Arijit Singh, Shreya Ghosal, Pritam and Deepika Padukone bag the top honours at the 12th Mirchi Music Awards

MUMBAI: Mirchi Music Awards, the annual awards presented by Radio Mirchi to honour both the artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi music industry of India, has always been a huge spectacle that movie and music buffs look forward to on Zee TV! Over the past 11 years, the show has not only recognized, but also rewarded the countless hours spent by singers, lyricists, music composers, music directors and all the other technicians for producing and presenting some iconic songs to the people around the world. The 12th Mirchi Music Awards 2020 was no different, being the biggest musical night of the year once again. Bollywood singers and actors including the likes of Deepika Padukone, Taapsee Pannu, Raveena Tandon, AR Rahman, Vishal-Shekhar, Shreya Ghoshal, Tulsi Kumar, Neha Kakkar, Darshan Raval, Kanika Kapoor, amongst others, graced the occasion and made it a night to remember!

Hosted by Shekhar Ravjiani and Aparshakti Khurrana, the 12th Mirchi Music Awards saw a special performance by four extremely talented singers including Kanika Kapoor, Shilpa Rao, Aditi Paul, and Kavita Seth as a dedication to Deepika Padukone’s journey in Bollywood. There was also a groovy performance by Darshan Rawal as well as an act dedicated to the fearless women in the field of music, that was brilliantly executed by Taapsee Pannu, who recited stories relating to the songs sung by a huge group of female singers. The Meet Bros, Neha Kakkar and Vishal - Shekhar also set the stage on fire with their electrifying performances!

However, it was AR Rahman who stole the show in the end, as he closed the night with some of his wonderful renditions. There were also several awards given out in categories like Song of the year, Album of the year, Male & Female vocalist of the year, Lyricist of the year, Music Composer of the year, amongst others.

Expressing his gratitude on social media, Pritam who won the award of ‘Music Composer of the Year’ said, “Thank you Mirchi Music Awards for all the love you have shown towards the Kalank Album. It's been a special album. Congratulations to all the winners." Also, Shreya Ghoshal who won the award of ‘Female Vocalist of the year’ thanked Radio Mirchi by saying “what a night it was.”

Find the entire 12^th Mirchi Music Awards winners list below: