𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘍𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘰/𝘒𝘶𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵
The idea of a star being born in the cosmos, in a corner of one galactic arm, is just bushwa.
Nobody becomes a star in this world without hard work; stars are not born, stars are created.
Ponda-based Alias Fernandes has risen to be a star to reckon; he is a Kala Academy Best Singer Award Winner in the categories of Solos, Duos & Trios.
A humble artiste – musician & singer, he is more popularly known as a one-man-band more involved in parties, events, and choirs, but has also gained a big share on the tiatr stage over the years.
He has come up a hard way to be where he is today. Incidentally, Alias celebrates his birthday today – 19th September.
The talented artiste will feature in 𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙏𝘼 𝙐𝙂𝘿𝘿𝘼𝙎 𝙏𝙐𝙕𝙊, 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 a number of superstars from Goa, Kuwait & London.
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𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗢 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗡 𝟮𝟱𝗧𝗛 𝗦𝗘𝗣𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
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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 D’Souza, Polly de Curtorim, Bab Agnel – all from UK, and Rafael de Macasana from Cayman Islands.
Gracy Rodrigues, Clemmie Almeida, Simon Dias, Olinda Dias, Gasper Crasto & Esparansa, Seby D’Silva, Sucorina Fernandes, Seby Mascarenhas, Valanka Fernandes & Acacia Almeida -- from Kuwait.
𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪
Music for the show is provided by Shahu Almeida & his band boys comprising of Lennon D'Silva, Dennis Gonsalves & drummer-boy Aerosmith Almeida.
𝙄𝙓𝙏𝙏𝘼 𝙐𝙂𝘿𝘿𝘼𝙎 𝙏𝙐𝙕𝙊 will feature songs on various topics apart from comedy sideshows.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙧 & 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧 𝘾𝙖𝙟𝙚𝙩𝙖𝙣 𝙙𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙢, 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 ‘𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙆𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙖𝙣𝙞 𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚’, 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙙, 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚.
𝘼𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙎
𝙔𝙊𝙐𝙉𝙂𝙀𝙍 𝘿𝘼𝙔𝙎
Alias was born on September 19, 1974.
Initially, he had no inclination towards tiatr or anything related to the tiatr stage. Listening to musical plays aired on the radio and watching video CDs from childhood eventually generated interest in him.
Since 1993, Alias has been actively involved in the chapel choir at Holy Cross Chapel, Opa. In 1998, he joined the church choir at St Anne’s Church, Ponda under the leadership of Custodio Dias and continued for almost 10 years.
His tutor would train in tenor/bass voices and he was inspired to learn the keyboard from the late Mathew Fernandes from Ponda.
Now, apart from assisting at the chapel, Alias visits 5 different chapels in Ponda and the Mardol church to train choir members.
When the Opa Youth Club celebrated its 10 years of the club’s existence, Alias penned a one-act play titled ‘Uzo’ and staged it for the occasion.
It was here that the audience realized Alias’ potential on stage as an actor.
In 1994, when Latur in Maharashtra experience an earthquake, Alias was inspired to pen a song and soon thereafter two more songs flowed from his pen. These songs were later broadcast on Goa Doordarshan.
𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙋𝙋𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙄𝘼𝙏𝙍
In the month of August for Ganesh Chaturthi, Alias found a place for himself in Carlos and Caetan Fernandes’ tiatr ‘Zhott’tti’ staged at Khandepar.
Later, as a singer and actor, he continued in 5 more productions of the same directors staged in the Ponda taluka, including productions of Martin de Ponda and Peter de Ponda.
In 1998, Tony Fernandes from Divar, who was part of Carlos and Caetan Fernandes' troupe, introduced Alias in Alfi de Divar’s troupe for the annual Kala Academy (KA)’s tiatr competition.
Participation as a singer in tiatr ‘Pakham’ helped him to win the merit certificate for the first time.
Alias worked with the same director at the tiatr competition for another 9 productions, winning two first prizes as a best singer for duos and merit certificates for singing.
