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Manuel D'Lima
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<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2> <p>Manuel J. D'Lima was born in 1934. He hailed from the town of <a href="/facts/Porvorim/40SPfnGx">Porvorim</a>, in the colony of <a href="/facts/Goa/KKXvbLSS">Goa</a>, which was then part of <a href="/facts/Portuguese_India/jeLpNXfc">Portuguese India</a>, during the <a href="/facts/Portuguese_Empire/nxn2wnHj">Portuguese Empire</a> (now located in India). He began his stage career in his home region writing and staging <a href="/facts/Konkani_language/mjEpS7Ly">Konkani</a> <i><a href="/facts/Tiatrs/BH99c9lF">tiatrs</a></i>, a form of <a href="/facts/Musical_theatre/KQ2Y35SQ">musical theatre</a> indigenous to Goa. These productions found an audience in Porvorim.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="career">Career</h2> <h3>Introduction to theatre and radio in Bombay, British India</h3> <p>D'Lima moved to <a href="/facts/Bombay%2c_British_India/V0FRawxf">Bombay, British India</a> (now Mumbai, India), a <a href="/facts/Metropolis/s0mIpkgD">metropolis</a> known for its vibrant <a href="/facts/Entertainment_industry/XXRnLM62">entertainment industry</a>. There he presented his first major <i>tiatr</i>, <i>Ek Oklek Don Noure</i> (The Bride With Two Bridegrooms), in support of Socorro-Union, a type of <a href="/facts/Social_club/2HQmqWhq">social club</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> in <a href="/facts/Socorro%2c_Goa/oT1vHKSg">Socorro, Goa</a> around the mid-20th century. The play first debuted in <a href="/facts/Porvorim/40SPfnGx">Porvorim</a>, his native town located in the coastal region of <a href="/facts/Goa/KKXvbLSS">Goa</a>. D'Lima also began work with <a href="/facts/All_India_Radio/1EH2IPLY">All India Radio</a>, the <a href="/facts/State-owned/Jr4dPDo3">state-owned</a> <a href="/facts/Public_broadcasting/Ez3ayURb">public</a> radio broadcaster in Bombay, where he secured a position as a regular artist. On this platform, also known as <a href="/facts/Akashvani_(radio_broadcaster)/1EH2IPLY">Akashvani</a>, he wrote approximately 100 small <a href="/facts/Playlets/8AuSQf2q">playlets</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/Radio_comedy/BdALD8Sx">radio comedy</a> <a href="/facts/Sketch_comedy/o2lkGS6z">skits</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h3>Subsequent move to religious plays during the Lent season</h3> <p>D'Lima's contributions to <a href="/facts/Goan/SdGND6Mk">Goan</a> theatre extended beyond <a href="/facts/Secularism/QEGcV0XI">secular</a>-themed performances, as he also staged <a href="/facts/Christian/15hE11VR">Christian</a> <a href="/facts/Liturgical_drama/N59sEcq9">religious plays</a> in the mid-1970s. Although predominantly biblical in nature and tied to the season of <a href="/facts/Lent/DCjMp9Ly">Lent</a>, these productions aimed to inspire <a href="/facts/Introspection/X8rBdaR0">introspection</a>, <a href="/facts/Contemplation/jPQGTWee">contemplation</a>, and <a href="/facts/Personal_transformation/spUlNcqT">personal transformation</a> among their audiences.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> He, along with <a href="/facts/Konkani_language/mjEpS7Ly">Konkani dramatists</a> such as <a href="/facts/Simon_C._Fernandes/qjTv3uS6">Simon C. Fernandes</a>, <a href="/facts/Remmie_Cola%25C3%25A7o/IPcarvks">Remmie Colaço</a>, <a href="/facts/Prem_Kumar_(Konkani_actor)/X893TpLT">Prem Kumar</a>, <a href="/facts/Robin_Vaz/YfvWWc1X">Robin Vaz</a>, and <a href="/facts/Aleixinho_de_Candolim/hKJoIhsG">Aleixinho de Candolim</a>, is credited with upholding the legacy of Souzalin's religious <i>tiatrs</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> Collaborations among D'Lima and other performers within the Konkani theatre community included <a href="/facts/Cyriaco_Dias/Pc7xGgHS">Cyriaco Dias</a>, a Konkani actor and playwright, who played <a href="/facts/Jesus_Christ/1q0H0m4n">Jesus Christ</a> in D'Lima's religious <i><a href="/facts/Tiatr/BH99c9lF">tiatr</a> Soddvondar</i> (The Deliverer).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>The <i>Soddvondar</i> production featured notable cast such as Xavier Mendes, of the musical trio the Mendes Bros (Felix, Derrick and Xavier Mendes), during the play's staging in Bombay. It was also performed in <a href="/facts/Panjim/2xAfh5LJ">Panjim</a>, Goa, featuring <a href="/facts/Dioguinho_D%2527Mello/LtcgM0Ue">Dioguinho D'Mello</a> in his final acting performance.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> Collaborating with popular actors from the <a href="/facts/Tiatr/BH99c9lF">Konkani stage</a>, D'Lima began to write a series of up to seven larger-scale <i>tiatrs</i> productions during the late-20th century.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> These include <i>Europi Saukar</i> (European Banker), <i>Shakuntala</i>, <i>Bism Saib</i> (The Bishop), <i>Milagr</i> (The Miracle), <i>Khorkhos Ostori</i> (Inevitable Woman), <i>Soddvondar</i> (The Deliverer), and <i>Quo Vadis?