The silent stars of the 'BLACK' ensemble

The silent stars of the 'BLACK' ensemble
-by gasper crasto www.goa-world.com

Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, fashion is on the street. Fashion is to do with ideas, the way we think. It is an era in the art of cinema-world to see a fashion of a different kind. To see what is ‘BLACK Nhesop Atanchem Fashion’ (Fashion of Wearing BLACK).

Sure, it is going to be a delight for any nationality to come and watch as ‘BLACK’ will now be screened with English subtitles.


‘BLACK Nhesop Atanchem Fashion’, the Konkani language movie produced in Kuwait by International Award Winning director T-Bush will be screened on Friday, November 30, 2007 at Hawally Auditorium at 3.00 pm sharp.



(From left to right) Abby, Braz, Babbit, Philip and Salu Faleiro in BLACK



Kala Academy Award winner for best actor Cajetan Pereira (popularly known as Cajetan de Sanvordem) has played the role of maestro with unmatched superiority while Salu Faleiro, Comedian Philip, Braz de Parra, Abby Pereira and Babbit Dourado have done justice to their roles as select artistes of the ensemble.

The theatre comedian, Salu Faleiro who began his career with one-scene glimpses in stage shows has played a cameo role in the movie. Salu’s ability to make someone laugh genuinely is absolutely great. His body language and dialogue delivery has the core strength of the indigenous. Infact there is something that is peculiar about the roles of Babbit Dourado, Braz, Philip and Salu Faleiro. They represent in their body and speech, the native idiom. While the other stars dressed their part, these actors have delved into the home milieu and come up with performances that carry the essence of originality. They have graduated with ease retaining their links to the native roots intact.



BLACK cast with Maestro Cajetan Pereira

Philip, a young veteran of more than 3 decades on stage, has mastered the art of comedy over the years. His charm and impeccable 'screen presence' captivates the audience in BLACK. "I feel proud to say I’ve never got a bad reception for my roles,” says Philip on his successful performance. He further adds, “I would like to categorize the film as a spectacle of humour, wit and emotion weaved together in a simplistic morality. The movie keeps your curiosity alive...”

Babbit Dourado has traversed much distance before he faced the movie camera. “I have fulfilled my dream to play a youth of this generation on screen,” stated Babbit about his role.

Braz de Parra’s role and existence in the movie is simply unforgettable. Winner of Best Singer Kala Academy Award in 1989, Braz also holds credits for the lyrics of ‘BLACK’.


Director of award winning short film in English, 'The Letter' that won the Best Film award at the 2005 London Film Festival, T-Bush has included a crew of Goan and Mangalore-ian artistes for the making of BLACK. The state-of-the-art director has made use of the latest E-Cinema technology for the making of the film.

The film premiered earlier on August 10, 2007 at Al Masrah, Hawally Auditorium at the hands of Indian Ambassador Mr. M. Ganapati is the first Indian film to be made in Kuwait, produced mainly for the Konkani masses.


The movie revolves around a musician who is involved in trivial assignments of traditional music. Culture and music means everything to the self-born maestro who just cannot give up on his passion for music. His effort to persuade the young genre to keep the art living in the face of fading tradition runs to an emotional zenith as the movie unfolds.


The music maestro and his five pupils form the core of this feature film. The five musicians who figure in the ‘BLACK’ ensemble portray what is wrong, what has changed, and what is inevitable in today’s genre of music and musicians in a sweet, just, humane and interesting melodrama of wit and emotions filmed with a Goan backdrop of traditions and culture.

:::The above article appeared in Kuwait's Arab Times on 11.11.2007:::