Nirmon
Nirmon is a Goan Konkani film produced in 1966. It was directed by A. Salam and produced by Frank Fernand. The film features C. Alvares, Shalini, Anthony D’Sa, Ophelia, Souza Ferrao, Antonette and Jacinto Vaz.
Cast and crew
Nirmonn was Frank Fernand's second production. It had story and direction of A. Salam and music by Frank Fernand himself, dialogues by C. Alvares, screenplay and editing by R. V. Shirkhande. The film stars Shalini Mardolkar, C. Alvares, Anthony D'Sa, Jacint Vaz, Antonette Mendes, Ophelia, Jack Souza Ferrao and J. P. Souzalin.Inspiration
Nirmonn is based on Lord Tennyson's character Enoch Arden.Remake
In 1967, it was remade into the Bollywood movie Taqdeer, in which Shalini Mardolkar acted the lead role as in the original film. Taqdeer, produced by Rajshri Productions was dubbed into seven other languages. The Hindi film was also directed by A. Salam.Awards
The film won two National Awards at the hands of India’s then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. C. Alvares, known as the "King of Duets" received the award for best actor in the Konkani film Nirmon. This film had a powerful story and won the Certificate of Merit for regional films at the 13th National Film Awards, the first of its kind for Konkani.Music
The songs of Nirmon have also become immortal. The music was released on Angel Records under EMI of The Gramophone Company of India, and also manufactured and distributed by The Gramophone Company.| Song | Singer | Picturised on | Composer | Lyricist | Video |
| "Korat Upkar" | Jacinto Vaz | Jacinto Vaz | ? | C. Alvares | |
| "Dol Mhojea Bai" | Shalini Mardolkar | Shalini Mardolkar | ? | C. Alvares | |
| "Claudia" | ? | C. Alvares, Shalini Mardolkar | Romeo Mendes | ? | |
| "Claudia" | Romeo Mendes, Antonette Mendes, Martha | Shalini, Antonette, Romeo Mendes, Ophelia | Romeo Mendes | ? | |
| "Nach Atamchem" | Carmo Rod | Souza Ferrao, Tony Gomes | ? | C. Alvares | |
| "Vavraddi Kunbi" | Robin Vaz | Souza Ferrao, Tony Gomes | ? | Souza Ferrao |