Hindi Awards Mirchi Music Awards 2015 - Cast & Crew

Garima Wahal is an Indian writer and lyricist who primarily works in the Hindi film industry. She was born on 29 October, 1979 in Jodhpur, India, and has marked her presence in the film industry for more than a decade now. Her name is better heard and known with Siddharth Singh, a Bollywood writer, and lyricist, as the writer-duo, Siddharth-Garima. She has been part of many acclaimed Bollywood projects and has worked with stellar directors like Sanjay Leela Bansali for ‘Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela’. She was also part of films like Kabir Singh, Raabta, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha, for which she has penned down dialogues. 

'Payal Dev' is an Indian playback singer, who made her debut song entitled Ab Tojhe Jaane Na Dungi in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s epic historical romance film, Bajirao Mastani. Payal was born on February 26, 1989, and started training under her mother’s guidance, a classical singer. She had mastery on vocal exercises and graduated with a degree in Music.  

At 17, she went to Mumbai to pursue her dream and started her journey by working on brand adfilm jingles, documentaries, and corporate songs. Her first Bollywood break came through the 2016 Hindi horror adult comedy film, Great Grand Masti, which became a runaway hit. She also became popular for crooning music for films like Mai (2013), Satya 2 (2...

Shreya Ghoshal, one of the most famous singers in Bollywood today, was born on March 12th, 1984, in Berhampore, West Bengal. Her father Biswajit Ghoshal is an electrical engineer and mother Sharmistha Ghoshal is a postgraduate in literature. She started singing since the age of 4 when her mother taught her. She started her formal training in Hindustani classical Gharana of music when she was only six years old. She was trained for 18 months after which she continued her training in Mumbai with Late Mukta Bhideji. She completed her graduation in Arts with majors in English. Her first on-stage performance was at their club’s annual function. Her first studio album was in Bengali in 19998 and was named Bendhechhi Beena, and her first onscreen performance was in Awaz Nayi Andaaz Wohi. In 1995, she became ...

Madhuri Dixit is not just known as the also a smile-queen of Bollywood for her pleasant smile also a well-trained dancer whose dance performance in movies were appreciated a lot by critics.  This actress was born on May 15, 1967, in a Maharashtrian family to Shankar and Snehalata Dixit. She grew up as the youngest girl with three more siblings in her family. When she was a three or four years old, she could dance non-stop. Hence her parents trained her in Kathak dance for eight years.

When she debuted in Bollywood films, she performed many dances that show her skill as the dancer. Her first film was Abodh, which did not fare well in box office, and she had to wait for three years to get a female lead in Tezaab. Her dance “Ek Do Teen” created a magic spell in...

Antara Mitra was born on 10th July 1987 in the state of West Bengal. She is a very famous playback singer, who is absolutely good with her vocals. The solid platform which gave her an avenue to the Bollywood film industry was her participation in a reality show of Sony TV. The name of the show is Indian Idol of season two which took place in the year 2006. She was an active participant of the show, which turned out to be the key reason for her entry into playback singing. 

Antara Mitra had an absolute enthusiasm in singing and her father was the one who motivated her. This had moulded her to become the finalist of the shows Indi...

Rashmi Singh is a newcomer artist and acts in TV serials. She came to the Mumbai two years back and before doing any work for TV, she did many modeling assignments for print shoots. At first, she was spotted in Dwarkadhish, a Hindi TV serial that aired on NDTV Imagine. The TV serial was based on the mythological story of Hindu god Shri Krishna and narrates the meaning of Shrimad Bhagvad Gita. After Dwarkadhish, she was spotted in Jeannie Aur Juju, a family fantasy based serial that aired on SAB TV. The serial was an adaption of American show, ‘Dream of Jeanie’.

The show aired a beautiful story of Jeannie who fell in love with Captain Vikram Khanna played by Ali Asgar. In the serial, Rashmi Singh played the role of Dimpy as an additional cast. Rashmi was seen ...

Siddharth Singh is known for Well Done Baby as Chief Assistant Director, Oka Chinna Vikramam (2020) and Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas (2019) as a Lyricist. Siddharth is from Hyderabad. He was the writer in an advertising agency in Hyderabad. After then he came to Mumbai and joined Radio Mirchi. Then he left the radio and started his journey in TV with Garima Wahal. He has also worked in the movie Kabir Singh (2019) as Dialogue Writer. In films like Batti Gul Meter Chalu, Raabta, and Toilet Ek Prem Katha, he was the Screenwriter, Dialogue Writer.

