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Technical (for Choreography, Songwriting, Costume or Stage-set design)
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Performance (for Acting, Singing or Dancing)
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Set design
Submit a series of sketches or designs of how you would depict a mental institution on stage. Your design should include three distinct areas: a ward, an office and a village. Consider what materials you would need to make this set and give an approximate costing.

Costume Design
Submit a proposal for a male and female costume on the theme 80’s Superstar. You must include illustrations and may provide additional information such as fabric swatches, colour schemes, and details on how you would make the costume.

Song Writing
Submit lyrics and details of the score on the theme Big B - The Musical. The song should be predominantly in English. The song will be produced under the guidance of a music producer and may be sung by members of the cast. You may submit the song on CD with a hard copy of the lyrics.

Choreography
Submit a video describing new choreography to any of the following songs:

Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil – Bees Saal Baad / Bindiya Chamke Gi - Gunjan
Makhmali Ye Badan – Road
Makkhan Malai – Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon

The video must show how the leads and backing dancers would perform and not be any longer than 5 minutes. You may include a written explanation on the stylisation of the dance.
 
 
Performance Brief
 
For lead roles the applicant must be exceptional in at least two of Acting, Singing & Dancing. For supporting roles, the applicant will be exceptional in dance.  We are also looking for 2 male and 2 female dancers.

For the audition pieces, the actors must prepare a 90-second dance and select a 90-second dialogue piece from a Hindi film and enact it in either English or Hindi. Actors can prepare an optional 60-second singing piece also.

If you find the audition pieces difficult or your spoken Hindi is weak, remember we would prefer you auditioned in English.  Most of the movies listed have English subtitles, so choose your scene, write the dialogues in English, and improvise the scene!

Character descriptions and their respective audition pieces are listed below:
VIJAY Playing age: 30
You need to be able to play/mimic Amitabh Bachchan.

Scenes:
Don, Deewar, Satte pe Satta, Silsila, Yaarana, Abhimaan, Mahaan

Dances:
Any song picturised on Amitabh Bachchan
 
MALIKA Playing age: 21-27
A woman with many grey shades. Manipulative, charming, and hiding her real identity.

Scenes:
Silsila (Rekha), Don (Zeenat Aman), Namak Halal (Parveen Babi), Do Anjaane (Rekha) , Deewar (Parveen Babi), Chaalbaaz (Sridevi), Aaina (Amrita Singh), Aishwarya Rai (Khakhee)

Dances:
Jawani Jaaneman (Namak Halal), Woh Gadi Ahgayi (Don), Kuan Ma (Page 3), , Dushman (Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja), Ishq Samundar (Kaante), Doli Bajale Dhol (Deewangee), Yeh Mera Dil (Don), Aiye Ah jaiye (Lajja), Tune jo mujhe Dekha (Main Hoon Na), Saat Saheliya (Vidhaata), Dil Jalo Ka (Zanjeer), Mehbooba O Mehbooba (Sholay)
 
FERAZ Playing age: 14-17
A patient at the institute, who has been traumatized by family, suffers from terrible nightmares.

Scenes:
Deewangee (Ajay Devgan), Tere Naam (Salman Khan), Jungle (Veerapan), Musafir (Sanjay Dutt), Awaara Big B - The Musical Deewana (Suniel Shetty), Road (Manoj Bajpai), BIG (Tom Hanks), Hrithik Roshan (Koi Mil Gaya), Jyoti (Jeetendra)

Dances: Desired. Singing: Desired. Poetry recital: Desired.
Select your own piece.
 
KHUSHI / SUGANDA Playing age: 18-26
Khushi is one of the female leads. She is engaged to Armaan and has a more mature outlook than Suganda. Both women are nurses at the institute. Suganda likes Dr Trivedi, a young divorced doctor.

Scenes:
Virasaat (Tabu), Guide (Waheeda Rehman), Gumraah (Sridevi), Chokher Bali (Aishwarya Rai), Ek Hasina Thi (Urmilla Matondkar), Rihaae (Hema Malini), Yaarana (Aruna Irani), Beta (Madhuri Dixit), Devdas (Madhuri Dixit). Dhadhkan (Shilpa Shetty)

Dances:
Dafali Wale (Sargam), Rabba Rabba (Aks), More Piya (Devdas), Najaane (Chaalbaaz), Kambakht Ishq (Pyar Tune Kya Kiya), Ah Tayar Hoja (Asoka), Jiya Jale (Dil-se), Chal Sanyaasi Mandir Mein (Sanyasi), Babul Pyaare (Johnny Mera Naam), Saat Saheliya (Vidhaata), Dil Jalo Ka (Zanjeer), Suraj Hua Madham (Kabhie Khushi Kabhi Ghaam), Jab Tak Hain Jaan (Sholay)
 
PAVAN / ARMAAN / DR TRIVEDI Playing age: 25-32
Pavan is a successful film director, an introvert, silently emotional and artistic.
Armaan is a pilot in the air force, and loves Khushi more than life itself.
Dr Trivedi is a divorced work-aholic, and hasn't yet seen his son, since birth.
Scenes:
Kaghaz Ke Phool (Guru Dutt), Chaudvin Ka Chand (Guru Dutt), Sangaam (Rajendra Kumar), Anand (Rajesh Khanna), Awaara (Raj Kapoor), Sholay (Amjad Khan), Rangeela (Jackie Shroff), Edward (Johnny Depp), Chandni (Rishi Kapoor), Lamhe (Anil Kapoor)

Dances:
Any song picturised on Jeetendra, Rishi Kapoor, Aamir Khan.
 
MATRON / MRS RAJWANTI KAUR Playing age: 45-55
Matron is a stern yet motherly single woman.
Mrs Rajwanti Kaur is Pavan's mother. She is wheel chair bound. Very proud of her son's achievements.

Scenes:
Naseeb (Mrs Gomes), Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (Farida Jalal), Tehzeeb (Shabana Azmi), Phir Milenge (Shilpa Shetty), Laadla (Sridevi) Beta (Aruna Irani), Kuch Kuch Hota Hain (Farida Jalal), Duhar Ki Zindagi (Maushmi Chatterjee)

Dances:
Any Bollywood song
 
DR. GONZALVES Playing age: 40-60
Senior doctor.

Scenes:
Black (Amitabh Bachchan), Yeh Vaada Raha (Shammi Kapoor), Masoom (Naseerudin Shah), Sarfarosh (Aamir Khan), Tezaab (Anil Kapoor), Vidhaata (Dilip Kumar / Sanjeev Kumar), Mughal e Azam (Prithvi Raj Kapoor), Justice Chowdhry (Jeetendra), Sooryavansham (Amitabh Bachchan)

Dances:
Any Bollywood song