๐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ โ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฐ
Goans may be away from Goa, but their love for Goa cannot be taken away from them. Balthazar Pontes, a popular singer based in Kuwait, is one such Goan whose love for Goa and Konkani is supreme, just like any other true Goan.
The singer who has 3 audio albums to his credit has come out with another interesting song. A song on a subject that can be linked to every Goan. Proud of Baltazar for a great composition โ top class.
Beautifully sung by all the 3 singers โ Joseph Rodrigues โ Gracy Rodrigues โ Baltazar Pontes โ especially Joseph Rodrigues whose thick baritone voice and screen presence is fabulous.
And once again Musician Senon de Souza proves why he is considered one of the best-rated upcoming musicians in the Goan industry. The trumpeter has beautified the song by his marvelous intro, interludes, and melodious fillers.
The Editing too is done like โscenes from a real Goan panchayatโ with some popular faces from Kuwait seen in the backdrop.
The young Cinema-Editing duo of Rythm & Poetry - Jeff Almeida & Dwane Almeida are growing expert professionals in the field; we need young Goans such as these to take our art to new heights. Well done kids!!!
๐ผ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐๐ผ๐๐ผ๐
Panchayats are the backbone of the Indian villages since the beginning of recorded history.
Our Father of the Nation Gandhiji's dream of every village to be an independent republic or Panchayats having powers was translated into reality with the introduction of a three-tier Panchayati Raj system to involve peopleโs participation in the reconstruction at village level.
Are our Panchayat offices working towards the benefit of our community or have they become a hub of corruption?
๐๐ผ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ โ wonderfully exhibited by the Kuwait singers and indeed very well composed by Baltazar โ a singer & composer of the highest calibre.
The producer Baltazar has thanked Kamal Hosain & Sarita Fernandes, and extended special thanks to all singers, cast, and team members for their valued help.
๐๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ค๐จ๐๐ง: Baltazar Pontes
๐๐ช๐จ๐๐: Senon De Souza
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ:
Gracy Rodrigues
Joseph Rodrigues
Baltazar Pontes
๐ผ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐พ๐๐จ๐ฉ:
Tase Crasto e Noronha
Norman Noronha
Agnelo Fernandes
Roland Ribeiro
๐พ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ค๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ฎ & ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐:
Rythm and Poetry
๐๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐:
Silas Grover D'Costa
๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ผ๐ง๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ & ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ง:
Adela Morais
๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ & ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉ ๐พ๐ค๐ค๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ:
Gracy Rodrigues
๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐ & ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ฎ:
Baltazar Pontes
ABOUT BALTAZAR PONTES
Hailing from Aldona, Balthazar started singing at the age of 12 in St Thomas High School concerts, and other village shows. โFr Lawrence Rodrigues at that time used to stage โDotornicho Disโ every year when he was our Parish priest at Aldona,โ remembers Balthazar, โHe is the one who encouraged me much.โ
โHowever, Alfred Rose, my Aldoncar is my biggest inspiration,โ adds the humble singer. When Balthazar was in the 9th standard, he staged his first Tiatr called โKortubanchem Follโ.
Later, he started writing lyrics as fate took him to Mumbai in 1986 soon after he finished school.
The young, talented Balthazar continued to perform in Tiatrs, and also wrote lyrics inbetween for 2 audio albums which were produced under the banner of โKonkani CA's Venturesโ. One of the album was titled โRussia Converter Zatelemโ in 1992 while the other was โDon Boscoโ released in 1994.
In Feb 2020, he had released his audio CD titled โNizache Goykarโ (Ideal Goans).
Balthazar also directed a tiatr called โAson Duddu Sonvsar Kodduโ written by Minoo Ferns in Mumbai around 1994.
Life in Kuwait
Balthazar first moved to Kuwait in 1995, and soon got an opportunity to sing in Rafael de Majorda Tiatrs โHanv Noko Zalomโ, and โTukai Tench Ravtaโ in 2003.
However, there was long break before Balthazar was back on stage in Kuwait Konknni Mogi (KKM) Musical Show in April 2015 singing a solo, and a trio along with Felix Dias and Marlette Fernandes.
Since then, Balthazar is a regular face in almost every drama staged in Kuwait and sings to great applause of the audience.
The singer works for Sahara Golf Club, Kuwait. Happily married to married to Maria Dias, Balthazar has 2 sons RYLAN Pontes, a Computer Network Engineer, and Aaron Pontes, a Mechanical Engineer.