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The much awaited GiMA Music Awards Night just concluded. As expected, the music night was studded by almost the entire music industry. Being one of the most exclusive music related award shows, GiMA has always attracted huge attention. This year, the show was hosted by the pretty and sparkling Parineeti Chopra. Let’s take a detailed look at the Winners and Nominations, first up for the Film related Awards and Nominations.
Best Music Arranger and Programmer
Winner
Shankar /Ehsaan /Loy – Senorita (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
Nominations
- Abhijit Nalani, Abhijit Vaghani – Criminal (Ra.One)
- Abhijit Nalani, Giorgio Tuinfort – Chammak Challo (Ra.One)
- A.R. Rahman – Saadda Haq (Rockstar)
- Hyacinth D’Souza – Subha Hone Na De (Desi Boyz)
- Shankar /Ehsaan /Loy – Senorita (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
- Shankar/ Ehsaan / Loy – Zaraa Dil Ko Thaam Lo(Don 2)
Best Lyricist
Winner
Irshad Kamil – Nadaan Parinde (Rockstar)
Nominations
- Amitabh Bhattacharya – Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin (Agneepath)
- Irshad Kamil – Nadaan Parinde (Rockstar)
- Javed Akhtar – Khaabon Ke Parinday (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
- Javed Akhtar – Senorita (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
- Prasoon Joshi – Kaun Si Dor (Aarakshan)
Best Music Debut
Winner
Ayushmann Khurrana (Singer) – Pani Da Rang (Vicky Donor)
Nominations
- Ayushmann Khurrana (Singer) – Pani Da Rang (Vicky Donor)
- Ayushmann Khurrana, Rochak Kohli(Music Composer and Lyricist) -Pani Da Rang (Vicky Donor)
- Harshit Saxena (Music Composer) -Hale Dil (Murder 2)
- Kamal Khan (Singer) – Ishq Sufiyana (The Dirty Picture)
- Sunil Bhatia (Music Composer) – Chu Chu Acoustic (Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster)
Best Film Song
Winner
Chammak Challo (Ra.One)
Nominations
- Chammak Challo – Ra.One
- Ishq Sufiyana – The Dirty Picture
- Nadaan Parinde – Rockstar
- Senorita – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
- Subha Hone Na De – Desi Boyz
- Teri Meri – Bodyguard
Best Playback Singer Female
Winner
Best Playback Singer – Female – Nandini Srikar for Bhare Naina (Ra.One)
Nominations
- Harshdeep Kaur – Katiya Karun (Rockstar)
- Nandini Srikar – Bhare Naina (Ra.One)
- Shreya Ghoshal – Chikni Chameli (Agneepath)
- Shreya Ghoshal – Saibo (Shor In The City)
- Shreya Ghoshal – Ooh La La (The Dirty Picture)
- Sunidhi Chauhan – Gun Gun Guna (Agneepath)
Best Playback Singer Male
Winner
A. R. Rahman, Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan – Kun Faya Kun (Rockstar)
Nominations
- Akon – Chammak Challo (Ra.One)
- A. R. Rahman, Javed Ali, Mohit Chauhan – Kun Faya Kun (Rockstar)
- A. R. Rahman, Mohit Chauhan – Nadaan Parinde (Rockstar)
- Mika Singh – Subha Hone Na De (Desi Boyz)
- Mohit Chauhan – Saadda Haq (Rockstar)
Best Music Director
Winner
A.R. Rahman- Rockstar
Nominations
- Ajay /Atul – Agneepath
- A.R. Rahman – Rockstar
- Ram Sampath – Delhi Belly
- Shankar/Ehsaan/Loy – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
- Vishal /Shekhar – Ra.One
Best Film Album
Winner
Rockstar (A.R.Rahman)
Nominations
- Delhi Belly
- Ra.One
- Rockstar
- The Dirty Picture
- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Music Mix Engineer
Winner
Hentry Kuruvilla, P.A. Deepak, S.Sivakumar, T.R. Krishna Chetan
Nominations
- Dipesh Sharma, Vijay Dayal – Agneepath
- Abhijit Vaghani, Eric Pillai, Mark ‘Exit’ Goodchild, Vijay Dayal, Warren Mendonsa – Ra.One
- Hentry Kuruvilla, P.A. Deepak, S.Sivakumar, T.R. Krishna Chetan – Rockstar
- Vijay Benegal – Don 2
- Vijay Benegal – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Background Score
Winner
A.R. Rahman- Rockstar
Nominations
- A.R. Rahman – Rockstar
- Clinton Cerejo – Kahaani
- Ram Sampath – Delhi Belly
- Shankar /Ehsaan/ Loy, Tubby – Don 2
- Shankar/ Ehsaan/ Loy, Tubby – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
After all these film related awards and nominations, lets switch our focus to the non-film related music and albums.
