GiMA Music Awards 2012 – Complete Nominations and Winners List
GiMa Awards 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)
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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
Sonakshi Sinha at GiMa Awards 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
Shah Rukh Khan at GiMa Awards 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 A. R. Rahmna and Mohit Chauhan amongst others at the Gima Awards 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 Parineeti Chopra at the Gima Awards 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 Mika Singh, Parineeti Chopra, Anu Malik and Saif Ali Khan at the GiMa Awards 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.
