Many Bollywood A-listers attended the star-studded event including Miss World Manushi Chhillar, Rohit Shetty, Imtiaz Ali, Anandji, Sonu Sood, Gauhar Khan and many more. The night was hosted by Bollywood’s king of melodies, Sonu Nigam. There were exciting performances by Shreya Ghoshal, Ayushmaan Khurrana, Javed Ali, Harshdeep Kaur, Neha Bhasin to name only a few. One of the highlights of the show was a special tribute given to musical maestro, A. R. Rahman, for his twenty-five glorious years creating musical magic in Bollywood movies.
The Awards honoured musical talent across many categories. Ayushmann Khurrana was presented with the Royal Stag Make It Large Award. Bappi Lahiri was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for his long and distinguished career. His compositions not only span decades (he has composed music for Dilip Kumar starrers to more recent Varun Dhawan movies) but also genres (from the sultry “Raat Baki Baat Baaki” to the peppy disco number “I Am A Disco Dancer”).
On receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award, Bappida, as he is fondly called, said, “I am honored to receive this award. Over the last so many decades, fans and members of the music industry alike have shown me a lot of love and appreciation. I want to take this opportunity to thank them for their constant love, appreciation and support!”
"I want to thank the whole industry," said A. R. Rahman. "I am from the South and people said to me that nobody (from there) can enter the (Hindi film) industry. But you embraced me with love…I tell my children to be the best. If you are good at what you do, people will accept you."
Here's the complete list of winners:
Song of the Year: Hawayein
Film: JAB HARRY MET SEJAL
Album of the Year: JAB HARRY MET SEJAL
Male Vocalist of The Year: Arijit Singh
Song: Hawayein
Film: JAB HARRY MET SEJAL
Female Vocalist of the Year: Shreya Ghoshal
Song: Thodi Der
Film: HALF GIRLFRIEND
Music Composer of the Year: Pritam Chakraborty
Song: Hawayein
Film: Jab Harry Met Sejal
Lyricist of the Year: Irshad Kamil
Song: Hawayein
Film: JAB HARRY MET SEJAL
Lifetime Achievement Award: Bappi Lahiri
Royal Stag Make It Large Award: Ayushmann Khurrana
Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year: Asit Tripathy
Song: Tu Banja Gali Benaras Ki
Film:SHAADI MEIN ZAROOR AANA
Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year Meghna Mishra
Song: Main Kaun Hoon
Film: SECRET SUPERSTAR
Upcoming Music Composer of the Year: J.A.M 8
Song: Zaalima
Film: RAEES
Upcoming Lyricist of the Year: Santanu Ghatak
Song: Rafu
Film: TUMHARI SULU
Indi Pop Song of the Year: Man Marziyan
Album: Man Marziyan
Raag Based Song of the Year: Sunn Bhavara
Film: OK JAANU
Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging): Clinton Cerejo & Hitesh Sonik
Song: Julia
Film: RANGOON
Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing): Bhaskar Sharma ,Chakir Hussain & Praveen Murlidhar
Song: Darmiyan
Album: Darmiyan (Single)
Best Background Score: Vishal Bhardwaj
Film: RANGOON
Listeners' Choice Song of the Year: Phir Bhi Tumko Chaahunga
Film: HALF GIRLFRIEND
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year
Film: JAGGA JASOOS
Jury Award for Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music: Late Gorakh Sharma
Jury Special Recognition: Ameen Sayani
Jury Award for Best Album of Golden Era (1957): PYAASA