A.M. Turaz is a renowned lyricist in the Indian Film Industry. He is also a scriptwriter of movies and television, director and poet. He has given numerous hits to Bollywood. His work captures a unique blend of Hindi and Urdu languages. He also pens down ghazals and mushaira. The lyricist most acknowledged works include lyrics for 'Ghoomar-Ghoomar’, ‘Kabhi Jo Badal Barse', 'Udi', 'Aayat', 'Aaj Ibaadat'.

A.M. Turaz was born on 19th of September in the year 1981 in a village named Sambhaleheda, located in Miranpur, Muzaffarnagar, and Uttar Pradesh India. He received his education in Miranpur and after that, he moved to Mumbai as he wanted to be a lyricist in movies. He started as a scriptwriter for television in the year 2005. His first few years there was the struggling phase of his ca...

Nasir Faraaz is a well-known Lyricist from the country India. He predominantly works in the Hindi movie industry. He has worked in films like Kites, Krish. His other movies include Kaabil in 2017, Bajirao Mastani in 2015, Kites in 2010, Aetbaar in 2004, Love at times Square in 2003, Yeh Zindagi Ka Safar in 2001. Apart from being a great lyricist, he is also involved in the music department in the soundtrack. His melodious voice never fails to impress people and uplifts their mood. He has extreme control over his amazing vocals under challenging circumstances too.

He worked as a lyricist in movies like Ek Bura Aadmi, released in 2013; Love At times Square, released in 2003, Koi Mil Gaya in 2003; Fun Can Be Dangerous Sometimes, released in 2005. He has written heart-touching lyrics like tum Mujhe Bas Yun Hi, Main Hoon Who Aasman,...

Tanay Gajjar is a sound recording engineer of Indian cinema who works primarily in Hindi industry. The famous songs he has worked for include deewani mastani, aayat, mirzya and many more. Tanay was born in Mumbai on 2nd September 1973.

He began his career in 1995 in BR films studio. After working for this studio for two years, he joined Sumi studio vision as its head for another two years. Following this, he became the head of AVA entertainment Pvt. Ltd. which is India's leading sound recording studio in the year 2000 and worked for 12 years. After this quitting the job in 2012 he established his studio for recording, mixing and mastering and named it Wow & flutteR.

Apart from working in studios, Tanay has also worked with various music directors of Indian industry as a sound editor, mixer, sound designer, sound...

Sanchit Balhara is a background music composer who works in the Indian Hindi film industry. He is popular and is widely acclaimed for his works in the films bajirao mastani and padmaavat. Sanchit was born on 1st October 1988 in Rohtak in Haryana to Mr. Bal Singh balhara and Mrs. Mukta Choudhary.

His father is a well-known singer and actor while his mother is a national level athlete. He also has an elder brother who also is an actor, singer, and composer too. Having an interest in the professions of his father and brother since childhood, he decided to become an Indian film score composer under the guidance of his family.

Initially, sanchit was interested in tennis and wanted to build a career in it. He had started learning and practicing tennis since the age of 9 and also got training from national tennis academy, guru...

The talented Jubin Nautiyal was born on 14th June 1989 in the city of Dehradun, Uttrakhand. He hails from a Brahmin family with roots in Jaunsar region. His father Mr. Ram Sharan Nautiyal is a politician as well as a businessman while his mother Mrs. Neena Nautiyal is a businesswoman as well. Jubin states that his father came from a small agricultural background and that he feels extremely proud that his father came so far starting from zero. He further says that he enjoys all the attention he gets considering the fact he has worked hard and that he doesn’t come from any ‘Bollywood family’ or has any ‘Bollywood connection.’ He did his schooling till the eighth grade from St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun. He continued school at Welham Boys’ school, Dehradun where he studied music as a subject and ...

Prashant Ingole is a Belagavi-based lyricist, who rose to fame after penning the lyrics of the song Gajanana that entered the Guinness Book of Records in 2015. Gajanana was one of the four tracks that he penned for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s box-office epic historical film, Bajirao Mastani (2015).

Sukhavindar Singh sung Gajanana, along with 15,000 students, while creating a massive human formation of Lord Ganesha. Ingole has used seventeen names of Lord Ganesha in the song that lasted for 3.37 minutes. Ingole attended Bhatkhande Music Institute till SSLC (Secondary School Leaving Certificate). He started his career as a lyricist in Chandan Arora’s 2010 Bollywood film, Striker. But prior to this, he struggled for eight years and only got his firs...

