SACRAMENTO
PEREIRA
Sacramento
Pereira was born on 29th October 1945 at Cortalim. As a child
his talent for singing was noticed by the Parish Priest of Loutolim were he
started singing for the church choir. He stepped on tiatr stage at the tender
age of 9 by performing in annually held Khell-tiatrs every 3rd of
May at Cortalim Cross Junction; thereby kick starting his long journey on the
tiatr stage.
After his
graduation and undergoing a Course in Indian Penal Code, Sacramento joined
Provedoria (Institute of Public Assistance) where he was appointed as a Social
Worker. Despite a very demanding professional career, he was totally dedicated
to the Konkani Tiatr stage, thus performing in and out of the State. Whenever
he used to get free time, he used to dedicate it to practice and rehearse for
Tiatrs.
He has
composed more than a hundred songs and also performed in number of memorable
Tiatrs. He worked with stalwarts like M. Boyer, Jacinto Vaz, Christopher-Meena,
Anil Kumar, Menino de Bandar, Ligorio Fernandes, Jess Fernandes, Roseferns,
Bonaventure D’Pietro, Tomazinho Cardozo, etc. He performed roles of wide
variety mainly lead roles and has several awards to his credit for his acting
and singing. He excelled in Ligorio’s Khell-tiatrs like like ‘Papi’, ‘Julius Ceasar’, ‘Jesmina’, ‘Apovnnem’,‘Jesjudas’,
‘Bhogsonnem Nam’, etc. In 1984, he wrote and directed his own, a religious drama
entitled, ‘Sontosache Panch Mister’ which was a super hit
completing more than 100 shows being performed all over Goa, Mumbai, Pune,
Karwar, Mangalore, etc.
He has an
unfinished Tiatr on the Life of Blessed Mother Theresa written in 1980 when she
was still alive. However he was denied the permission by the Mother herself as
she was against gaining publicity.
In the
year 1984, he was promoted to the post of the Assistant Director of Provedoria,
Panaji. However his love to explore the world made him leave the lucrative
position and go to USA in order to fulfil his wish to see the world. For the
next twelve years he continued to perform in Tiatrs after every eight months when
he would come down to Goa for his holidays. In the year 1988 he produced a
Konkani audio album ‘Mog Jezucho’.
In the
year 1996 at the peak age of his life, he got a paralytic stroke. This was a
great blow and a setback for his career in Tiatr. This unfortunate incident did
not deter him for his love for Tiatr as he still performed successfully in the
role of a paralytic offered to him by Ligorio Fernandes in his Lenten
drama ‘Jezu-Vatt, Sot ani Jivit’.
Profile Courtesy: Tiatrist Academy of Goa