</i> (<a href="/facts/Quo_Vadis%253F/k5LLoMKp">Where are you going?</a>).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a> D'Lima cast drummer Tony King in the latter play.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> D'Lima's introduction to religious plays was initiated by <a href="/facts/J._P._Souzalin/dwhyDXXx">J. P. Souzalin</a>'s play <i>Saibinicheo Sath Dukhi</i> (The Seven Sorrows of Mary), staged during the early 1970s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p> <h3>The Syndicate band and <i>tiatr</i> contracts (1980s–2000s)</h3> <p>D'Lima was involved in the <a href="/facts/Goan_music/IMUC6aYk">Goan music</a> scene as a member of the popular 1980s <a href="/facts/Cover_band/JqNrzfCx">cover band</a> known as The Syndicate, formed in 1979.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> The Syndicate disbanded around the year 2002.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> D'Lima then entered into a partnership with fellow artist Santan Rodricks. They initially accepted <i>tiatr</i> producing contracts<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> under the pseudonym "Lima-San." D'Lima was one of the early <i>tiatr</i> contractors operating in Bombay from the 1980s to the 2000s, but during this period, D'Lima shifted his focus from writing and directing <i>tiatrs</i> to banking and managing <i>tiatr</i> contracts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> D'Lima worked in the banking industry for the majority of his working life.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> His work at <a href="/facts/Bank_of_India/vVgB2GCt">Bank of India</a> ultimately led to his decision to discontinue theatre work.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>D'Lima resided in <a href="/facts/Santacruz%2c_Mumbai/0nJG6Gqp">Santacruz, Mumbai</a>, with his family.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> In October 2016, he died at his home in Santacruz. He was around 81–82 years old.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="selected-stage-works">Selected stage works</h2> <h3><i>Tiatrs</i></h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref</th></tr><tr><td></td><td><i>Ek Oklek Don Noure</i></td><td>Writer</td><td>Professional debut</td><td rowspan="6"><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i>Europi Saukar</i></td><td>Writer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i>Shakuntala</i></td><td>Writer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i>Bism Saib</i></td><td>Writer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i>Milagr</i></td><td>Writer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i>Khorkhos Ostori</i></td><td>Writer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1970s</td><td><i>Soddvondar</i></td><td>Writer</td><td></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><i>Quo Vadis?</i></td><td>Writer</td><td></td><td><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>alternatively spelt as Manuel de Lima <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Mazarello, Wilson (2000). 100 Years of Konkani Tiatro. Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture. pp. 173, 339. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello" target="_blank">/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Da Silva, Fernando Monte (18 July 2015). "Goa's social clubs facing youthful dis-membering?". oHeraldo. Archived from the original on 7 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024. <a href="https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Goa-Social/Goa%E2%80%99s-social-clubs-facing-youthful-dismembering/91207" target="_blank">https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Goa-Social/Goa%E2%80%99s-social-clubs-facing-youthful-dismembering/91207</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Mazarello, Wilson (2000). 100 Years of Konkani Tiatro. Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture. pp. 173, 339. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello" target="_blank">/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Da Costa, Fausto V.; Rose, Joe (2019). TIATR 125th Anniversary Commemorative Volume. Panaji, Goa: Tiatr Academy of Goa. pp. 18, 87, 105. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)" target="_blank">/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Tiatr and the period of prayer, penance and abstinence". O Heraldo. 14 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Voice-Of-Tiatr/Tiatr-and-the-period-of-prayer-penance-and-abstinence/85969" target="_blank">https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Voice-Of-Tiatr/Tiatr-and-the-period-of-prayer-penance-and-abstinence/85969</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Fernandes, Paul; Esteves, Pio (19 February 2015). "Religious tiatr traces its roots back to the 1960s". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Pio_Esteves" target="_blank">/wiki/Pio_Esteves</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Mazarello, Wilson (2000). 