Varun Grover is a comedian, screenwriter, and even lyricist. The actor was born on 26 January 1980. Basically, he was a software engineer in a software firm in Mumbai, but he afforded to step down from the post and got connected with the film industry.

He was inspired to join film industry after he had seen ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’.  He won the best lyricist award at the at the 63rd National Film Awards held in New Delhi for the song 'Moh Moh Ke Dhaage' from 'Dum Laga Ke Haisha' movie. Even the singer Monali Thakur for the same song won female playback singing award. 

Grover used to write poetry in children magazines. Thus he was inclined to lyricist writing for movies too. He had to struggle to get writing assignments in movies, but he was successful in getting an assignment for TV se...

Sameer is an Indian Lyricist. He writes songs for the Hindi Cinema. His real name is Shitala Pandey. However, he is fondly called Rajan. He was born on 24th February in 1958 in a small town near Banaras, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his studies from Banaras Hindu University which is situated in Varanasi. He earned a post-graduation degree in Master of Commerce. Following his post-graduation, he started working for Central Bank of India as a Bank Officer. Although, after only a few days, he left his job because he didn’t have a knack for banking. In the year 1980, he moved to Mumbai to pursue his career as a lyricist. He started his journey as a lyricist in the year 1983 with the flick Bekhabar. The first film song written and recorded by him was Maar Ke Kataaree Mar Jaibe.

The Bhojpuri song was from the movie Bairi Saawan ...

Amaal Malik (D.O.B- 16 June 1991) is a music composer and playback singer in Bollywood who hails from a family of highly talented musicians. He is the son of Daboo Malik- a well-known face in the music industry, grandson of Sardar Malik, the brother of singer Armaan Malik and the nephew of the famous music director Anu Malik.

Hailing from such a prolific musical family, Amaal’s interest in music blossomed at the tender age of eight. He got his first break in Salman Khan’s movie “Jai Ho”. He is highly gratuitous towards Salman Khan for giving him that opportunity.

While learning music as a kid, Amaal developed an instant liking towards the piano. He did his schooling at Jamnabai Narsee School and graduated with ...

Madhur Bhandarkar is an Indian film director, writer, and producer. He is known for his realistic filmmaking and has received critical acclaim for his work. He was born on 26 August 1968 in Mumbai. He got a job in a video cassette library in Khar, a Mumbai suburb, where he supplied video cassettes on a bicycle. It was here that he found out a treasure trove of movies and made the most of the opportunity to study film-making. He initially worked as an assistant with some filmmakers and eventually got the chance to work as an associate director to Ram Gopal Varma for the film Rangeela (1995). He also played a cameo in this movie. After some years, he made his directorial debut with the movie Trishakti, which was released in 1999. The movie went relatively unnoticed at the box office. Two years later, he direc...

Irshad Kamil is an Indian lyricist and poet who came to prominence with his work in Bollywood movies. He was born in Punjab as a Punjabi Muslim on 5 September 1971. After completing his Diploma in Journalism from Punjab University, he also completed a Ph.D. in contemporary Hindi poetry and a Post Graduation in Hindi language; he chose journalism as his career and joined a newspaper ‘Tribune’ in Chandigarh and covered entertainment and educational news. During this period, he also interviewed actors like Pooja Bhatt and Manoj Bajpayee. He then worked even in a Hindi newspaper and was involved in desk jobs. However, right from childhood, he had a unique sense to understand his life’s decisions and knew well how he has to choose his career. Soon, he left his journalism job and then did his Ph...

Angarag Mahanta, better known as Papon, was born on 24th November 1975 in Guwahati district of Assam. He is deeply engaged in various forms of music in which lies his entire career and dreams. Angarag formed his own music band known as the ‘Papon and The East India Company.' It was due to the huge popularity of the band that he came to be known as Papon (which happens to be his nickname) rather than his real name. His parents were Assamese folk singers Khagen Mahenta and Archana Mahanta.

Papon was taught various forms of music at a very young age itself, because of the background in music that his parents shared. Apart from singing, Papon is an expert in playing various musical instruments such as the Guitar, Harmonium, Tabla, and Kho...

