after almost a decade, director &amp; political singer, late. william de curtorim encouraged hortencio to take up writing again &amp; he became a ghost writer for the late artist by penning down six tiatrs. during this time, hortencio also introduced his nephew, com. nato on the stage. later, hortencio joined anthony sylvester's troupe which led to an enemity between hortencio &amp; william de curtorim. but due to him leaving william de curtorim's troupe, he started receiving offers from other directors as well. in the year, hortencio penned down a tiatr, "hanv vetam" which was staged during the annual tiatr competition held by kala academy, goa. the tiatr was one of its kind for staging an entire cast as well as other units like musicians, lighting, sound etc from one village i.e. sanvordem. hortencio wrote the script, comedy &amp; songs all by himself as well as acted and sang in the tiatr. as of 2019, hortencio is writing another tiatr, "dysp toney tavares".