‘Ho Mhozo Kaido’

Play with moral message
by J P Pereira (Navhind Times)


Konkani play ‘Ho Mhozo Kaido’ is the maiden release from Antush D’Silva. The ‘tiatr’ produced by J A Creations is a story of neglected parents, but has some situations that make the play quite interesting. Maria and Joseph are the elderly couple, who have spent most of their hard earned money not only to educate their two children but also to help them secure good jobs.The son, Allen is a customs officer, while Vincy, the daughter is an airhostess. Vincy wants to marry outside their religion and when parents object, she walks out of the house. Allen marries Vera, is bewitched by her and tends to forget his parents. Maria is suffering from blood cancer and requires frequent transfusions; so Joseph begs his son for help. Prodded by his wife, the son feigns helplessness. Watch what happens later in this presentation that is sometimes engrossing but at times, with situations that happen too conveniently.

There are impressive dialogues, fine direction but accusing a terminally sick mother of having an affair leaves a very rancid taste in the mouth. And why is the rest of the family never told of a serious sickness, in most of our Konkani dramas? Two scenes stand out for their stylish execution; the release of the bird and the angry father losing his head.

Antonette gives a fine performance with just the right emotion, as the suffering Maria. Felcy as Vera and Olga as Vincy give great negative performances, the former as the evil daughter-in-law and the latter as the heartless daughter. Antush is outstanding as the elderly father and this could be one of his best acts. Maxcy tends to make a tragedy of a negative role while Justino as Vera’s father, does his role in style. Filipe Almeida as the doctor and Menino de Bandar as a moneylender, lend good support. Janet, Agostinho and Marcos provide some average comedy. Cruz de Sanvordem backs with some good music and the background score during the acts, on the keyboard, is very appropriate.

In between the acts there are some great songs from Felcy, Marcus Vaz, Socorro de Santa Cruz, Francis de Tuem, Lawry, Menino de Bandar and Antush. The trio by Socorro, Cyril Almeida and Osvi Viegas deserves a special mention. A drama that is definitely worth watching.











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