Cast and crew

Nirmonn was Frank Fernand

Frank Fernand

Frank Fernandes, better known as Frank Fernand , born in Curchorem, Goa, was a renowned film maker and musician and is remembered for his epoch making Konkani movies like Amchem Noxib and Nirmonn ....

's second production. It had story and direction of A. Salam and music by Frank Fernand himself, dialogues by C. Alvares

C. Alvares

Celestino Santana Francisco Alvares , known by his stage name C. Alvares was a Goan tiatrist, film actor, producer and director. He was from Saligao....

, screenplay and editing by R.V. Shirkhande. The film starred Shalini Mardolkar, C.AIvares, Anthony D'Sa, Jacint Vaz, Antonette Mendes, Ophelia, Jack Souza Ferrao, J. P. Souzalin.

Remake

In 1967, it was remade into the bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

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

Rajshri Productions

Rajshri Productions Pvt. Ltd. is a Hindi film production company. Rajshri partially works as a film distributor also. On 15 August 1947, Tarachand Barjatya established Rajshri Pictures Ltd., the film distribution division of Rajshri....

 was dubbed into seven other languages. The Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 film was also directed by A Salam.

Awards

The film bagged two National Awards

National Film Awards

The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...

 at the hands of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

’s then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhara was an Indian politician who served as the third Prime Minister of India for three consecutive terms and a fourth term . She was assassinated by Sikh extremists...

. 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 bagged the Certificate of Merit for regional films, 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.

Song	Singer	Picturised on	Composer	Lyricist	Video
Korat Upkar (Kazar Zaunk Asa)	Jacinto Vaz	Jacinto Vaz	?	C. Alvares	YouTube video
Dol Mhojea Bai	Shalini Mardolkar	Shalini Mardolkar	?	C. Alvares	YouTube video
Claudia (male version)	?	C. Alvares, Shalini Mardolkar	Romeo Mendes	?	YouTube video
Claudia (female version)	Romeo Mendes, Antonette Mendes, Martha	Shalini, Antonette, Romeo Mendes, Ophelia	Romeo Mendes	?	YouTube video
Nach Atamchem	Carmo Rod	Souza Ferrao, Tony Gomes	?	C. Alvares	YouTube video
Vavraddi Kunbi	Robin Vaz	Souza Ferrao, Tony Gomes	?	Souza Ferrao