Padri (film)

Padri Konkani, translation Priest is a 2005 Konkani language film directed by Rajesh Fernandes and produced by Raymond Quadros. It stars Newton DSouza and Arona Fernandes in the lead roles as protagonists and Kiran Kerkar, Thapan Acharya, and Annie Quadros in the supporting roles. Sandeep Malani plays a guest role in the film. The soundtrack and background score were composed by Wilfy Rebimbus. The film is based on a Goan play with the same title Padri, which was directed by Prince Jacob.

The film was begun when Rajesh Fernandes along with Raymond Quadros, during one of their visits to Goa, watched the play Padri by Prince Jacob. Soon, the idea of turning the play into a movie was born. The movie is unique in that all the actors and actresses acted on camera for the first time, but they are all professional stage artists. The whole movie was filmed in 2005 without a single indoor shot indays. In all, it is a package to be viewed by the entire family with model clippings and modern anecdotes, according to director Fernandes. The censor board has given U certificate without even a single cut, he added. He said the language used in the movie is a mixture of Mangalorean Konkani and Goan Konkani.

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