7th Mirchi Music Awards

7th Mirchi Music Awards
7th Mirchi Music Awards
Sponsored by	Royal Stag
Date	February 26, 2015
Location	Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai
Country	India
Presented by	Radio Mirchi
Hosted by	Aditya Narayan & Karishma Tanna
Highlights
Most awards	CityLights (3)
Most nominations	Ek Villain (8)
Song of the Year	"Zehnaseeb" - Hasee Toh Phasee
Album of the Year	2 States
Website	Music Mirchi Awards 2014
Television/radio coverage
Network	Zee TV

The 7th Mirchi Music Awards, presented by the Radio Mirchi, honoured the best of Hindi music from the year 2014. The ceremony was held on 26 February 2015 at the Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai and was hosted by Aditya Narayan and Karishma Tanna.^[1] There were many performances, including those by Palak Muchhal, Usha Uthup, Benny Dayal, Shankar Mahadevan and Shruti Pathak. CityLights won a leading three awards. 2 States was awarded the Album of the Year, while "Zehnaseeb" from Hasee Toh Phasee won Song of the Year award. The show was broadcast on 22 March 2015 on Zee TV.^[2]

Winners and nominees

The winners were selected by the members of jury, chaired by Javed Akhtar.^[3] The following are the names of nominees and winners.^[2]^[4]^[5]^[6]

(Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.)

Film awards

Song of the Year	Album of the Year
"Zehnaseeb" - Hasee Toh Phasee "Muskurane" - CityLights "Galliyan" - Ek Villain "Manwa Laage" - Happy New Year "London Thumakda" - Queen	"2 States" - Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Amitabh Bhattacharya "CityLights" - Jeet Gannguli, Rashmi Singh "Ek Villain" - Mithoon, Ankit Tiwari, Rabbi Ahmad, Adnaan Dhool, Manoj Muntashir "Gunday" - Sohail Sen, Irshad Kamil, Ali Abbas Zafar, Bappi Lahiri, Gautam Susmit "Queen" - Amit Trivedi, Anvita Dutt Guptan, Verma Malik, Raghu Nath
Male Vocalist of the Year	Female Vocalist of the Year
Arijit Singh - "Samjhawan" from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Ankit Tiwari - "Galliyan" from Ek Villain Arijit Singh - "Muskurane" from City Lights Arijit Singh - "Manwa Laage" from Happy New Year Vishal Dadlani - "Tu Meri" from Bang Bang!	Nooran Sisters - "Patakha Guddi" from Highway Chinmayi Sripada - "Zehnaseeb" from Hasee Toh Phasee Kanika Kapoor - "Baby Doll" from Ragini MMS 2 Shreya Ghoshal - "Samjhawan" from Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania Shreya Ghoshal - "Manwa Laage" from Happy New Year
Music Composer of the Year	Lyricist of the Year
Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy - "Mast Magan" from 2 States Ankit Tiwari - "Galliyan" from Ek Villain Jeet Gannguli - "Muskurane" from CityLights Vishal Bhardwaj - "Bismil" from Haider Vishal–Shekhar - "Manwa Laage" from Happy New Year	Irshad Kamil - "Manwa Laage" from Happy New Year Gulzar - "Bismil" from Haider Kausar Munir - "Suno Na Sangemarmar" from Youngistaan Manoj Muntashir - "Galliyan" from Ek Villain Rashmi Singh - "Muskurane" from CityLights
Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year	Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year
Gulraj Singh - "Pakeezah" from Ungli Armaan Malik - "Naina" from Khoobsurat Khurram Iqbal - "Ishq Khuda" from Heartless Rupesh Kumar Ram - "Ranjha" from Queen Shadab Faridi - "Jashn-E-Ishqa" from Gunday	Nooran Sisters - "Patakha Guddi" from Highway Jasmine Sandlas - "Yaar Naa Miley" from Kick Kanika Kapoor - "Baby Doll" from Ragini MMS 2 Shraddha Kapoor - "Galliyan (Unplugged)" from Ek Villain Shraddha Kapoor - "Do Jahaan" from Haider
Upcoming Music Composer of The Year	Upcoming Lyricist of The Year
Raj-Prakash - "Arziyaan" from Jigariyaa Gulraj Singh - "Pakeezah" from Ungli Rabbi Ahmad & Adnan Dhool (Soch) - "Awari" from Ek Villain Shashi Suman - "Ziddi Dil" from Mary Kom Shivam Pathak - "Sukoon Mila" from Mary Kom	Rashmi Singh - "Muskurane from CityLights Faraaz Ahmed - "Arziyaan" from Jigariyaa Manoj Yadav - "Pakeezah" from Ungli Rabbi Ahmad & Adnan Dhool (Soch) - "Awari" from Ek Villain Raghu Nath - "Ranjha (Queen)" from Queen
Song representing Sufi tradition	Raag-Inspired Song of the Year
"Shana Waleya" - Dekh Tamasha Dekh "Mast Magan" - 2 States "Allah Teri Kya Shaan Hai" - 18.11 - A Code of Secrecy "Mann Kunto Maula" - Gunday "Samjhawan" - Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania "Daata Di Diwani (Qawwali)" - Youngistaan	"Soney Do" - CityLights "Aayi Bahaar" - Ankhon Dekhi "Uhe Batiyaan" - Babloo Happy Hai "Aankhiyaan" - Gulaab Gang "Jhelum" - Haider