He also participated in Anil/Olga’s tiatr ‘Mojea vo Sojea’ at KA’s tiatr competition, winning the Kala Academy First Prize in the solo singing category.
𝘼𝙒𝘼𝙍𝘿 𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍 𝘼𝙏 𝙆𝘼𝙇𝘼 𝘼𝘾𝘼𝘿𝙀𝙈𝙔
Alias also participated in Kala Academy’s annual singing competition, thus winning first prize in the solo, duo and trio categories.
In 2000, comedian Caetan introduced him to Dominic Carvalho in tiatr ‘Tem Ek Sopon’, thus making his first entry on the commercial stage.
Since then, entries continued for Alias in tiatrs by Peter de Macazana, Comedian 64, late Jackie Gomes, Seby de Britona, late Agostinho Vaz, late comedian Marcus, Wilson (Ponda) and John (Usgao), Derick Cardozo, Philip de Moira, Freddy Mascarenhas, Peter Rodrigues, Agnel de Borim, Peter Colaco, Succor and Joaquim Cruz.
𝙈𝙀𝙂𝘼 𝙎𝙃𝙊𝙒𝙎 & 𝙁𝙊𝙍𝙀𝙄𝙂𝙉 𝙏𝙊𝙐𝙍𝙎
To mark 50 years of Goa’s Liberation, Alias was invited to participate in a show directed by William Fernandes and supported by the Tiatr Academy Goa.
In 2012, he made his appearance again in late Remmie Colaco’s tiatr ‘Atancho Temp’ reproduced and re-staged by the same director.
In 2008, Alias joined comedian Dominic’s troupe in tiatr ‘Rupem Bhangar Maginai’ and visited the Gulf with the show.
Although he made an entry as a comedian with comedian Dominic and Luis Bachan in the first three productions, he continues as a singer and actor with the same director to date.
In 2009, Alias joined Mariano Fernandes’ troupe in tiatr ‘Sorg, Sonvsar, Ifern.’ He also featured in the same director’s tiatr ‘Soglleank Nomoskar’, making the Gulf tour for the second time and in tiatr ‘Hanv Khuxal Asam’, he succeeded in making the UK tour with the troupe.
Alias has assisted Mariano by penning the opening song in 3 tiatrs. In tiatr ‘Hanv Khuxal Asam’ all the artistes were paraded on stage with the help of the opening song penned by him.
𝙊𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙍 𝙋𝙍𝙀𝙎𝙀𝙉𝙏𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉𝙎 & 𝘼𝙐𝘿𝙄𝙊 𝘼𝙇𝘽𝙐𝙈
Alias also has his contribution in religious presentations with an entry in Fr Robin Rodrigues’ ‘Goenchem Noketr Padr Jose Vaz’, followed by Fr Nevel Gracias’ Lenten shows, beginning with ‘Tim Sogllim Ek Zaum’ and he continues with the latter director till date.
In 2012 Alias released his first audio CD ‘Vollkhunk Visorle’. He has also made his presence felt in musical shows by comedian Dominic, William Fernandes, Bab Andrew, Francis de Tuem, Saby de Divar, and Anil/Olga.
𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙑𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝙁𝙀
Alias comes from a family with musical background. Alias Fernandes has continued the lineage of his family in the world of tiatr by marking his presence with excellent singing and acting.
Alias’ father Carlos Fernandes died on 1st August 2011. He has two brothers and one sister. The elder brother is a Civil Contractor, the second one is a musician – plays Trumpet, Saxaphone, Keyboard, Lead & Bass Guitar.
For what he is on the tiatr stage today, Alias gives all the credit to his mother, Conceicao Fernandes for ample support and his wife Ciena Fernandes, while his 8-year son Jaziel Caymen is an inspiration in his life.
𝙃𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙔 𝘽𝙄𝙍𝙏𝙃𝘿𝘼𝙔 𝘼𝙇𝙄𝘼𝙎, 𝙂𝙊𝘿 𝘽𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙎!!! ❤
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