Joe Rose enthralls his audience at TAG’s
Meet the Artiste
“After many years it reminded me
of this day when it was celebrated by the whole school and college when I was
schooling at St. Xaviers in Mumbai” narrated Joe Rose, after the audience sang
a happy birthday song to the birthday boy who was the artiste of the month at
TAG’s Meet the Artiste programme held on 31st July 2012 at TAG’s
Conference Hall, Panjim.
Speaking further he said that he
was fortunate enough to rub his shoulders with classmates who later became
Hindi filmstars, like the late Jalal Agha, Arup Kumar (Ashok Kumar’s son) and
the late Vijay Sippy (Sippy Film’s of Sholay fame). He said that he became an
artiste not for any monetary benefits but purely for the love of art and
Konkani. He attributes his success to his guru late Dr. Simon C. Fernandes, Ex
Mayor of Bomyay and editor of Goa Times. A writer, composer, director Joe Rose
has acted with almost every stalwart of the tiatr stage from C. Alvares, Prem
Kumar, M. Boyer to Roseferns, Prince Jacob, etc.
Comedian from the Konkani film
‘Boglantt’ he excelled in character roles and kept the audience spell bound in
tiatrs like Fr. Savio, Padri Juze Vaz, etc. His all time hits like ‘Kaxintlo
Paim’, ‘Bonkaum’, ‘Soglem Zalam Dhakttulem’, were enjoyed by the audience. He
has written several plays like ‘Imtteache Bognnar’, ‘Ekuch Rogot’, ‘Dev
Konnacho’, etc and has produced audio albums ‘Top Konkani Hits Parade’,
‘Sorgincho Darvontto’ besides VCD ‘Don Utram’ and his most recent venture an HD
Konkani Film ‘Mariola’ which will be released very shortly.
Prominent among the tiatr
artistes who attended the programme were Tomazinho Cardozo, former President of
TAG, Jr. Rod, A. Friend, Jessie Dias, Anthony Sylvester, Anil Kumar, Fatima,
Willy, C. D’Silva, Josephine, Platilda, Irene Cardozo, Filipe Pereira, Cezar
D’Mello, Cinematographer Dharshan Lolayekar, Mariola Cast, etc.
Earlier Shri. Victor de Sa,
Member Secretary welcomed the audience. Shri. Joy Fernandes, Cultural Organizer
of TAG compered and proposed a vote of thanks. The function was covered by
Spirit Fernandes.