Technical awards

Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging)	Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing)
Bharat Goel and Meet Bros Anjjan - "Baby Doll" from Ragini MMS 2 Abhijit Nalani and Zoheb Khan - "Bang Bang" from Bang Bang! Sohail Sen - "Tune Maari Entriyaan" from Gunday Jackie V - "Manwa Laage" from Happy New Year Amit Trivedi and Sourav Roy - "London Thumakda" from Queen	Satchith Harve and Praveen Muralidhar - "Manwa Laage" from Happy New Year Shakeel Ahmed, Vijay Dayal and Dipesh Sharma - "Mannat" from Daawat-e-Ishq Vijay Dayal and Dipesh Sharma - "Tune Maari Entriyaan" from Gunday Gautam Chakraborty, Uddipan Sharma and Eric Pillai - "Baby Doll" from Ragini MMS 2 Aditya Chakravarty and Abhishek Ghatak - "Tu Zaroori" from Zid
Best Background Score
Vishal Bhardwaj - Haider A. R. Rahman - Highway Mathias Duplessy - Finding Fanny Sanjay Wandrekar and Atul Raninga - PK Tubby-Parik - 2 States

Non-film awards

Indie Pop Song of the Year
"Rab Jaane" sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan "Bas Is Pal Mein" sung by Armaan Malik "Chulein Aasman" sung by Farhan Akhtar, Salim–Sulaiman "Saiyyan Bina" sung by Sonu Nigam, Bickram Ghosh "Aaj Rang Hai" sung by Kavita Seth "Excuses" sung by AP Dhillon, Gurinder Gill

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award	Javed Akhtar
Royal Stag Make It Large Award	Alia Bhatt
Diva of Dancing Hits	Madhuri Dixit

Listeners' Choice awards

Listeners' Choice Song of the Year	"Muskurane" - CityLights
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year	Ek Villain

Jury awards

Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music	Burjor Lord
Best Album of Golden Era (1954)	Aar Paar
Special Salute	Raamlaxman

Films with multiple wins and nominations

Films that received multiple nominations^[5]
Nominations	Film
8	Ek Villain
7	CityLights
7	Happy New Year
5	Gunday
	Haider
	Queen
4	2 States
4	Ragini MMS 2
3	Highway
	Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
	Ungli
2	Bang Bang!
	Hasee Toh Phasee
	Jigariyaa
	Mary Kom
	Youngistaan

Films that received multiple awards^[6]
Wins	Film
3	CityLights‡
2	2 States
	Happy New Year
	Highway

‡ Won a Listeners' Choice award

Jury

The jury was chaired by Javed Akhtar. Other members were:^[3]

Aadesh Shrivastava - music composer and singer
Alka Yagnik - playback singer
Milind Srivastava - music director
Anu Malik - music director
Anuradha Paudwal - playback singer
Anurag Basu - director, producer and screenwriter
Bappi Lahiri - composer and singer
Hariharan - singer
Himesh Reshammiya - music director and singer
Ila Arun - actress and folk singer
Irshad Kamil - lyricist
Lalit Pandit - composer
Kavita Krishnamurthy - playback singer
Louis Banks - composer, record producer and singer
Madhur Bhandarkar - director, writer and producer
Pankaj Udhas - singer
Prasoon Joshi - lyricist and screenwriter
Pritam - music director and composer
Ramesh Sippy - director and producer
Roop Kumar Rathod - playback singer and music director
Sadhana Sargam - playback singer
Sulemaan - composer
Sameer - lyricist
Sapna Mukherjee - playback singer
Shailendra Singh - playback singer
Shankar Mahadevan - composer and playback singer
Sooraj Barjatya - director, producer and screenwriter
Subhash Ghai - director, producer and screenwriter
Sudhir Mishra - director and screenwriter
Suresh Wadkar - playback singer
Swanand Kirkire - lyricist
Talat Aziz - singer
Udit Narayan - playback singer

References

^ "Mirchi Music Awards 2015: Interesting statements made at the event | The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
^ ^a ^b James, Anu. "Mirchi Music Awards 2015". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
^ ^a ^b "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ "From Sufi to pop, Mirchi night had it all - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
^ ^a ^b "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2014". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
^ ^a ^b "Winners - Mirchi Music Awards 2014". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-04-15.

External links

[1] "Mirchi Music Awards 2015: Interesting statements made at the event | The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-05-22.

[ibt-2] James, Anu. "Mirchi Music Awards 2015". International Business Times, India Edition. Retrieved 2018-03-21.

[mma-3] "MMA Mirchi Music Awards". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-03-24.

[4] "From Sufi to pop, Mirchi night had it all - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-05-22.

[nom-5] "Nominations - Mirchi Music Awards 2014". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-04-15.

[win-6] "Winners - Mirchi Music Awards 2014". MMAMirchiMusicAwards. Retrieved 2018-04-15.

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v t e Mirchi Music Awards
Film awards	Song of The Year Album of the Year Male Vocalist of The Year Female Vocalist of The Year Music Composer of The Year Lyricist of The Year Upcoming Male Vocalist of The Year Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year Upcoming Music Composer of The Year Upcoming Lyricist of The Year Song representing Sufi tradition Raag-Inspired Song of The Year
Technical awards	Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) Best Background Score
Non-film awards	Indie Pop Song of the Year
Other awards	Listeners' Choice awards Song of The Year Album of the Year Special awards Lifetime Achievement Award Royal Stag Make It Large Award Jury awards Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music Best Album of Golden Era Best Item Song of The Year
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