100 Years of Konkani Tiatro. Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture. pp. 173, 339. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello" target="_blank">/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Da Costa, Fausto V.; Rose, Joe (2019). TIATR 125th Anniversary Commemorative Volume. Panaji, Goa: Tiatr Academy of Goa. pp. 18, 87, 105. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)" target="_blank">/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Da Costa, Fausto V.; Rose, Joe (2019). TIATR 125th Anniversary Commemorative Volume. Panaji, Goa: Tiatr Academy of Goa. pp. 18, 87, 105. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)" target="_blank">/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Mazarello, Wilson (2000). 100 Years of Konkani Tiatro. Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture. pp. 173, 339. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello" target="_blank">/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"Fanki Tony King Ontorlo". Vauraddeancho Ixtt (in Goan Konkani). 7 June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="https://issuu.com/ixtt/docs/23" target="_blank">https://issuu.com/ixtt/docs/23</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Fernandes, Paul; Esteves, Pio (19 February 2015). "Religious tiatr traces its roots back to the 1960s". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Pio_Esteves" target="_blank">/wiki/Pio_Esteves</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"Qatar: Top Band "The Syndicate" To Perform At The 11th Annual May Queen Ball In Qatar". Daijiworld. 17 March 2011. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024. <a href="https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=97308" target="_blank">https://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay?newsID=97308</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Pinto, Cecil (21 October 2010). "Sounding out Goan cover bands Remo's offer to reward originality". Gomantak Times. p. 7. <a href="/wiki/Media_in_Goa#Newspapers_and_magazines" target="_blank">/wiki/Media_in_Goa#Newspapers_and_magazines</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>Tiatr contractors oversee the logistical and financial components necessary to stage Konkani theater performances. The primary responsibilities include securing performance venues, managing audio/technical equipment, and handling promotional activities for tiatr shows. In November 1986, tiatr contractors earned approximately ₹17,000 (equivalent to ₹230,000 or US$2,700 in 2023) per show in a 2,000 seat venue and around ₹10,000 (equivalent to ₹140,000 or US$1,600 in 2023) in a 1,000 seat venue.[9] <a href="/wiki/Tiatr" target="_blank">/wiki/Tiatr</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>Mazarello, Wilson (2000). 100 Years of Konkani Tiatro. Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture. pp. 173, 339. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello" target="_blank">/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>Da Costa, Fausto V.; Rose, Joe (2019). TIATR 125th Anniversary Commemorative Volume. Panaji, Goa: Tiatr Academy of Goa. pp. 18, 87, 105. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)" target="_blank">/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>Mazarello, Wilson (2000). 100 Years of Konkani Tiatro. Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture. pp. 173, 339. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello" target="_blank">/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Mazarello, Wilson (2000). 100 Years of Konkani Tiatro. Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture. pp. 173, 339. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello" target="_blank">/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Da Costa, Fausto V.; Rose, Joe (2019). TIATR 125th Anniversary Commemorative Volume. Panaji, Goa: Tiatr Academy of Goa. pp. 18, 87, 105. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)" target="_blank">/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Mazarello, Wilson (2000). 100 Years of Konkani Tiatro. Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture. pp. 173, 339. Archived from the original on 7 January 2024. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello" target="_blank">/wiki/Wilson_Mazarello</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Da Costa, Fausto V.; Rose, Joe (2019). TIATR 125th Anniversary Commemorative Volume. Panaji, Goa: Tiatr Academy of Goa. pp. 18, 87, 105. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)" target="_blank">/wiki/Joe_Rose_(Konkani_actor)</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"Fanki Tony King Ontorlo". Vauraddeancho Ixtt (in Goan Konkani). 7 June 2014. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024. <a href="https://issuu.com/ixtt/docs/23" target="_blank">https://issuu.com/ixtt/docs/23</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>