panaji nostalgia pride and happiness were the main emotions visible on the faces of the senior tiatrists present at the 125th tiatr anniversary celebrations organized by kala academy and tiatr academy of goa tag at the kala academys dinanath mangueshkar auditorium on monday eveningsenior artistes like john claro 87 reminisced about their acting days claro remembering pai tiatrist joao agostinho fernandes said during his last days fernandes who i met at cross maidan in bombay told me that tiatr is a different art of stage acting and that its standards should not be allowed to lowerprominent singer anthony san recalled singing the opening chorus along with late m boyer late h britton late jr rod josephine dias betty naz and felcy for the 100th tiatr anniversary celebrations he also recollected having acted alongside late souza ferrao late prem kumar late alfred rose late remmie colaco and otherssenior tiatrists cyriaco dias marcelin de betim c dsilva and platilda dias got nostalgic remembering their colleaguesnow tiatrists enjoy facilities that we did not possess earlier and therefore they can stage four tiatrs annually they also perform in all tiatrs i dont know how they manage all of this dsilva said exhorting the future generation to preserve the tiatrfatima dsouza said i am very happy to be part of this celebration but i miss my husband anil kumari feel very privileged to be part of this gathering where so many artistes from goa as well as mumbai have gathered jesse dias 70 said maintaining it was an occasion to be celebrated with great joysenior tiatrist paul romy while saluting priests and journalists for promoting konkani said this event serves as an encouragement for young aspiring artistesanother prominent mumbaibased tiatrist kenny zuzarte praised the efforts of the organizers and said i pray that tiatrists remain united alwayssenior tiatrist joe rose said i thank the government for having been so generous in giving us funds for this celebrations not only for today but for the entire yearhighlighting a little known fact that the tiatr has served to bind the hindus and christians of goa premanand lotlikar cautioned that since some tiatrists give their plays a communal flavour it keeps hindus away from the audience tiatrists should strive to increase the hindu audience as this will commercially enrich tiatrs said lotlikarthe highlight of the celebration was the cultural programme titled goychea tiatracho itihas history of goan tiatr that paid tribute to yesteryear tiatrists such as late miguel rod late alexinho de candolim late j p souzalin late c alvares late prem kumar late alfred rose late m boyer late remmie colaco late jacinto vaz and late robin vaz through performances by prominent titatrists comprising of joe rose eugenio cardozo ben evangelist jessie dias betty naz rita rose anthony san premanand sangodkar antonette mendes william fernandes kenny zuzarte mestri thomas peter barbosa batu rodrigues comedians agostinho janet domnick and luis bachchan roseferns prince jacob mario menezes rosy alvares mariano fernandes cezar dmello alfy de divar marciano noronha marcos