João Francisco Silva (born 20 February 1964), known professionally as John D' Silva, is an Indian actor, comedian, playwright, and director known for his work in Konkani films and ''

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'' productions. Referred to as the "Emperor of the Konkani stage", he is the first '' tiatrist'' (theatre performer) to enter the

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in 2010 for acting, writing, directing and producing 25 tiatrs having a double alphabet in their titles. Silva is also the first ''tiatrist'' to have released his 25th ''

nattok'' in London and Germany and thereafter to have staged it throughout the state of

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. He has also acted in the Konkani movies '' Padri'' (2005), '' O Maria'' (2010), '' Nachom-ia Kumpasar'' (2015), ''Nirmon'' (2015) and ''O La La'' (2018). He is the first ''tiatrist'' to have received the inaugural

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award for the year 2008 from the

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for his contributions to Konkani theatre.

Select filmography

* '' Padri'' (2005) * '' O Maria'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''

Home Sweet Home 2 ''Home Sweet Home 2'' is a 2015 Indian Konkani cinema, Konkani language film written and directed by Swapnil Shetkar. It is a sequel of 2014 film ''Home Sweet Home (2014 film), Home Sweet Home''. It stars John D'Silva, Rajdeep Naik and Aryan Kh ...

'' (2015) * '' Nachom-ia Kumpasar'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2017) * '' Amizade'' (2018)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:D' Silva, John Living people Male actors from Goa Konkani-language singers Singers from Goa Tiatrists 1964 births