RMIM Puraskaar results for films released in year 2009 are hereby announced.
The "Song of the Year" is 'ikataaraa' from Wake Up Sid sung by Kavita Seth and Amitabh Bhattacharya. Gulaal is adjudged the "Album of the Year". To find out other worthy albums, songs, and artists of the year, visit the Puraskaar site.
The "Satish Kalra Sammaan", the benchmark honor presented to albums that are considered all-time greats, is presented to four albums this year - an unprecedented occurence. The albums are: Gulaal, Dev D, Delhi 6, and Kaminey. These albums join Omkara, Rang De Basanti, and Taare Zameen Par in the "Hall of Excellence".
Thanks to everyone who participated in the process and made this happen. I especially thank the jury members - Ketan Dholakia, Ajay Divekar, Srinivas Ganti, Pranav Jhumkhawala, Gajendra Khanna ('Hildebrand'), Subrat Mohanty, Manisha Nayak, Abhay Phadnis, Baradwaj Rangan, Arunabha Roy, Prasanna Tamhankar, Vibhendu Tewari, Rakesh Tyagi, and Arun Verma - for making it a smooth and enjoyable exercise for me. I hope it was the same for them.
Follow the links below to see the results. Feel free to be happy or raise issues with them. If there are any corrections to the P-stats please let me know.