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7th Mirchi Music Awards 
Summary
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]
| 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 |
Winners and nominees edit
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 edit
Technical awards edit
| Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging) | Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing) |
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| Best Background Score | |
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Non-film awards edit
| Indie Pop Song of the Year |
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Special awards edit
| Lifetime Achievement Award | Javed Akhtar |
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| Royal Stag Make It Large Award | Alia Bhatt |
| Diva of Dancing Hits | Madhuri Dixit |
Listeners' Choice awards edit
| Listeners' Choice Song of the Year | "Muskurane" - CityLights |
|---|---|
| Listeners' Choice Album of the Year | Ek Villain |
Jury awards edit
| Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music | Burjor Lord |
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| Best Album of Golden Era (1954) | Aar Paar |
| Special Salute | Raamlaxman |
Films with multiple wins and nominations edit
| Nominations | Film |
|---|---|
| 8 | Ek Villain |
| 7 | CityLights |
| Happy New Year | |
| 5 | Gunday |
| Haider | |
| Queen | |
| 4 | 2 States |
| Ragini MMS 2 | |
| 3 | Highway |
| Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania | |
| Ungli | |
| 2 | Bang Bang! |
| Hasee Toh Phasee | |
| Jigariyaa | |
| Mary Kom | |
| Youngistaan |
| Wins | Film |
|---|---|
| 3 | CityLights‡ |
| 2 | 2 States |
| Happy New Year | |
| Highway |
‡ Won a Listeners' Choice award
Jury edit
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
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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 edit
- Music Mirchi Awards Official Website
- Music Mirchi Awards 2014