Goa, April 24 -- Dolcy D'Cruz

April 24 is celebrated as Konkani Cinema Day as it marks the day in 1950 when the first Konkani film 'Mogacho Anvddo', produced by ETICA Films Pvt Ltd was screened. A L Jerry Braganza from Mapusa was the writer, director and actor of the first Konkani film 'Mogacho Anvddo'. Unfortunately only ten minutes of the first Konkani film could be restored, highlighting the need for preservation.

Noted for his interest in Konkani films and as an lexicographer for his work in the Konkani language, Isidore Dantas was gifted a reel of the film when he released his first book in Roman Konkani, 'Konkani Cholchitra', in 2010. At the time, Agnelo Braganza, the nephew of Jerry Braganza, attended the function, as he had a st...