ANTONIO VITAL FURTADO
Born on 5th June
1948 at Benaulim in the family of tiatrists, Antonio Vital Furtado is the
second son of Constatino Furtado and Josephine Rodrigues. He took up singing at
the very young age of 11 when he got an
opportunity to sing for the cultural programme of his school Holy Trinity High
School, Benaulim. He rendered a duo ‘Dogui Dholye’ with
his cousin David Rodrigues. Their lively performance caught the eyes of the
audience.
Later on
he started participating in the village tiatrs and concerts. Somewhere in 1971
he joined his cousin Rosario Rodrigues, and formed a troupe under which
Rosario’s hit non-stop tiatr ‘Meenakxi’ was staged. This
opened the gates for Vital to make a career in tiatr from where he went on to
become an established actor.
He has
participated in almost all the tiatrs staged by late Rosario Rodrigues where
this versatile actor played different roles like a priest, beggar, inspector,
advocate, etc. He is still remembered for his comedy role in Rosario’s non-stop
tiatr ‘Fattim Pavlo’ and his punch line “mamre”.
Besides
acting and singing, he has written his own tiatrs like ‘Dis ani Rat’,
‘To Tuzo Bhav’, ‘Miss Aruna’, etc which were well received by the tiatr
lovers. He has also composed a number of songs and written one act plays.
Profile Courtesy: Tiatrist Academy of Goa
