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Nominations for the 2nd Chevrolet Global Indian Songs Academy (GIMA) Awards introduced

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Nominations for the 2nd Chevrolet International Indian Music Academy (GIMA) Awards announced The World wide Indian Music Academy nowadays declared the nominees for the 2nd Chevrolet Global Indian Music Academy (GIMA) Awards. Soon after the phenomenal success of the Awards final yr, preparations are underway to maintain this year's celebrations at the Kingdom of Goals in Gurgaon, late September. Supported by all constituents of the Audio industry, GIMA is a pioneering effort by Wizcraft Global Enjoyment to identify Indian songs transcending genres in the place, whilst giving the audio market a unified platform to celebrate its talent.Amongst the main movies that launched throughout the eligibility interval of the Awards, top the film-centered nominations are Anjaana-Anjaani, Band Baaja Baaraat, Dabangg, As soon as Upon A Time In Mumbaai, Rajneeti and Tees Maar Khan.The nightingale of India, Asha Bhosle has been nominated for Best Semi-Classical Album for her album Naina Lagaike which she released in collaboration with Ustaad Shujaat Khan. Also nominated in the identical category are Ustad Rashid Khan, Hariharan and other individuals. Hit songstress, Sunidhi Chauhan retains five nominations like individuals for the Very best Playback Singer (Female) group for her songs Ainvayi Ainvayi, Sheila Ki Jawani and Udi. Usha Uthup and Rekha Bhardwaj (Darling) and Mamta Sharma (Munni Badnaam) have also been nominated in this classification. New to the film new music scene, Mamta Sharma also garners 3 nominations which includes a Best New music Debut nomination along with the Bhadwai Village Mandal for Peepli Live and Director turned composer Sanjay Leela Bhansali, for Guzaarish, amid others. In the Film-Music genre, for Very best Lyricist prominent names come to perform garnering a nomination for Gulzar (Darling), Amitabh Bhattacharya (Ainvayi Ainvayi), Irshad Kamil (Pee Loon), Vishal Dadlani (Tujhe Bhula Diya), Faaiz Anwaar (Tere Mast Mast Do Nain) and duo Vishal-Shekhar (Aas Paas Khuda). Incidentally each Vishal Dadlani and Shekhar Ravjiani have 6 nominations respectively for their perform in film music this yr for the hit audio albums for Anjaana Anjaani and Tees Maar Khan.A new category addition to the Chevrolet GIMA Awards is the Greatest Pop-Rock Solitary. Nominations consist of Indian Idol 5 winner Sreeram, Raghav Sachar, Advaita and the band Agnee who garner two nominations for their songs, Aahatein and Jee Lay Abhi (featuring Anushka Manchanda). Also in the Non-Film Audio genre, previous year's GIMA winner Kavita Seth has been nominated in the Finest Well-known New music Album group alongside Ankur Tewari for his debut album 'Jannat', between others. Other illustrious names occur to the fore in the Finest Devotional Album nominations showcasing albums by Ustad Rashid Khan, Jagjit Singh, Shreya Ghosal, Paramita Majumdar, Kaushiki Chakrabarty and Richa Sharma who incidentally has two nods in this category.Designed on a peer-centered voting system, GIMA nominees have been adjudged by a significant jury comprising 33 illustrious members from the Indian songs fraternity. The ultimate winners for GIMA will be voted on by the GIMA Academy comprising 250 members, encompassing lyricists, singers, technicians, instrumentalists, music directors, music producers and movie directors. The Academy Voting will be held afterwards in August to pick the closing winners. The awards approach for this calendar year has been streamlined additional. The non-movie audio groups have bundled genres such as pop, rock and folk audio from across the place. Additionally a particular group has included digital music releases. This endeavor brings onto the platform a set of artists who aren't represented by the standard new music labels. Chevrolet GIMA Awards 2011 has obtained a phenomenal reaction with more than 40 notable films and 160 non-film albums vying for the prestigious awards, tallying to a complete of above 1500 entries. The GIMA Advisory Board comprises some of the most notable contributors and influencers of the Indian audio market. They incorporate Atul Churamani, Bhushan Kumar, Dr. L. Subramaniam, Hariharan, Javed Akhtar, Karan Johar, Kumar Taurani, Mukesh Bhatt, Prasoon Joshi, Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Resul Pookuty, Shankar Mahadevan, Shubha Mugdal, Sunil Lulla, Vijay Lazarus and Vishal Bhardwaj.

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