hortencio's most controversial album was "kumaricho king" which was one of his most famous as well as widely sold album. hortencio received various phone calls from fans in goa, as well as goans settled abroad. he was praised by many as well as criticized by some. it all started when hortencio sang a song about his dear friend late. alfred rose who was also called as melody king and man with a golden voice. at the end of the song, hortencio claimed that there will never be another melody king on the tiatr stage. as per hortencio, at the time he had no idea that lawry travasso also called himself melody king. lawry was furious about the song and as a revenge he wrote and released a song titled "potence" in his album, "saibinnik okman korinka". the song was to demean hortencio in which he claims that hortencio is an alcoholic and he would steal money from his ex-boss, irineu gonsalves and take his friends out for a drink. after the song was released, the very next day, irineu gonsalves gave a notice on o herald in which claimed that all the allegations made against hortencio were false and that he is not involved in any of it. as lawry called himself melody king, hortencio decided to name his next audio album "kumaricho king" in which he retaliated by singing about lawry's relationship which was another controversial topic.