The 4th Mirchi Music Awards , presented by the Radio Mirchi , honoured the best of Hindi music from the year 2011 . The ceremony was held on 21 March 2012 at the Bhavan's College Ground (Andheri ), Mumbai [ 1] [ 2] and was hosted by Shaan and Usha Uthup . There were many performances, including those by Saif Ali Khan , Parikrama , Shreya Ghoshal , Bappi Lahiri and Mika Singh . There was a live jugalbandi featuring Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy , Lalit Pandit , Salim–Sulaiman , Ram Sampath , Sajid–Wajid and Leslie Lewis . Ash King , Harshdeep Kaur , Neha Bhasin , Anushka Manchanda , Tochi Raina , Shweta Pandit , Dominique and Clinton Cerejo , Kamal Khan , Suman Shridhar , Shefali Alvares , Benny Dayal and Ritu Pathak also performed during the award show.[ 3] Rockstar won a leading five awards including Album of the Year . Song of the Year went to "Senorita " from Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara . The show was broadcast on 31 March 2012 on Colors .[ 4]
Winners and nominees [ edit ]
The winners were selected by the members of jury , chaired by Javed Akhtar . They met on 6 March 2012 to close in on the nominations and decide on the winners.[ 5] The following are the names of nominees and winners.[ 4] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
(Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface . )
Best Programmer & Arranger of the Year
Best Song Recording
Best Background Score of the Year
Indie Pop Song of the Year
"Mera Kya Hain Sab Hain Tera" from Dil Ki Baatein
"Allah Hu" from Jhoom
"Naina Tore - Rewind" from Nine Lost Memories
"Padharo Mhare Des" from Padharo Mhare Des
"Yaad Piya Ki Aaye" from Ae Dosheeza
Listeners' Choice awards[ edit ]
Listeners' Choice Song of the Year
"Naadaan Parinde" - Rockstar
Listeners' Choice Album of the Year
Rockstar
Films with multiple wins and nominations [ edit ]
‡ Won two Listeners' Choice awards
The jury was chaired by Javed Akhtar and had a total of 18 members.[ 1] Other members were:
Film awards Technical awards
Best Song Producer (Programming & Arranging)
Best Song Engineer (Recording & Mixing)
Best Background Score
Non-film awards
Indie Pop Song of the Year
Other awards
Listeners' Choice awards
Song of The Year
Album of the Year
Special awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
Royal Stag Make It Large Award
Jury awards
Outstanding Contribution to Hindi Film Music
Best Album of Golden Era
Best Item Song of The Year
Award ceremonies