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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian actor and comedian (born 1964)}}<br />
{{similar names|John D'Silva (disambiguation)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = John D' Silva<br />
| birth_name = João Francisco Silva<br />
| image = John D'Silva in 2015.jpg<br />
| caption = Silva at the [[Kala Academy]], 2015<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|2|20|df=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Sancoale]], Goa, India<br />
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|comedian|playwright|director}}<br />
| years_active = 1987–present<br />
| spouse = <br />
| children = 2<br />
| awards = {{plainlist|<br />
* [[Yuva Srujan Puraskar]] (2008)<br />
* [[Limca Book of Records]] (2010)}}<br />
| website = {{URL|facebook.com/john.dsilva.94}}<br />
}}<br />
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'''João Francisco Silva''' (born 20 February 1964),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mazarello |first=Wilson |title=Konkani Khell Tiatr |date=10 March 2018 |publisher=[[Dalgado Konknni Akademi]] |location=[[Panaji, Goa]] |pages=95}}</ref> known professionally as '''John D' Silva''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=John D' Silva {{!}} Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa, India |url=https://www.artandculture.goa.gov.in/en/john-d-silva |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=artandculture.goa.gov.in}}</ref> is an Indian actor, comedian, playwright, and director known for his work in [[Konkani cinema|Konkani films]] and ''[[tiatr]]'' productions. Referred to as the "Emperor of the Konkani stage",<ref>{{Cite web |title=The emperor will reign again |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Review/Voice-Of-Tiatr/The-emperor-will-reign-again/84860 |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=oHeraldo |date=31 August 2022 }}</ref> he is the first ''[[tiatrist]]'' (theatre performer) to enter the [[Limca Book of Records]] in 2010 for acting, writing, directing and producing 25 tiatrs having a double alphabet in their titles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Panjim John DSilva First Tiatrist to Enter into Limca Book of Records |url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=76162 |access-date=2016-07-29 |website=daijiworld.com}}</ref><br />
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Silva is also the first ''tiatrist'' to have released his 25th ''[[tiatr]] nattok'' in London and Germany and thereafter to have staged it throughout the state of [[Goa]]. He has also acted in the Konkani movies ''[[Padri (film)|Padri]]'' (2005), ''[[O Maria]]'' (2010), ''[[Nachom-ia Kumpasar]]'' (2015),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=280364|title=Doha: Nachom-ia-Kumpasar – Tale of unsung Goan musicians captivates audience|website=daijiworld.com|access-date=2016-07-29}}</ref> ''Nirmon'' (2015) and ''O La La'' (2018). He is the first ''tiatrist'' to have received the inaugural [[Yuva Srujan Puraskar]] award for the year 2008<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recipients of Yuva Srujan Awards |url=http://www.artandculture.goa.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/40_doc_Recipients-of-Yuva-Srujan-Puraskar.pdf |access-date=6 September 2023 |website=Directorate of Art and Culture |archive-date=5 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805030424/https://www.artandculture.goa.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/40_doc_Recipients-of-Yuva-Srujan-Puraskar.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> from the [[Government of Goa]] for his contributions to Konkani theatre.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/yuva-srujan-puraskar-preseneted/article246591.ece|title=Yuva Srujan Puraskar preseneted|date=2009-06-01|newspaper=The Hindu|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|access-date=2016-07-29}}</ref><br />
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==Select filmography==<br />
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* ''[[Padri (film)|Padri]]'' (2005)<br />
* ''[[O Maria]]'' (2010)<br />
* ''[[Home Sweet Home (2014 film)|Home Sweet Home]]'' (2014)<br />
* ''[[Home Sweet Home 2]]'' (2015)<br />
* ''[[Nachom-ia Kumpasar]]'' (2015)<br />
* ''[[Connection (film)|Connection]]'' (2017)<br />
* ''[[Amizade]]'' (2018)<br />
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[[Category:Male actors from Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Konkani-language singers]]<br />
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