๐๐๐ฌ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐:๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง ๐พ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค/๐๐ช๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ...18 ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ '21
Most of our star Goan artistes living abroad have an appeal that goes beyond geographical boundaries. They have their hearts in Goa and are now performing internationally โ online or on YouTube, catching everyoneโs attention.
One such star artiste who has caught the imagination of Goans globally is โ Polly de Curtorim โ a drummer, composer of songs, singer, DJ, anchor, online singer, one-man band โ all in one.
His real name is Jose Paulo Fernandes, but he is more popular by his stage and screen name as Polly de Curtorim since his school days.
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Polly has been active in Konkani world for nearly 30 years; he has acted, and composed over 200 songs.
He has over a dozen songs on his YouTube channel, his Konkani song โBlue Whaleโ has been one of the most popular, however, it ran into an uncalled dispute with YouTube indefinitely warping its popularity & views.
The song is one of Pollyโs best (Check: https://youtu.be/7lJ0yzhV_No ) among other songs such as 'Corona', and 'Retir.'
Passionate as he is, Polly has a meaningful Audio-CD called โDevak Vengoiโ and a VCD titled โJezu Munxeachea Rupanโ to his credit.
The talented artiste will feature in ๐๐๐๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐, a musical tribute to late Cajetan de Sanvordem, set to be premiered on the OTT platform - YouTube, soon.
The show directed by Shahu Almeida with full-on entertainment for global Goans comprises of a number of superstars from Goa, Kuwait & London.
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๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ช ๐ฆ๐๐ง ๐ง๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ข๐ก ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฃ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ
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Artistes that will perform in the show include Prince Jacob, Comedian Ben Evangelisto, Rons Tavares, Meena Goes, Amresh Kamat, Ben Cecilia & Alias Fernandes from Goa.
Simon Gonsalves, Laurente Pereira, Babit DโSouza, Polly de Curtorim, Bab Agnel โ all from UK, and Rafael de Macasana from Cayman Islands.
Gracy Rodrigues, Clemmie Almeida, Simon Dias, Olinda Dias, Gasper Crasto & Esparansa, Seby DโSilva, Sucorina Fernandes, Seby Mascarenhas, Valanka Fernandes & Acacia Almeida -- from Kuwait
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Music for the show is provided by Shahu Almeida & his band boys comprising of Lennon D'Silva, Dennis Gonsalves & drummer-boy Aerosmith Almeida.
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๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง & ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐พ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ซ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ข, ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก-๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐ โ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐โ, ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐๐จ ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐๐, ๐๐ข๐ข๐๐๐ช๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐.
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Polly was born to late Antonio Fernandes from Curtorim and Joaquina Coelho from Damon, Raia.
After his schooling at St. Xavier's Curtorim, Polly did his higher studies at Chowgules, and Shree Damodar colleges. He is a graduate in B. Com with honors in Accounts & Finance.
Polly initially started acting as a comedian and a singer in annual church plays staged by the Legion of Mary Group under St. Alex Church, Curtorim where Polly was President of the group. He was also a member of the church choir where his talent in singing was further developed.
Polly was a renowned drummer as well and ran his own beat-group between 1988 to 1992 called โHEAVEN-17โ which was popular in South Goa for weddings, events and beat shows.
Later he went to work in Doha, Qatar where he worked from 1993 to 2012 and acted in a number of one-act plays mostly as a โheroโ.
Along with Maurice Pereira, and friend late Comedian Luis Dias, Polly helped organize a number of dramas of legendary Aristides Dias such as โDivorceโ, โDoiaโ, โKoidiโ, etc.
Polly was one of the persons instrumental in taking Goaโs nightingale Lorna first time abroad to Doha for the โDoiaโ show.
For nearly 10 years, Polly also assisted in organizing a number of Goan dramas of mega directors such as Roseferns, Samuel Carvalho, Mario Menezes, Comedian Agostinho, etc.
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Polly had a very steady job in Doha, working as a Senior Storekeeper with Qatar Airways. Yet he chose to leave Doha and went to London in 2011.
Currently, he works for the Thales Group in London, and in his free time does one-man shows, DJs, etc, and regularly goes LIVE singing English and Konkani songs. Polly has a great fan-following on Facebook. His friends' list is overflowing, he remains one of the most popular Goan artiste regularly performing online.
Pollyโs one-man-band Melodians is popular at many Goan parties, functions, and events.
He has been to Kuwait to sing in Maestro Shahuโs last musical show in 2019 โ 'Ugddas Dovrun Ghele.'
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Happily married to Cathy Antao hailing from Chandor, the couple has 3 children -- elder daughter Johanna, son Johan, and youngest Eleanor.
Since 2013, the family has been living in Wembley, London โ UK.