12th Mirchi Music Awards

12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards
12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards
Sponsored by	Smule
Date	19 February 2020
Location	Yash Raj Studio, Mumbai
Country	India
Presented by	Radio Mirchi
Hosted by	Aparshakti Khurana; Neeti Mohan; Shekhar Ravjiani
Highlights
Most awards	Kalank
Most nominations	Kalank
Male Vocalist of the Year	Arijit Singh for "Kalank (Title song)"
Female Vocalist of the Year	Shreya Ghoshal for "Ghar More Pardesiya"
Website	Music Mirchi Awards 2019
Television/radio coverage
Network	Zee TV
Viewership	1.8

The 12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards or simply Mirchi Music Awards 2020, was the 12th edition of the Mirchi Music Awards and took place on 19 February 2020. The award ceremony was hosted by Aparshakti Khurana, Neeti Mohan, and Shekhar Ravjiani at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai.^[1] The title sponsor was Smule, replacing Pepsi.

Winners and nominees

Winners are indicated in bold.

Song of the year

Kalank (Title track) by Arijit Singh
"Chashni" by Abhijeet Srivastava
"Apna Time Aayega" by Ranveer Singh
"Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" by Arijit Singh
"Challa" by Romy, Shashwat Sachdev & Vivek Hariharan
"Ghungroo" by Arijit Singh & Shilpa Rao

Album of the Year

Kesari - Arko Pravo Mukherjee, Chirrantan Bhatt, Gurmoh, Jasbir Jassi, Jasleen Royal, Tanishk Bagchi, Kumaar, Kunwar Juneja, Manoj Muntashir
Bharat - Vishal–Shekhar, Ali Abbas Zafar, Julius Packiam, Irshad Kamil
Gully Boy - Ankur Tewari, Divine, Dub Sharma, Ishq Bector, Jasleen Royal, Ace aka Mumbai, Chandrashekar Kunder (Major C), Hardeep, Kaam Bhaari, Karsh Kale, Midival Punditz, Mikey McCleary, Naezy, Prem, Sez on the Beat, Raghu Dixit, Rishi Rich, Spitfire & Viveick Rajagopalan, Javed Akhtar, 100 RBH, Aditya Sharma, Arjun, Bhinder Khanpuri, Blitz, Desi Ma, Gaurav Raina, Maharya, MC Altaf, MC TodFod, MC Mawali, Noxious D, Tapan Raj, D-Cypher, BeatRaw
Kabir Singh - Akhil Sachdeva, Amaal Mallik, Mithoon, Sachet–Parampara & Vishal Mishra, Irshad Kamil, Kumaar, Manoj Muntashir
Kalank - Pritam, Amitabh Bhattacharya

Listeners Choice Song of the Year

Bekhayali by Sachet Tandon
"Slow Motion" by Shreya Ghoshal & Nakash Aziz
"Apna Time Aayega" by Ranveer Singh & Divine
"Ve Maahi" by Arijit Singh & Asees Kaur
"Coca Cola Tu" by Neha Kakkar & Tony Kakkar (rap by: Young Desi)

Listeners Choice Album of the Year

Listeners Choice Independent Music Category

"Vaaste" by Dhvani Bhanushali
"Dheeme Dheeme" by Tony Kakkar
"Lehenga" by Jass Manak
"Makhna" by Honey Singh & Neha Kakkar
"Paagal" by Badshah

Male Vocalist of the Year

Arijit Singh - "Kalank" from Kalank^[2]
Arijit Singh - "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" from Kabir Singh
Ranveer Singh & Divine - "Apna Time Ayega" from Gully Boy
B Praak - "Teri Mitti" from Kesari
Romy, Vivek Hariharan, Shashwat Sachdev - "Challa" from Uri: The Surgical Strike

Female Vocalist of the Year

Shreya Ghoshal for "Ghar More Pardesiya"
Neha Bhasin for "Chashni"
Parampara Thakur for "Mere Sohneya"
Shreya Ghoshal for "Tabaah Ho Gaye"
Shilpa Rao for "Ghungroo"

Music Composer of the Year

Pritam - "Kalank" from Kalank^[3]
Sachet–Parampara - "Bekhayali" from Kabir Singh
Mithoon - "Tujhe Kitna Chahne Lage" from Kabir Singh
Pritam - "Ghar More Pardesiya" from Kalank
Shashwat Sachdev - "Beh Chala" from Uri: The Surgical Strike

Lyricist of the Year

Amitabh Bhattacharya - "Kalank" from Kalank^[4]
Irshad Kamil - "Bekhayali" from Kabir Singh
Manoj Muntashir - "Teri Mitti" from Kesari
Prasoon Joshi - "Bharat" from Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi
Raj Shekhar - "Beh Chala" from Uri: The Surgical Strike

Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year

Abhijeet Srivastava for "Chashni"
Amit Gupta for "Radhe Radhe"
Divne, Naezy & Ranveer Singh for "Mere Gully Mein"
Shantanu Sudame for "Manzar Hai Yeh Naya"

Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year

Aakanksha Sharma for "Tum Chale Gaye"
Swati Mehul for "Naah Goriye"
Hriti Tikadar for "Jiya"
Deepanshi Nagar for "Mann Mein Shiva"
Sarodee Borah for "Sapne Jo Bhi"

Upcoming Lyricist of the Year

Sahib for "Lahu Ka Rang Kara"
Bharaga v Purohit for "Bala song"
Ari Leff, Michael Pollack & Gurpreet Saini for "Dil Na Jaaneya"
Splitfire" for "Asli Hip Hop"
Divne & Naezy for "Mere Gully Mein"

Upcoming Music Composer

Piyush Shankar for "Naina Yeh"
Splitfire for "Asli Hip Hop"
Divine, Naezy & Sez for "Mere Gully Mein"
Gurmoh for "Deh Shiva"
Payal Dev for "Tum Hi Aana"
Shidharth Bhavsar for "Aaj Jage Rahna"
Sanjoy Bose for "Ore Chanda"

Recreated Song of the Year

"Hume Tumse Pyar Kitana" by Shreya Ghoshal
"O Saki Saki" by B Praak, Tulsi Kumar & Neha Kakkar
"Akhiyon Se Golu Maare" by Mika Singh & Tulsi Kumar
"The Jawani Song" by Payal Dev & Vishal Dadlani
"Mungda" by Jyotica Tangri, Shaan & Subhro Ganguly

Independent Music Category

Jaan Meri by Anuradha Palakurtihi
"Awaara Shaam Hai" by Piyush Mehroliya
"Filhall" by B Praak
"Ishq Ne" by Anuradha Palakurtihi
"Woh Baarishein" by Arjun Kanungo

Source - E Times^[5]^[6]^[7]

Jury

Screening Jury

1. Shruti Pathak
2. Abhishek Ray
3. Anand Sharma
4. Akbar Sami
5. Bishwadeep Chatterjee
6. Dominique
7. Nandini
8. Kavita Seth
9. Shibani Kashyap
10. Priya Sarayia
11. Hamsika Iyer
12. Aaman Trikha
13. Manoj Muntashir
14. Mayur Puri
15. Bipin Aneja
16. Brayan
17. Shadab Faridi
18. Brijesh Sandiliyar
19. Antara Mitra
20. Jeetu Shankar
21. Bhoomi Trivedi
22. Paroma Das Gupta
23. Divya Kumar

Grand Jury

1. Kavita Krishnamurthy
2. Ila Arun
3. Vidya Shah
4. Ramesh Sippy
5. Sudhir Mishra
6. Dharmesh Darshan
7. Ahmed Khan
8. Suresh Wadkar
9. Sharvan Rathod (of Nadeem-Shravan)
10. Millind Srivastava (of Anand–Milind)
11. Pritam
12. Louiz Banks
13. Lalit Pandit
14. Raju Singh
15. Sameer Anjaan (lyricist)
16. Irshad Kamil
17. Talat Aziz
18. Roop Kumar Rathod
19. Udit Narayan
20. Pandit Sujit Ojha
21. Vijay Dayal
22. Himesh Reshammiya

Source - E Times^[8]

Special Awards

Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music

Amar Haldipur^[9]

Lifetime Achievement Award / K. L. Saigal Sangeet Shehenshah Award

Usha Mangeshkar^[10]

Special Jury Award for Golden Era Album of the Year (1959)

Anari & Sujatha for 1959^[11]

Best Raag Inspired Song of the Year

"Dhola" from Yeh Hai India

Technical Awards

Song Producer - Programming and Arranging

DJ Phukan, Prasad Sashte, Prakash Peters & Sunny MR for the song "Ghar More Pardesiya"

Song Engineer - Recording and Mixing

Vijay Dayal for the song "Jugaarafiya"

Background Score

Mangesh Dhakde for Article 15

References and sources

External links

Mirchi Music Awards Official Website

[1] Smule Mirchi Music Awards Hosts Aparshakti, Neeti & Shekhar

[2] "12th Mirchi Music Awards Winners".

[3] "12th Mirchi Music Awards Winners".

[4] "12th Mirchi Music Awards Winners".

[5] Winner list of 12th Mirchi Music Awards

[6] 12th Mirchi Music Awards

[7] 12th Mirchi Music Awards Nomination List

[8] The one & only music award of the country - 'Smule Mirchi Music Awards' is in its 12th edition. Is the selection process truly authentic?

[9] Amar Haldipur Awards

[10] Usha Mangeshkar got Lifetime Achievement Award

[11] 12th Smule Mirchi Music Awards 2020: Complete list of winners

[12] Deepika Padukone Wears an Unusual Black Hooded Jumpsuit With Lot of Diamonds at Mirchi Music Awards 2020

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