GiMA Music Awards 2012 – Complete Nominations and Winners List

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.