MUMBAI: The best Music Director Award was bagged by A R Rahman for Delhi 6 at the Star Screen Awards 
held over the weekend in Mumbai.

Delhi 6 was a clear winner for its wonderful line up of compositions, and Dev D, that had another 
winning background score composed by Amit Trivedi, walked away with the Best Background Score award.

Kavitha Seth won the best Female Play back Singer for Iktara from Wake Up Sid, and Rahat  Fateh Ali 
Khan won the best Male Playback Singer for  Aaj Din Chaddeya from Love Aaj Kal.

The best Lyricist award went to Irshad Kamil For Chor Bazari ( Love Aaj Kal), winning over the 
impactful lyrics by Piyush Mishra for Gulaal. Surprisingly, veteran lyricist Gulzar who had penned 
the lyrics for Vishal Bharadwaj's Kaminey did not have a nomination in this category.

Lyricist Javed Akhtar was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by Yash Chopra and Amitabh Bachchan on 
the occasion.

The nominations were as follows -

Best Background Music: Amit Trivedi (Dev D); Ilaiyaraja (Paa); Salim-Sulaiman – (Rocket Singh - 
Salesman Of The Year); Shantanu Moitra, Atul Raninga, Sanjay Wandrekar (3 Idiots); Vishal Bhardwaj
(Kaminey).

Best Music: A R Rahman (Delhi-6); Pritam (Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani); Pritam (Love Aaj Kal); Pritam 
(Tum Mile); Vishal Bhardwaj (Kaminey).

Best Playback Singer Female: Kavita Seth - Iktara – (Wake Up Sid); Rekha Bhardwaj – Genda Phool – 
(Delhi-6); Shreya Ghoshal – Zoobi Doobi (3 Idiots); Shilpa Rao – Mudi Mudi – (Paa); Sunidhi Chauhan – 
Mere Sang (New York).

Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya - Emosanal Attyachaar – (Dev D); Irshad Kamil - Chor Bazari – (Love 
Aaj Kal); Javed Akhtar - Sapnon Se Bhare Naina (Luck By Chance); Piyush Mishra - Ranaji (Gulaal); 
Prasoon Joshi - Man Ko Ati Bhavey (London Dreams)

Best Sound: Bishwadeep Chatterjee, Nihar Ranjan Samel (3 Idiots); Dileep Subramaniam (Love Aaj Kal); 
Sanjay Maurya, Allwin Rego (Dev D); Shajith Koyeri, Subhash Sahu, P M Satheesh (Kaminey); Tapas Nayak

(Paa).