sweet Home’ while Anagha Joshi
won Best Actress for ‘Nirmon’. It was a homecoming for the actress who traces
her roots back to theatre in Goa. “I was overwhelmed and felt great pride to be
awarded by my own state and cinema. It is a big award to be presented by the
state. I started doing theatre when I joined Rudreshwar Theatre Group in Panjim
and then I moved to Mumbai for Marathi projects. I have done more than 60
commercials,” says Anagha, who also played a part in ‘The Coffin Maker’,
featuring Nasserudin Shah. She is hoping to work in more Konkani films that can
keep her closer to home. She will next be seen in ‘OK Jaanu’, a film directed
by Shaad Ali and produced by Karan Johar.
Konkani feature
film ‘Home Sweet Home’ bagged six awards, with Swapnil Shetkar winnign two:
Best Dialogue and Best Screenplay. “It felt good winning as it was a tough
competition against 12 films, including 8 Konkani films. It is a great
initiative by the Goa Government to start the state awards as it makes a huge
difference for cinema in Goa. ‘Nachom-ia-Kumpasar’ deserves the awards they
won,” adds Swapnil, who is currently working on three scripts in Hindi, Konkani
and Marathi. ’Once Upon a Time in Goa’ will be bi-lingual Hindi and Konkani
film, ‘Tiatrist’ will be a story based on the lives of tiatrists and will be made
in Konkani while ‘Three Stars’ will be a Marathi film.
“Almost a decade
ago, people started coming to theatres to watch Goan films. However, the Goan
film industry has to be united and sort issues as and when they arise, like a
family. The unity makes it a stronger entity and bigger problems can be solved
quickly like the issue of proper share in a box office collection which can
help the industry grow stronger at a high speed,” believes Swapnil.
Those who missed the film screenings can catch
the repeat screenings that will be held from August 9 to 13, 2016 at Maquinez
Palace, Panjim
