| John D' Silva | |
| Birth Name: | João Francisco Silva |
| Birth Date: | 20 February 1964 |
| Birth Place: | Sancoale, Goa, India |
| Years Active: | 1987–present |
| Children: | 2 |
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João Francisco Silva (born 20 February 1964),[1] known professionally as John D' Silva,[2] is an Indian actor, comedian, playwright, and director known for his work in Konkani films and tiatr productions. Referred to as the "Emperor of the Konkani stage",[3] he is the first tiatrist (theatre perfomer) to enter the Limca Book of Records in 2010 for acting, writing, directing and producing 25 tiatrs having a double alphabet in their titles.[4]
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 (2005), O Maria (2010), Nachom-ia Kumpasar (2015),[5] 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[6] from the Government of Goa for his contributions to Konkani theatre.[7]