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Doha to welcome 'Ranvotti

Playwright John D’ Silva, will stage his new tiatr‘Ranvotti’ in Doha-Qatar on November 16. The show is organised by the GoanWelfare Association as a part of Goa Day celebrations in Qatar. The story ofRanvotti revolves around a youth who at the age of seven was lost in the jungleand was brought up by a man from the jungle. After spending 14 years in thejungle, the youth comes to the city only to be lost in its bad vices. Hisjungle life was free of bad vices, but when he lands in the city, circumstancesaround transform him into a wild man.

The central theme of the tiatr highlights that sex, crime,rape; prostitution and corruption have become part of city life. The dramacomes to an end with a powerful message to the audience to know the truereality of life in the city.

The script by John D’Silva is thought provoking; withmeaningful dialogues and it has a variety of songs like trio, duet, choralsong, decent solos and comedy solos with clean and decent comedy.

D’Silva, has been well known for his tiatr scripts with highliterary value interlaced with a standard prose, is the only playwright of theKonkani stage who has etched his name in the Limca Book of World Records for merelyscripting, directing and producing 25 Konkani tiatrs with their titles having adouble alphabet in it. The present tiatr ‘Ranvotti’ once again with a double‘t’ in its title further adds to the long list of tiatr titles with double alphabets.Perhaps, intentionally or unintentionally

John is looking to surpass his own previously set record!

Al Ghazal Club Hall (Doha)

November 16

3.30pm Onwards

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Daniel F de Souza / The Goan
Published Nov 10, 2012, 7:31 AM IST
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Funtastic villian

Those who have seen Prince Jacob’s latest production ‘AmcheaGharant Tiatr’, surely cannot miss out on the negative character role played byversatile artiste Ignatius de Xelvon. He plays the cruel, lecherous andheartless role of a revengeful brother and yet receives applause for thefantastic portrayal. Suffixing his every dialogue with the English word‘fantastic’ but pronounced as ‘Funtastic’ in a distinctive tone and style hewins the hearts of the audience despite his…

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