THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS FOR THE 8TH ROYAL STAG MIRCHI MUSIC AWARDS

Mumbai, February 1, 2016:  

Be it the lilting tunes of Bajirao Mastani or the foot-tapping tunes of Roy, 2015 was a year of great music across genres. In an effort to find out the ‘best amongst the best’ the stalwarts from the Music world gathered for the Grand Jury Meet of the 8th Royal Stag Mirchi Music Awards in Mumbai today.

The jury included music legends such as Javed Akhtar (Jury Chairperson), Prasoon Joshi, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sameer Anjaan, Irshad Kamil, Ramesh Sippy, Subhash Ghai, Sudhir Mishra, Madhur Bhandarkar, Anu Malik, Shankar Mahadevan, Lalit Pandit, Louiz Banks, Suresh Wadkar, Shailendra Singh, Talat  Aziz, Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, Saapna Mukerji, Ila Arun, Pritam, Hariharan, Milind Srivastava, Pankaj Udhas, Anuradha Paudwal, Sulaiman Merchant, Udit Narayan, Raju Singh, Bappi Lahiri, Roop Kumar Rathod, Shaan and  Vijay Krishna Acharya. They screened the nominations to judge the winners across various categories.

The winners of the 8th Royal Stag Mirchi Music Awards will be announced in a grand award ceremony on 29th February, 2016, in Mumbai.

Announcing the 8th edition, Prashant Panday, CEO, Radio Mirchi said, “The stature that Mirchi Music Awards has got is due to the jury that works tirelessly to select the best music of the year. For Mirchi, this is a tribute to the talented music industry. As we say “Music ko Mirchi ka salaam”. The award show telecast on TV last year was watched by more than five crore people all over India!

Talking on his association, Javed Akhtar, Jury Chairperson, said, “I have been associated with the Mirchi Music Awards for many years. The music industry is witnessing an emergence of talent year on year. Each and every entry is unique and I wish the nominees the very best.”

To know more about Mirchi Music Awards tune in to Radio Mirchi or visit www.mirchimusicawards.com

About Radio Mirchi:

Entertainment Network India Limited (ENIL), India’s leading private FM radio broadcaster, popularly known as Radio Mirchi, operates across 36 cities in the country. Launched in 2001, Radio Mirchi has the highest listenership across the country and a track record of developing innovative content, thus expanding and retaining its audiences and advertisers through the years. Radio Mirchi has delighted listeners and the industry with its exciting properties like the Purani Jeans Film Festival and the Mirchi Music Awards.  

Radio Mirchi’s continuous innovations across different platforms like Visual Radio or Mirchi Mobile have been instrumental in gaining leadership in the private FM Radio industry. Radio Mirchi made its international foray with the launch of the brand in the UAE. From 2012, Radio Mirchi has been in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Al Ain and was the first Indian radio brand to go international.