In the male category, the first place for best acting is awarded to Ankush Pednekar for the role of Gaonkar in the play Begam Barve the second place is awarded to Saurabh Karkhanis for the role of Sudhir in the play Chirebandi Vado while the merit certificates are awarded to Sachin Chowgule for the role of Chandu in Chirebandi Vado, Narayan Asha Anand in The Open Couple, Jitendra Gelekar in Sanvsarval, Manoj Dessai in He Ashech ani Itlech, Vaibhav Kavlekar for the role of Vikalp in Question Mark and Mohnish Vernekar for the role of Sada in Ata Karpache Kite
पुरुष गटात वैयक्तिक अभिनयासाठी अंकुश पेडणेकर यांना ‘बेगम बर्वे’ नाटकातील ‘गावकर’ या भुमिकेसाठी प्रथम पारितोषिक देण्यात आले असून द्वितीय पारितोषिक सौरभ कारखानीस यांना ‘चिरेबंदी वाडो’ नाटकातील ‘सुधिरच्या’ भुमिकेसाठी प्राप्त झाले.