Being a renowned music composer of Hindi films, Rajesh Roshan was born on May 24, 1955. His father Roshan is a noted music director of Bollywood. Popular Bollywood director Rakesh Roshan is his elder brother and Bollywood’s heartthrob Hrithik Roshan is his nephew. Some of Rajesh Roshan’s notable works are Julie, Swami, Yaarana, Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage, Sabse Bada Khiladi, King Uncle, Mela, Karan Arjun, Kaho Naa.. Pyaar Hai, Koyla, Papa Kehte Hai, Koi Mil Gaya etc. He has composed music for most of his brother’s directorial ventures.  Rajesh Roshan debuted into the music industry with the 1974 flick Kunwara Baap, a break given by Mehmood. Rajesh and Mehmood went on to join hands together in several movies.  Rajesh Roshan is active in the film industry for several years and has joined hands with almost all...

Govinda is a popular Bollywood star who is known for his spontaneous dancing steps and comic timing.

Govinda is a popular actor of Indian cinema who has gained a lot of popularity because of his dancing abilities and comic roles. His debut film was Ilzaam in 1986 which was a commercial success. Since then, he has worked for more than 165 Hindi movies. Some of his successful comedy movies include Love 86, Hatya, Raja Babu, Aankhen, Coolie No. 1, Hero No. 1, Shola Aur Shabnam, Jodi No. 1, Saajan Chale Sasural, Dulheraja, and Hasina Maan Jayegi.  Some of his recent successful movies include Life Partner, Partner, Raavan, and Bhagam Bhag. He also performed in villainous roles for the movies Shikari (2000) and Kill Dil (2014).

Govinda has gained name on television too. He ...

Born on 24th February 1963, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is an acclaimed Indian multi-faceted personality; he is a producer, director, screenwriter, and music director. He studied at the Film and Television Institution of India. The middle name Leela is from the name of Bhansali’s mother, Leela.

During 1999, Bhansali commenced SLB Films, his production house. Bhansali kickstarted his film career by assisting Vidhu and Vinod Chopra. The flicks he worked as an assistant include 1942: A Love Story, Kareeb, and Parinda. The 1996 flick Khamoshi: The Musical was the first directorial venture of Bhansali. This film had Manisha Koirala and Salman in the lead roles. The film showcased Manisha's efforts to reach out to her deaf and dumb parents beautifully. This flick was well received critically and garnered the Filmfare Critics Awar...

Javed Akhtar is an Indian poet, lyricist, film scriptwriter from Bellwood. He is best known for teaming up with Salim Khan. Javed Akhtar came to recognition as a scriptwriter duo of Salim-Javed. Salim-Javed was instrumental in making of Amitabh Bachchan the superstar and 'angry young' image in Indian cinema, While Salim had ideated stories, Javed used to write the dialogues. Javed Saab used to write in Urdu, which was written in Hindi by some assistant writers. In his initial days, Javed was an assistant to Urdu writer and film lyricist Kaifi Azmi. Later, he married Kaifi Azmi’s daughter, Shabana Azmi, after divorcing his first wife, Honey Irani. Javed had married Honey Iran while he met her during the making of Seeta Aur Geeta.

Javed has two children, Zoya...

Most famous for his songs in Aashiqui 2, Arijit Singh has established himself as a prominent playback singer and music programmer. He was the runner-up in Fame Gurukul, a singing competition, in 2005. He then went on to win another singing reality show, 10 Ke 10 Le Gaye Dil.

Born in 1987 in West Bengal, Arjit was trained in classical music by his aunt and mother. He had a passion for music from an early age and his parents decided to get him a professional trainer, Rajendra Prasad Hazari for classical music and Dhirendra Prasad Hazari to train him at tabla.  His teachers encouraged Arijit to try out for Fame Gurukul in 2005 and chose to promote the Indian classical music genre.

Pritam Chakraborty gave Arjit a chance and signed him for three films; Crook, Golmaal 3, and Action R...

Shreyas Puranik is a young singer, composer and an ambitious teenager who aspires to go ahead in the field of music. He has composed ‘One Message Received’ sung by the amazing singers Sonu Nigam and Sunidhi Chauhan. He also did the ‘Safety Anthem’ for the Bharat Petroleum. Later,he was the assistant music director of ‘Bajirao Mastani.’ Shreyas was nominated for the Mirchi Music Awards for Critic’s Choice of Upcoming Music Composer for the year 2016. He was born on 2nd June in Nagpur and his family lives in the Pratap Nagar.

His family shifted to Chhattisgarh, and they lived there for six years. He was fond of singing from the age of 3 years and at the age of 5 years he gave his first stage performance. He complet...