6th Mirchi Music Awards

6th Mirchi Music Awards
Sponsored byRoyal Stag
DateFebruary 27, 2014 (2014-02-27)
CountryIndia
Presented byRadio Mirchi
Hosted bySonu Nigam
Highlights
Most awardsAashiqui 2 (8)
Song of the Year"Tum Hi Ho" - Aashiqui 2
Album of the YearAashiqui 2
Television/radio coverage
NetworkColors
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The 6th Mirchi Music Awards, presented by the Radio Mirchi, honoured the best of Hindi music from the year 2013. The ceremony was held on 27 February 2014 and was hosted by Sonu Nigam. There were many performances, including those by Sunidhi Chauhan, Arijit Singh, Ankit Tiwari and Mika Singh, who gave a tribute to R. D. Burman for his 75th birth anniversary.[1] Aashiqui 2 won a leading eight awards including Album of the Year and Song of the Year for "Tum Hi Ho".

Winners and nominees

The winners were selected by the members of jury, chaired by Javed Akhtar. The following are the names of winners.[2][3]

Film awards

Category Recipient Song Film
Song of the Year - "Tum Hi Ho" Aashiqui 2
Album of the Year Mithoon, Jeet Gannguli, Ankit Tiwari, Sandeep Nath, Irshad Kamil, Sanjay Masoomm - Aashiqui 2
Male Vocalist of the Year Arijit Singh "Tum Hi Ho" Aashiqui 2
Female Vocalist of the Year Chinmayi "Titli" Chennai Express
Music Composer of the Year Mithoon "Tum Hi Ho" Aashiqui 2
Lyricist of the Year Prasoon Joshi "Maston Ka Jhund" Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year Ankit Tiwari "Sunn Raha Hai" Aashiqui 2
Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year Bhoomi Trivedi "Ram Chahe Leela" Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela
Upcoming Music Composer of The Year Ankit Tiwari "Sunn Raha Hai" Aashiqui 2
Upcoming Lyricist of The Year Siddharth-Garima "Laal Ishq" Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela
Song representing Sufi tradition - "Mera Yaar" Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Raag-Inspired Song of the Year - "Ek Ghadi" D-Day

Technical awards

Category Recipient Song Film
Programmer & Arranger of the Year Hyacinth D’Souza, DJ Phukan, Sunny M.R. and Nikhil Paul George "Badtameez Dil" Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Song Recording/Sound Engineering of the Year Shekhar Ravjiani "Titli" Chennai Express
Background Score of the Year Shantanu Moitra - Madras Cafe

Non-film awards

Indie Pop Song of the Year "Cheene Re Mora Chain" sung by Salim–Sulaiman and Rashid Khan

Special awards

Lifetime Achievement Award Anandji
Royal Stag Make It Large Award Farhan Akhtar
Face of Romantic Songs Shah Rukh Khan

Listeners' Choice awards

Listeners' Choice Song of the Year "Sunn Raha Hai" - Aashiqui 2
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year Aashiqui 2

Jury awards

Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music Sumit Mitra
Best Album of Golden Era (1953) Anarkali
Special Jury Award Vanraj Bhatia

Films with multiple wins

Films that received multiple awards[3]
Wins Film
8 Aashiqui 2‡
2 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Chennai Express
Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela

‡ Won two Listeners' Choice awards

Jury

The jury was chaired by Javed Akhtar. Other members were:[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shah Rukh toasted, Sonu hosted at mirchi music awards - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  2. ^ a b "Mirchi Music Awards 2013 Winners List - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
  3. ^ a b Parande, Shweta (2014-02-28). "Mirchi Music Awards 2014 winners: Shahrukh Khan, Farhan Akhtar honoured; Aashiqui 2 wins 7 trophies". India.com. Retrieved 2018-04-24.