6th GIMA Awards

Mumbai: The Global Indian Music Academy (GIMA) 2016 took off on Colors this Sunday. The show was hosted by Ayushmann Khurrana, who looked more than happy to take over the stage. GIMA was started to honour incredible musicians from various categories.  This year as well, best musicians took home some awards that added feather to their cap.

In addition to that, performances by some of the best singers, and composers made our Sunday evening well spent. While Arijit Singh’s mesmerizing songs left everyone in daze, Yo Yo Honey Singh lightened up the mood with his groovy beats. Meet Brothers’ foot tapping performances for the evening was worth watching as well.

GIMA 2016 also had some lighter moments. Everyone was left in splits as Sonam Kapoor’s look alike stepped on stage. Additionally, Ayushman Khurrana & Arjun Kapoor’s combo gave the audience an entertaining ride too.

Arijit Singh was the star of the evening. The audience was smitten by his heart-touching performance for the evening. He also won awards in various categories including Best Live Performer, MTV GIMA Duet of the year, Most Popular Radio Song of the year, Best Film Song and Most Streamed Song of the year.

Honey Singh made a dashing come back at the GIMA 2016. His Song Dheere Dheere reprised version won the Best Pop Song of the year. Arjun Kannugo was honoured with the Jagjit Singh Award for Best Music Debut. Armaan Malik rocked the stage with his most popular numbers. He also bagged the Best Music Video Award for Main Rahoon Ya Na Rahoon. Anmol Malik was honoured with GiMA’s MTV Rising Star.

Shahid Kapoor & Farhan Akhtar collaborated to deliver an entertaining Rap performance. 

Amitabh bagged the Song of the Year performed by a celebrity award for Atrangi Yaari from the film Wazir. Music composer Aadesh Shrivastava was given tribute by none other than Amitabh Bachchan and music legends at GIMA 2016. The country lost a talented artist to cancer last year and there cannot be a better remembrance of him.

Bajirao Mastani won big at the GIMA 2016. It bagged maximum honours this time as well. It won three awards of Best Background Score, Best Music Arranger and Programmer and Best Engineer. Additionally, Sanjay Leela Bansali was honoured as the Best Music Director for his historical venture.