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The star-studded musical night which is also India’s biggest musical extravaganza, the 12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards 2020 was held today at a studio in Andheri. The night was hosted by Shekhar Ravjiani and Aparshakti Khurana, accompanied by Neeti Mohan.
Several Bollywood A-listers attended the red carpet musical night which created a perfect blend of glamour and cinematic brilliance. Celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Tapsee Pannu, A R Rahman, Neha Bhasin, Shreya Ghoshal, Talat Aziz, Ila Arun, Bappi Lahiri, Anand ji, Sunny Leone, Urvashi Rautela, Raveena Tandon and many more added to the glamour of the night.
The Awards honoured musical talent across many categories like Song of the Year, Album of the Year, Male and Female vocalist, Listener choice awards, Upcoming artist awards and 2 new categories Mirchi’s Social Media Icon of the year and Mirchi Trendsetter Album of the year. The prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards were presented to none other than Usha Mangeshkar. On receiving the Award, she said, “I am indeed honoured to receive this award. I want to take this opportunity to thank my fans and colleagues for the love and support I have received from them over the years. It has been such a joy to be part of this amazing industry!”
Here we present to you the complete list of winners:
Song of the Year: Kalank (Title Track)
Film: Kalank
Album of the Year: Kesari
Indies Song of the Year: Jaan Meri
Album: Jaan Meri (Album)
Male Vocalist of The Year: Arijit Singh
Song: Kalank (Title Track)
Film: Kalank
Female Vocalist of the Year: Shreya Ghoshal
Song: Ghar More Pardesiya
Film: Kalank
Music Composer of the Year: Pritam
Song: Kalank (Title Track)
Film: Kalank
Lyricist of the Year: Amitabh Bhattacharya
Song: Kalank (Title Track)
Film: Kalank
Listeners' Choice Song of the Year: Bekhayali
Film: Kabir Singh
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year Film: Kabir Singh
Listeners' Choice Independent (Indies) of the year: Vaaste
Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year: Abhijeet Srivastava
Song: Chashni
Film: Bharat
Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year: Aakanksha Sharma
Song: Tum Chale Gaye
Film: Marudhar Express
Upcoming Music Composer of the Year: Piyush Shankar
Song: Naina Yeh
Film: Article 15
Upcoming Lyricist of the Year: Sahib
Song: Lahu Ka Rang Kara
Film: Laal Kaptaan
Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging): DJ Phukan, Prasad Sashte, Prakash Peters & Sunny MR
Song: Ghar More Pardesiya
Film: Kalank
Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing): Vijay Dayal
Song: Jugraafiya
Album: Super 30
Best Background Score: Mangesh Dhakde
Film: Article 15
Recreated song of the year: Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna
Lifetime Achievement Award: Usha Mangeshkar
Special Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music: Amar Haldipur
Special Jury Award for Golden Era Album of the Year (1959): Anari & Sujatha
Best Raag-Inspired Song of the Year: Dhola
Film: Yeh Hai India
Make It Large Award: Deepika Padukone
Mirchi Social Media Icon of the year: Neha Kakkar
Mirchi Trendsetters Album of the year: Gully Boy
Some of the highlights of the evening were electrifying performances by Neha Kakkar, Vishal- Shekhar, AR Rahman, Darshan Raval and Meet Bros. The arena got mesmerized with a special unplugged version by Amit Kumar. Performances by Shilpa Rao, Kavita Seth, Aditi Paul, Shruti Pathak, Akriti Kakkar, Kanika Kapoor, Sachet - Parampara, Aaman Trikha, Hamsika Iyer, Asees Kaur, Paroma, Akasa Singh, Sohail Sen, Tulsi Kumar, Mythili Thakur and Bhoomi Trivedi kept the audience entertained throughout the evening. There was a special gag session by Sunil Grover that had the audience in splits.
Courtesy: Indiatimes.com
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