Best Pop Album
Winner
The Story So Far..- Papon
Nominations
- Club Trix-Music Director – DJ Sheizwood featuring various artistes)
- Coke Studio @ MTV- Music Director – Lesle Lewis featuring various artistes
- Rangeele – Kailasa
- The Story So Far..- Papon
- Teri Rehmatein – Harpreet Singh & Rajeev Pal Singh Rana featuring various artistes
Best Rock Album
Winner
The Silent Sea – Advaita
Nominations
- Chauraha – De Nitish Pires Band
- Item – Euphoria
- Manoj Pandya – Manoj Pandya
- Sky Rabbit – Sky Rabbit
- The Silent Sea – Advaita
Best Pop/Rock Single
Winner
Vande Mataram- Music Director – Bickram Ghosh featuring various artistes
Nominations
- Hello Andheron – Agnee featuring Aditi Singh Sharma
- I Believe – Agnee featuring Parikrama and Shilpa Rao
- Manmaani – Agnee featuring Raghu Ram
- Tanha/Alone – Sanjeev T featuring Ujjayinee Roy
- This Is It – Sonu Nigam and Jermaine Jackson
- Vande Mataram – Music Director – Bickram Ghosh featuring various artistes
Best Devotional Album
Winner
Nivedan- Jagjit Singh
Nominations
- Nivedan – Jagjit Singh
- Shivalay – Music Director – Nikhil Kamath featuring various artists
- Shri Hanuman Chalisa – Music Director – Aadesh Shrivastava featuring various artistes
- Shri Krishna Sankirtan – Jagjit Singh
- Vaako Naam Kabeer – Music Director – Kuldip Singh featuring various artistes
Best Ghazal Album
Winner
Tera Bayaan Ghalib – Jagjit Singh and Gulzar
Nominations
- Bazm E Ehsaas – Ustad Ahmed Hussain and Ustad Mohammad Hussain
- Irshaad – Rekha Bhardwaj, Sudeep Banerjee and Ameeta Parsuram
- Roomaniyat – Shishir Parkhie
- Tera Bayaan Ghalib – Jagjit Singh and Gulzar
- Teri Hee Parchhayian – Shankar Mahadevan
Best Folk Album
Winner
Mone Robe – Alka Yagnik and Babul Supriyo
Nominations
- Mitha Bol – Music Director – Ankur Malhotra and Ashutosh Sharma featuring various artistes
- Mone Robe – Alka Yagnik and Babul Supriyo
- Pardes – Baljit Malwa
- Raaz Diyan Gallan – Music Director – Gurmit Singh featuring various artistes
- Yatra 2 – Srabani Sen and Kaushiki Desikan
Best Fusion Album
Winner
Karsh Kale
Nominations
- Cinema – Karsh Kale
- Connections – A. R. Rahman
- Ravi Chary Crossing – Ravi Chary featuring various artistes
- Rock The Tabla – Hossam Ramzy and A.R.Rahman
- The Silent Sea – Advaita
- Traveller – Anoushka Shankar
Best Hindustani Classical Album – Vocal
Winner
Classical Wonders Of India – Ustad Rashid Khan
Nominations
- Classical Wonders Of India – Ustad Rashid Khan
- Devataa – Pandit Jasraj
- Manomay – Kaushiki Desikan
- Raagon Ke Raja Bandishon Ke Badshaah – Pandits Rajan/Sajan Misra
- Remembering Tansen – Pandit Jasraj
Best Hindustani Classical Album – Instrumental
Winner
Flute Deity – Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
Nominations
- Classical Rendezvous – Murad Ali and Fateh Ali
- Dil – Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan
- Flute Deity – Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
- Prabhat… The Morning – Ronu Majumdar
- Rising Stars (Debanjan Bhattacharjee) – Debanjan Bhattacharjee
Best Carnatic Album Classical- Vocal
Winner
Ellam Sivan Seyal – Sanjay Subrahmanyan
Nominations
- Ellam Sivan Seyal – Sanjay Subrahmanyan
- Karpaga Kriti Mala – Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan
- Ramayanam – Producers Charubala Natarajan and Suresh Gopalan featuring various artistes
- Tunai Purindarul – Sikkil C. Gurucharan
Best Carnatic Album Classical- Instrumental
Winner
Innovations – Dr. L. Subramaniam
Nominations
- Innovations – Dr. L. Subramaniam
- Laya – Neyveli B. Venkatesh
- Ragapravaham – Music Without Lyrics (Ganesh – Kumaresh)
- Popular Kritis On Veena & Violin – Dr.Suma Sudhindra and Jyotsna
Best Music Debut
Winner
Gulraj Singh- Music Director – Ganaraj Adhiraj (Song Name) – Ganaraj Adhiraj (Album Name)
Nominations
- Gulraj Singh – Music Director – Ganaraj Adhiraj (Song Name) – Ganaraj Adhiraj (Album Name)
- Manoj Pandya – Instrumentalist – Antara (Song Name) – Manoj Pandya (Album Name)
- Sharat Chandra Srivastava-Producer, Arranger and Performer – Swan Lake Op. 20 – Scene (Tchaikovsky) (Song Name) – East Blends West /Western Classical (Album Name)
- Shivam Mahadevan – Singer-Bolo Na Bolo (Song Name) – Ganaraj Adhiraj (Album Name)
- Siddharth Mahadevan – Singer – Tu Hi Hai (Song Name) – Ganaraj Adhiraj (Album Name)
It promised to be a grand night for the music lovers and it certainly delivered on its promise. Many talented musicians were honoured, some great musicians showed their amazing talent to cap off what was an amazing and truly wonderful evening.
