Heartbeatgoa.memories -The great actor was furious- Francis Rodrigues, Toronto

How often does life imitate art, he raged.Here he was with his troupe in Bombay, playing asmall-time theatre in Dhobitalao.They should have been in Goa. Enjoying the adulation.He'd written a glorious script, with a marvellousplot and a killer ending. It was to be a sensation!He'd sent it ahead to his trusted friend.M.D. and M.B. were best buds since childhood, andM.D.'s son was to wed after the glorious triumph ofM.B.'s sensational tiatr. He was to raise the toast.But the rain gods had intervened. A landslideblocked the roads to Goa and M.B.'s troupe wasstranded in Mumbai.And now, just as he was going onstage, a deadlyphone-call informed M. Boyer that "M.D." hadusurped the script as his own and actually stagedthe tiatr!He boiled through the first act.At the intermission, he scribbled furiously. Thengrabbed a shocked Remmie Colaco and the band ofmusicians.A stunned audience watched rapt as M. Boyer sanghis heart out in the spellbound second act.A wrenching new song, a classic story offriendship and betrayal called "True Friendship"or "Ixttaghot".Gone and long-forgotten are "M.D." and thepurloined play.But M. Boyer's great "Ixttaghot" lives on.Such is life.You'll find a rare copy of this - and tons more -in the "Greatest Konkani Song Hits". But youalready knew that!So I'll keep that pleasure for when you get the Book.Twenty-two days to its release......and still counting!But Ill leave you with the moral -"When the cat's away, the mice are at play!"Enjoy this mouse!"Undir Mhojea Mama"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbRH0KYOlJYMusically yours,Francis.P.S. Did you know that the concluding verses ofBoyer's "Ixttaghot" actually recounts in song, thegreat classic Greek tale of true friendship -"Damon and Pythias"?