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Vote For the 2017 BroadwayWorld India Awards; MUGHAL Leads Best Play!

By: Dec. 08, 2017
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Voting is open for the 2017 BroadwayWorld India Regional Awards, honoring productions which opened between October 2016 and September 2017. Nominations were reader-submitted and after the nomination period ended, BroadwayWorld's local editors proofed the list for eligibility and errors. Voting runs through December 31.

We have a record number of votes in already, but if you haven't voted yet, click here to vote! If you have voted already, tell your friends.

Here are the current standings for India:

Best Direction of a Play
Rehan Engineer - Molly Sweeny - Odd Bird Theatre 84%
Feroze Abbas Khan - Mughal e azam - NCPA 13%
Naseeruddin Shah - The Father - NCPA 2%

Best Ensemble Cast
Mughal - E - Azam (Hindi) - NCPA and Shahpur Pallonji 80%
The Father (English) - NCPA 13%
Gandhi - The Musical (English) - NCPA 7%

Best Leading Actor (Play)
Samar Sarila - Molly Sweeney - Odd Bird theatre 81%
Naseeruddin Shah - The father - Experimental Theatre, NCPA 14%
Anupam Kher - Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha - Tata Theatre, NCPA 5%

Best Leading Actress
Vidushi Mehra - Molly Sweeney - OddBird Theatre 96%
Rajeshwari Sachdev - Gauhar - Hindi 2%
Shabana Azmi - Broken Images - ACE productions 2%

Best Original Choreography
Mayuri Upadhyay - Mughal - E - Azam 100%
Anadi Ravi Sagar - Lassanwala - Teflas studio 0
Arti Nayar - Bebe Da Chamba - Katyayani Theatre Group 0

Best Original Costume Design
Manish Malhotra - Mughal - E - Azam - NCPA 84%
Priyanka Kaul - JANNAT CENTRAL - PRITHVI THEATRE 11%
Sumaiya Merchant - Elephant in the Room - Prithvi Theatre 5%

Best Original Lighting Design
David Lander - Mughal - E - Azam - NCPA 67%
Asmit Pathare - Elephant in the Room - Prithvi Theatre 17%
Sohaila Kapur - Bebe Da Chamba - Katyayani Theatre 17%

Best Original Script
Brian Friel - Molly Sweeney - Odd bird theatre 94%
Adhir Bhat - Dhumrapaan - D for drama 6%
Meherzad Patel - The Class Act - NCPA 0

Best Original Set Design
Neil Patel - Mughal - E -Azam - NCPA 78%
Fali Unwalla - Anand Express - kAMANI Auditorium 11%
Prasad Walawalkar - Code Mantra - Prabodhankar Thackeray Auditorium 11%

Best Original Sound Design
Sohaila Kapur - Bebe Ka Chamba - Katyayani Theatre 50%
Sahil Vaid - The Father - NCPA 40%
Pamela Prakash - Bebe Da Chamba - Katyayani Theatre 10%

Best Performance by a Female in a Featured Role (Play)
Geetanjali Kulkarni - Piya Bherupiya - Hindi - The Company Theatre 42%
Alesia Raut - Jannat Central - Prithvi 33%
Ipshita Chakraborty Singh - Mathemagician - Prithvi 25%

Best Performance by a Male in a Featured Role (Play)
Rakesh Bedi - Last Over - Hindi - Kamani Auditorium 50%
Alok Kumar - Lassanwala - Teflas Studio 25%
Sandip Soparrkar - Jannat Central - Prithvi 25%

Best Play
Mughal - e - Azam - NCPA 67%
The Father (English) - NCPA Shapoorji 33%
Ek Shoonya Teen (Marathi) 0

Best Professional Theatre
The Father - Motley 82%
Anand Express - Rage Production 18%
Sir Sir Sarla - Ansh Theatre 0

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