Oh man! thats like a clean sweep.
--- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, $ Pavan Kumar $ <pawancum...@...> wrote: > > This is what is called as Clean Sweep...Rahman sweeps almost all the possible > cateogaries with Jodha Akbar and Jaane Tu.. > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jodhaa Akbar rocks music awards > > MBAI: Almost 80 years after W M Khan sang De de khuda ke naam pe for India's > first talking picture Alam Ara in 1931, and made the lives of > > > > > > > > > > millions of Indians more musical, a special award has been instituted for the > Bollywood music industry by Radio Mirchi 98.3 FM. The first Tata Indicom > Mirchi Music Awards were announced at Hotel Taj Lands End in Bandra on > Saturday evening. > > Holding the golden trophy fashioned as female figurine, host Shaan emerged > singing from amidst the audience, encouraged by co-host Tulip Joshi. As was > the case at the Filmfare Awards, A R Rahman and Jodhaa Akbar swept the > honours here too, bagging song of the year for Jashn-e-bahara and best male > vocalist for Javed Ali for the same song. > > Bela Shende, who was Shreya Ghoshal's rival at a talent hunt many years ago, > came out tops with Manmohana for Jodhaa Akbar. A R Rahman struck gold with > album of the year for Jaane Tu... and best music director for Kabhi Kabhi > Aditi. Aptly, the lifetime achievement award was presented to singer Lata > Mangeshkar for never having hit a wrong note in her life, as Bade Ghulam Ali > Khan once said. > > Interestingly, as many newcomers took the stage as veteran names in the > business. Upcoming talents Dominique Cerejo and Benny Dayal shared space with > veteran saxophonist and music arranger Manohari Singh. A spectacular lineup > of performances by Bipasha Basu, Shreya Ghoshal, Genelia DSouza and Kunal > Ganjawala punctuated the ceremony. In a spontaneous competition for music > directors present at the awards, Javed Akhtar gave them an 'unmusical' verse > to compose on IPL and the general elections. > > Weeks before the actual awards ceremony, the jury met to deliberate the list > of nominations and then the winners. Jury chairman Javed Akhtar along with > Prasoon Joshi, Louis Banks, Shankar Mahadevan, Annu Malik, Lalit Pandit, > Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Nigam, Kailash Kher, Suresh Wadkar, Sadhana > Sargam, Kunal Kohli, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and Ramesh Sippy listened to > 400-500 songs as they shortlisted the nominees to the 17 categories. > > One of the award categories was branded the Tata Indicom Talent Hunt for > which aspiring singers from 23 locations in India had been invited to > compete. Contestwinner Prachi Shah from Ahmedabad performed at Saturday's > awards ceremony. > > The title sponsor of the Mirchi Music Awards is Tata Indicom. The channel > partner is Star TV and the online partner is Apnacircle.com. > > And the winners are... > > Song Of The Year > Jashn-e-Bahara | Jodhaa Akbar > > Album Of The Year > A R Rahman | Jaane Tu... > > Male Vocalist Of The Year > Javed Ali | Jashn-e-Bahara, Jodhaa Akbar > > Female Vocalist Of The Year > Bela Shende | Manmohana, Jodhaa Akbar > > Music Director Of The Year > A R Rahman | Jaane Tu... > > 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 Director Of The Year > Dhruv Ghanekar | Drona > > Upcoming Lyricist Of The Year > Ashok Mishra | Welcome to Sajjanpur > > Technical Award For Song Mixing > LATE H Shridhar | Jodhaa Akbar > > Technical Award For Programming and Arranging > TR Krishna Chetan | Jashn-e-Bahara, Jodhaa Akbar > > Technical Award For Film Background Score > AR Rahman | Jodhaa Akbar > > Tata Indicom Mirchi Listeners Choice Song Of The Year > > Kabhi kabhi aditi | Jaane Tu... > > Tata Indicom Mirchi Listeners Choice Album Of The Year > Jaane Tu... YA Jaane NA > > Jury's Salute For Memorable Contribution To Music > Manohari Singh | Saxophonist > > Lifetime Achievement Award > Lata Mangeshkar > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Jodhaa-Akbar-rocks-music-awards/articleshow/4329081.cms >
