Menino de Bandar’s tiatr, Nimannea Vellar, has a story to relate with love and betrayal as the core theme. While the first half moves at snail’s pace, it also carries several twists and turns.
The second half has some unexpected events unfolding in the family, and the reunion comes as the climax. But, the title sounds inappropriate as it does not reflect the actual story which unfolds on stage.
ABOUT THE TIATR
The story is about Lavisha (Jennifer) and Rosh (Myron Travasso), who are in love. However, Lavisha’s brother, Maxie (Maxie) is against the relationship as Rosh is unemployed, and simply idles away his time by getting involved in bull fights.
Lavisha is unwilling to give up on her fiance. In his quest for a career, Rosh attends a job interview, and thanks to his honesty and sincerity, he successfully passes it and lands a decent job as a cashier.
However, Lavisha’s brother, Maxie (Maxie) is against the relationship as Rosh is unemployed, and simply idles away his time by getting involved in bull fights.
After marriage, Lavisha is both possessive and overly protective of Rosh. She is uncomfortable with the idea of her husband working in a company that employs women. However, Rosh promises to remain loyal to her.
Rosh’s boss, Delailah (Dola), is drawn to his good looks and personality, and tries to win him over. As luck would have it, one fine day, caught red-handed, Maxie warns his brother-in-law to stay away from Delailah as it could lead to serious conflicts with his wife.
Now, Lavisha is pregnant and things begin to get out of hand for Rosh. He is caught in his boss’ web and does not know how to get out of the mess. If he declines Delailah’s offer, then there is every chance of him losing his job.
Will Rosh abandon his spouse and run off with his boss, Delailah? Under such circumstances, what is Lavisha’s fate? How does she handle the thought of bringing up her only child?
Will Rosh abandon his spouse and run off with his boss, Delailah? Under such circumstances, what is Lavisha’s fate?
BEHIND THE SCENES
There are fine performances by all the artistes on stage. Myron Travasso, Jennifer and Dola are seen in the lead roles. They have done justice to their respective characters. Maxie, Renzia extend good support to the main cast.
Melvin as the doctor; and Vitorin as the priest make cameos. Child artiste, Maryanne Borges, has played a convincing role in the second half and is quite confident in her dialogues.
For laughter pills, there’s comedian Humbert, Gleny and Janet coming together to entertain. Sadly, on most occasions, they hardly carry any dose of amusement with them.
Janet fits well in her dress code as a lamani and delivers her dialogues well with that typical accent. However, the comedy scene of the blind girl was unnecessary.
Jennifer Fernando comes on stage for the opening song, followed by solos from Melvin, Michael, Clint, C D’Silva, Pedro and Amriz.
There are other songs rendered by Clint, Vitorin and Michael; Pedro and Amriz; C D’Silva and Renzia; and C D’Silva, Melvin and Pedro.
A quartet went amiss in the drama. Edrol (trumpet) and his musical team — Esbon (saxophone), Rozario (keyboard), Mariano (bass) and Macmilan (drums) — have provided good live music offstage.
The stage sets have been done by Menino de Bandar, and Dinesh helped with the lighting effects.
