NOMINEES FOR BOLLYWOOD MUSIC AWARDS 2005

The suspense over the nominations of the Bollywood Music Awards 2005 is finally over. The performers who have received the top five rankings have now been declared for the cermony - to be held on Saturday, Dec 3rd 2005 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad. The nominees were selected by a group of renowned jury members.

The list of nominees are as follows for the Bollywood Music Awards:

FILM

Best Music Director
Shankar Ehsaan Loy – Bunty aur Babli
Salim Suleiman – Kaal
Pritam – Dhoom
Madan Mohan – Veer Zaara
Vishal Shekhar- Dus

Best Song Of the Year
Deedar De – Dus – Vishal Shekhar
Kajra Re – Bunty aur Babli – Shankar Ehsaan Loy
Tere Liye – Veer Zaara – Madan Mohan
Dhoom machale – Dhoom – Pritam
Kaal Dhamaal – Kaal – Salim Suleiman

Best Singer - Male
Roop Kumau Rathod – Tere Liye – Veer Zaara
Sonu Nigam – Chup Chup Ke – Bunty aur babli
Shankar Mahadevan – Kajra Re – Bunty aur Babli
Sonu Nigam - Piyu Bole – Parineeta
Udit Narayan – Aankhen Bandh Karke- Aitraaz

Best Singer- Female
Alka Yagnik – Aankhen Bandh Karke – Aitraaz
Lata Mangeshkar – Yeh Hum Aa Gaye hain kahaan – Veer Zaara
Shreya Goshal – Piyu Bole – Parineeta
Sunidhi Chauhan – Dhoom Machale –Dhoom
Kavita Krishnamurthy- Vaari Vaari- Mangal Pandey

Best New Musical Talent
Atif Aslam – Who Lamhey – Zeher
Ayesha Darbar – Woh Kisna Hai – Kisna
Jayesh Gandhi – Tala Tum Tala Tum – Aitraaz
Rita Ganguly – Dhinak Dhinak Da – Parineeta
Javed Ali – Kajra Re – Bunty aur Babli

POP

Best Album
Chanda Ki Doli- Sonu Nigam
Kuch Aisa lagta Hai – Babul Supriyo
Aise na Dekho Mujhe – Kumar Sanu
Channa Vey –Kunal Ganjawala
Mantra – Faakhir

Best Artist – Male
Sonu Nigam – Chanda Ki Doli
Rabbi –Bulla Ki
Faakhir – Maahi Ve
Kumar Sanu – Aise na Dekho Mujhe
Babul Supriyo- Kuch aisa lagta Hai

Best Artist –Female
Shibani Kashyap – Kya Nazakat Hai – Nazakat
Sunidhi Chauhan – Dhak Dhak – Tera mera Pyar
Asha Bhosle – Asha
Mansi Scott – Naach Le
With Love Pratichee- Pratichee

Best Bhangra Album
Dil Dol gaya – Harbhajan Mann
Romeo – Jazzy B
Kangana – Zeus
Ranjha Jogi – Mehsopuria
Juggy D – Juggy D

Best Remix Album
Pardesia 2-hoto pe aisi baath – Harry Anand
Badan pe Sitare-DJ Hot vol3 – Harry Anand
kya khoob lagti ho-bed lounge mix– DJ Suketu
Disco 82 – DJ Aqueel
X Rated Mix -Jal Bin Machli-DJ Karan

Best Dance Video
Bombshell Babe – Harry Anand
Maahi Ve – Faakhir
Pardesiya 2 – Harry Anand
Disco 82 – DJ Aqueel
Baby Love– Sophia

Lifetime Achievement Award: Mr. Kamaluddin Mohammed, pioneer of Indian film music broadcasting on radio in Trinidad.