Nirmon

Nirmon
Directed byA. Salam
Based onEnoch Arden
Produced byFrank Fernand
Starring
  • C. Alvares
  • Shalini
  • Anthony D’Sa
  • Ophelia
  • Souza Ferrao
  • Antonette
  • Jacinto Vaz
Edited byR. V. Shirkhande
Music byFrank Fernand
Release date
  • 1966 (1966)
CountryIndia
LanguageKonkani

Nirmon is a 1966 Indian Konkani-language film. It was directed by A. Salam and produced by Frank Fernand. The film features C. Alvares, Shalini, Anthony D’Sa, Ophelia, Souza Ferrao, Antonette, and Jacinto Vaz.[1]

Cast and crew

Nirmon was Frank Fernand's second production. It had story and direction from A. Salam, music by Fernand, dialogue by C. Alvares, and screenplay and editing by R. V. Shirkhande. The film stars Shalini Mardolkar, C. Alvares, Titta Pretto,[2] Anthony D'Sa, Jacinto Vaz, Antonette Mendes, Ophelia, Jack Souza Ferrão and J. P. Souzalin.

Inspiration

Nirmonn is based on Lord Tennyson's character from the 1864 poem Enoch Arden.

Remake

In 1967, it was remade into the Bollywood movie Tagdeer, in which Shalini Mardolkar took the lead role as in the original film. Taqdeer, produced by Rajshri Productions was dubbed into seven other languages.[3] The Hindi film was also directed by A. Salam.

Awards

The film won two National Awards at the hands of India’s then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. C. Alvares (Celestino Alvares), known as the "King of Duets" earned best actor in Konkani Nirmon.[4] it won the Certificate of Merit for regional films at the 13th National Film Awards, the first of its kind for Konkani.[5]

Music

The songs of Nirmon have become standards. The music was released on Angel Records under EMI of The Gramophone Company of India, manufactured and distributed by The Gramophone Company.

Song Singer Picturised on Composer Lyricist Video
"Korat Upkar" (Kazar Zaunk Asa) Jacinto Vaz Jacinto Vaz ? C. Alvares Video on YouTube
"Dol Mhojea Bai" Shalini Mardolkar Shalini Mardolkar ? C. Alvares Video on YouTube
"Claudia" (male version) ? C. Alvares, Shalini Mardolkar Romeo Mendes ? Video on YouTube
"Claudia" (female version) Romeo Mendes, Antonette Mendes, Martha Shalini, Antonette, Romeo Mendes, Ophelia Romeo Mendes ? Video on YouTube
"Nach Atamchem" Carmo Rod Souza Ferrao, Tony Gomes ? C. Alvares Video on YouTube
"Vavraddi Kunbi" Robin Vaz Souza Ferrao, Tony Gomes ? Souza Ferrao

References

  1. ^ "'Nirmon', remake of 1966-hit ready | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. 27 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Long cherished dream of tiatrists finally comes true". oHeraldo. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 28 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "KONKANI FILMS: C. ALVARES - best actor in the Konkani film Nirmon". 28 April 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009. Retrieved 28 May 2009.
  5. ^ "Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos". Archived from the original on 14 July 2012.


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