''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 from the 1864 poem ''

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''.

Remake

In 1967, it was remade into the

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movie '' Taqdeer'', in which Shalini Mardolkar acted the lead role as in the original film. ''Taqdeer'', produced by

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was dubbed into seven other languages. The

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film was also directed by A. Salam.

Awards

The film won two National Awards at the hands of

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’s then Prime Minister

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. C. Alvares (Celestino 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

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, 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.

References

External links

* Konkani-language films 1966 films Films based on Enoch Arden 1960s Konkani-language films {{India-film-stub