Mangaluru:

Vikas Preetham Lasrado received the best Kalakul artiste of the year award at the graduation day of Kalakul – Konkani’s lone theatre repertory held at Shaktinagar here on Thursday. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 3,000. Clanwin Brayan Fernandes and Ashel Maria D’Silva shared the best co-worker award with a cash prize of Rs 1,000 each. Alwyn D’Sa, vice-principal, St Aloysius College the chief guest honoured the outgoing trained artistes with diploma certificates and cash awards.

Those who received the certificates for successfully completing their theatre training in 2015-16 batch are Clanwin, Ashel, Favia Rodrigues, Frivita D’Souza, Rohan Jacob D’Souza, Swarna Rita Veigas and Vikas Preetham Lasrado. The graduates shared their experiences of being part of Kalakul repertory and being given the opportunity to learn about stage craft. Members of the technical team who helped in the stage setup, lights, and music were also honoured.

Actors chosen for 2016-17 are – Vikas Preetham Lasrado, Frivita D’Souza, Swarna Rita Veigas, Rohan Jacob D’Souza, Flavia Rodrigues, Sheldon Tauro and Jackson D’Cunha. Christopher D’Souza Neenasam, chief trainer of Kalakul presented the annual report. This year, Kalakul has produced four major plays, five short plays and 27 shows. Arun Raj Rodrigues, play writer and administrator of Kalakul who welcomed the gathering expressed his gratitude to all who worked and supported for the success of Kalakul repertory. Louis J Pinto, president of Mandd Sobhann, Kishore Fernandes, secretary and Ronald S A Castelino, president of Karnataka Konkani Sahitya Academy were present.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / News Home> City> Mangalore / TNN / July 03rd, 2016