John D'Silva

John D'Silva is an Indian Konkani actor and stage actor. He is a tiatrist, i.e. a practitioner of a type of Goan musical theatre called tiatr.

For other people with similar names, see John D'Silva (disambiguation).

John D'Silva
OccupationActor, tiatrist, stage actor, play writer, comedian
AwardsYuva Srujan Puraskar for Art and Culture (Goa)

D'Silva is the first tiatrist to enter the Limca Book of Records 2010 for acting, writing, directing and producing 25 tiatrs having a double alphabet in their titles.[1] He is the first tiatrist to have released his 25th tiatr Nattok in London and Germany and thereafter to have staged it throughout the state of Goa. He has also acted in the Konkani movies O Maria (2010), Nachom-ia Kumpasar (2015),[2] Nirmon (2015) and O La La (2018). He is the first tiatrist to have received the first Yuva Srujan Puraskar award for Art and Culture from the Government of Goa for contributions to Konkani theatre.[3]

References
  1. "Panjim John DSilva First Tiatrist to Enter into Limca Book of Records". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  2. "Doha: Nachom-ia-Kumpasar - Tale of unsung Goan musicians captivates audience". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  3. "Yuva Srujan Puraskar preseneted". The Hindu. 1 June 2009. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
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