1st Mirchi Music Awards

The 1st Mirchi Music Awards, presented by the Radio Mirchi, honoured the best of Hindi music from the year 2008. The ceremony was held on 28 March 2009 at the Hotel Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai and was hosted by Shaan and Tulip Joshi.[1] There were many performances, including those by Dominique Cerejo, Benny Dayal, Manohari Singh, Bipasha Basu, Shreya Ghoshal, Genelia D'Souza, Kunal Ganjawala, Shahid Kapoor and Prachi Shah, the winner of the Tata Indicom Talent Hunt.[2][3] Awards were given out in 17 different categories. Jodhaa Akbar won a leading seven awards including Song of the Year. Album of the Year was won by film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. The show was broadcast on 12 April 2009 on StarPlus.

1st Mirchi Music Awards
Sponsored byTata Indicom
DateMarch 28, 2009 (2009-03-28)
LocationHotel Taj Lands End, Bandra, Mumbai
CountryIndia
Presented byRadio Mirchi
Hosted byShaan and Tulip Joshi
Highlights
Most awardsJodhaa Akbar (7)
Song of the Year"Jashn-e-Bahara" - Jodhaa Akbar
Album of the YearJaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
WebsiteMusic Mirchi Awards 2008
Television/radio coverage
NetworkStarPlus

Winners and nominees

The winners were selected by the members of jury, chaired by Javed Akhtar. The following are the names of winners.[1][2][4][5]

Film awards

Category Recipient Song Film
Song of the Year - "Jashn-e-Bahara" Jodhaa Akbar
Album of the Year A.R Rahman, Abbas Tyrewala - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Male Vocalist of the Year Javed Ali "Jashn-e-Bahara" Jodhaa Akbar
Female Vocalist of the Year Bela Shende "Manmohana" Jodhaa Akbar
Music Composer of the Year A.R Rahman - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Lyricist of the Year Javed Akhtar "Jashn-e-Bahara" Jodhaa Akbar
Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year Benny Dayal "Kaise Mujhe" Ghajini
Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year Dominique Cerejo "Ye Tumhari" Rock On!!
Upcoming Music Composer of The Year Dhruv Ghanekar - Drona
Upcoming Lyricist of The Year Ashok Mishra - Welcome to Sajjanpur

Technical awards

Category Recipient Song Film
Best Song Arranger & Programmer TR Krishna Chetan "Jashn-e-Bahara" Jodhaa Akbar
Best Song Mixing & Engineering H. Sridhar "Jashn-e-Bahara" Jodhaa Akbar
Best Background Score A.R Rahman - Jodhaa Akbar

Special awards

Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music Manohari Singh
Lifetime Achievement Award Lata Mangeshkar

Listeners' Choice awards

Listeners' Choice Song of the Year "Kabhi Kabhi Aditi" - Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na

Films with multiple wins

Films that received multiple awards[4]
Wins Film
7 Jodhaa Akbar
4 Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na

Jury

The jury was chaired by Javed Akhtar. Other members were:[1]

See also

References

  1. Jaisinghani, Bella (29 March 2009). "Jodhaa Akbar rocks music awards". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  2. "Jodhaa Akbar sweeps Mirchi Music Awards". The Times of India. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  3. "Radio Mirchi & Tata Indicom Talent Hunt". www.radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  4. "Tata Indicom Mirchi Music Awards - Tata Indicom Mirchi Music Awards winners". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
  5. "Mirchi Music Award 2009". www.radiomirchi.com. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
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