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News |  27 Oct 2010 12:27 |  By RnMTeam

Music nominations announced by GIMA

MUMBAI: As the inaugural ceremony of Global Indian Music Awards (GIMA) which is scheduled on 10 November in Mumbai, the nominees for the film music and non-film music genre are announced.

GIMA received a total of 940 entries including 42 film album entries while non-film music album entries entailed to over 180 albums 

Amongst the various films that released during the eligibility period of the Awards, six films were nominated - 3 Idiots, Karthik Calling Karthik, Kaminey, Ishqiya, Love Aaj Kal and Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani.

In the non-film music nominations, legends and new talent came to the fore, including Ustad Rashid Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, Pt. Hari Prasad Chaurasia, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Shubha Mudgal, Lata Mangeshkar, Kailash Kher, Mohit Chauhan, Purnima Chaudhuri, among others.. The Best Non-Film Song nomination included Aman Ki Asha, Bas Ek Baat Ka Humko Gila, Chaandan Mein, Fitoor, Let's Go To Mumbai City and Marhabba Jaanam, vying for the award 

For the complete list of nominees click here

The judging panel included members like Vijay Lazarus, Bhushan Kumar, Dr. L. Subramanium, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Shankar Mahadevan, Hariharan, Prasoon Joshi, Pritam, Karan Johar, Mukesh Bhatt, Rakeysh Om Prakash Mehra, Shekhar Ravjiani, Lesle Lewis, Talat Aziz, Usha Uthup, Resul Pookutty, Sulaiman Merchant, Kumar Taurani, Apurv Nagpal and Atul Churamani, amongst others. The jury is further divided into a film music, technical and non-film music jury.

Keeping with the vision of the awards of fighting music piracy, the Board has initiated a special award – The Best Anti-Piracy Initiative of the Year. The advisory board will be reviewing the entries and will select the most impactful initiative, to be announced at the awards night.

Indian Music Industry, president Vijay Lazarus, said, Our industry is struck by piracy and initiatives to combat that need to be taken and hence recognized. There are opportunities to recognize this and the people who are aiding the campaigns both on the physical (CD's, etc..) and digital space (creating software programs, running online crusades, etc..) and I applaud GIMA for taking a step in that direction. We hope to reach out to Government bodies and influencers in our country, allowing us to work together to further curb piracy....

Talking about his association with the awards music mogul and T-Series chairman, Bhushan Kumar said, Through GIMA, we hope to integrate the Indian music fraternity onto one stage, commending them for their role in bringing the music to us. Being on the GIMA Advisory panel, in the company of Indian music greats, we have before us the avenue to do just this. We truly believe that the awards is the start to a great chapter in Indian music history....

Wizcraft director Sabbas Joseph said, Over the last 11 year, we have successfully taken Indian Cinema to the world with the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA). With GIMA, our dream is akin. It is our endeavour through the Global Indian Music Awards to achieve a similar contribution as that of IIFA, by providing the music industry with a unified platform to celebrate the laurels of their fraternity....

The winners will be chosen by the GIMA Academy which comprises over 200 members of the music industry through online voting. Ernst and Young, the process validators will tabulate all Academy Votes and the winners will be declared at the Awards Ceremony. The Chevrolet Global Indian Music Awards powered by Micromax are conceptualized and promoted by Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

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