Such heavily loaded awards to a single personality make the award loose its respect. Appearing as if there is nobody on music front except our man, and such an assertion is unjustified really absolutely.
What were there critera for shortlisting/ selection? Did they request viewers to send sms or how? Who was on their jury? -- Rawat On 2/11/2010 8:56 AM India Time, _Gopal Srinivasan_ wrote: > Celebrating the sound of music > > The Airtel Mirchi Music Awards were announced last night > > Posted On Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 03:12:59 AM > The finest talent in Hindi film music was saluted at the second > edition of the Airtel Mirchi Music Awards 2009 held last night with > Radio Mirchi announcing the winners. > > Delhi 6 won the best song award for Masakali, best album, Mohit > Chauhan won the best male vocalist for Masakali, Rekha Bhardwaj won > the best female vocalist for Genda Phool. AR Rahman won the best music > director award for Masakali Delhi 6 while Prasoon Joshi won lyricist > of the year for Masakali. Rahman also won the best song arranger and > programmer for Masakali. H Sridhar, S Sivakumar, Deepak P A and > Vivianne Chaix got the best song mixing and engineering for Delhi 6. > > > A R Rahman > > Gulzar > > Prasoon Joshi > > > The Airtel Mirchi Listeners’ choice for best song went to Iktara from > Wake Up Sid and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani took the award for Airtel > Mirchi Listeners’ choice for best album. The special jury award for > exceptional non-film music achievement went to Saeen bina darad kareje > haye sung by Rashid Khan. Raju Singh won the best background score > award for Raaz- The Mystery Continues. > > Gulzar won the lifetime achievement award and the jury award for > outstanding contribution to Hindi film music went to Kersi Lord. Manna > Dey won the KL Saigal Sangeet Shehenshah Award. > > There were performances by singers KK, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rekha > Bhardwaj, Himesh Reshamiya and Usha Uthup while Shahid Kapoor and > Katrina Kaif performed on the best tracks of the year. > > Speaking at the event, Prashant Panday, CEO, ENIL, said, “The > integrity and dedication behind Mirchi Music Awards is what makes it > unique. The Awards salute the hard work, passion and the immense > creative talent of our music industry.” > > > ------------------------------------
