# 6th Mirchi Music Awards

The 6th Mirchi Music Awards, presented by the Radio Mirchi, honoured the best of Hindi music from the year 2013. The ceremony was held on 27 February 2014 and was hosted by Sonu Nigam. There were many performances, including those by Sunidhi Chauhan, Arijit Singh, Ankit Tiwari and Mika Singh, who gave a tribute to R. D. Burman for his 75th birth anniversary. Aashiqui 2 won a leading eight awards including Album of the Year and Song of the Year for "Tum Hi Ho".

## Winners and nominees

The winners were selected by the members of jury, chaired by Javed Akhtar. The following are the names of winners.

### Film awards

| Category | Recipient | Song | Film |
| Song of the Year | - | "Tum Hi Ho" | Aashiqui 2 |
| Album of the Year | Mithoon, Jeet Gannguli, Ankit Tiwari, Sandeep Nath, Irshad Kamil, Sanjay Masoomm | - | Aashiqui 2 |
| Male Vocalist of the Year | Arijit Singh | "Tum Hi Ho" | Aashiqui 2 |
| Female Vocalist of the Year | Chinmayi | "Titli" | Chennai Express |
| Music Composer of the Year | Mithoon | "Tum Hi Ho" | Aashiqui 2 |
| Lyricist of the Year | Prasoon Joshi | "Maston Ka Jhund" | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| Upcoming Male Vocalist of the Year | Ankit Tiwari | "Sunn Raha Hai" | Aashiqui 2 |
| Upcoming Female Vocalist of the Year | Bhoomi Trivedi | "Ram Chahe Leela" | Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela |
| Upcoming Music Composer of The Year | Ankit Tiwari | "Sunn Raha Hai" | Aashiqui 2 |
| Upcoming Lyricist of The Year | Siddharth-Garima | "Laal Ishq" | Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela |
| Song representing Sufi tradition | - | "Mera Yaar" | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| Raag-Inspired Song of the Year | - | "Ek Ghadi" | D-Day |

### Technical awards

| Category | Recipient | Song | Film |
| Programmer & Arranger of the Year | Hyacinth D’Souza, DJ Phukan, Sunny M.R. and Nikhil Paul George | "Badtameez Dil" | Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani |
| Song Recording/Sound Engineering of the Year | Shekhar Ravjiani | "Titli" | Chennai Express |
| Background Score of the Year | Shantanu Moitra | - | Madras Cafe |

### Non-film awards

| Indie Pop Song of the Year | "Cheene Re Mora Chain" sung by Salim–Sulaiman and Rashid Khan |

### Special awards

| Lifetime Achievement Award | Anandji |
| Royal Stag Make It Large Award | Farhan Akhtar |
| Face of Romantic Songs | Shah Rukh Khan |

### Listeners' Choice awards

| Listeners' Choice Song of the Year | "Sunn Raha Hai" - Aashiqui 2 |
| Listeners' Choice Album of the Year | Aashiqui 2 |

### Jury awards

| Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music | Sumit Mitra |
| Best Album of Golden Era (1953) | Anarkali |
| Special Jury Award | Vanraj Bhatia |

### Films with multiple wins

Films that received multiple awards :
| Wins | Film |
| 8 | Aashiqui 2‡ |
| 2 | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag |
| 2 | Chennai Express |
| 2 | Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela |
‡ Won two Listeners' Choice awards

## Jury

The jury was chaired by Javed Akhtar. Other members were:
* Aadesh Shrivastava - music composer and singer
* Alka Yagnik - playback singer
* Anu Malik - music director
* Anurag Basu - director, producer and screenwriter
* Ila Arun - actress and folk singer
* Irshad Kamil - lyricist
* Lalit Pandit - composer
* Kavita Krishnamurthy - playback singer
* Louis Banks - composer, record producer and singer
* Prasoon Joshi - lyricist and screenwriter
* Ramesh Sippy - director and producer
* Sadhana Sargam - playback singer
* Sameer - lyricist
* Sapna Mukherjee - playback singer
* Shailendra Singh - playback singer
* Shankar Mahadevan - composer and playback singer
* Sooraj Barjatya - director, producer and screenwriter
* Subhash Ghai- director, producer and screenwriter
* Sudhir Mishra - director and screenwriter
* Suresh Wadkar - playback singer
* Swanand Kirkire - lyricist
* Talat Aziz - singer