Gima Award For Best Male Playback Singer -
For a second, no one moved. The stadium waited for Aarav Mehra’s name. But instead, a lanky, bearded man in a wrinkled kurta walked to the stage. He didn’t have a stylist. He didn’t have a speech prepared. He had mud on his shoes from his farmhouse studio.
Note: No awards were presented in 2013, and ceremonies have not been held annually since 2016. gima award for best male playback singer
Winners are selected through a peer-voting system involving an academy of over 280 industry professionals, including composers and producers. For a second, no one moved
The GIMA Award for Best Male Playback Singer played a crucial role in legitimizing artists who did not come from traditional classical backgrounds. The wins for Mohit Chauhan and Ayushmann Khurrana signaled to the industry that a raw, textured, or unconventional voice was equally valuable as a polished, classical tenor. He didn’t have a stylist
Unlike the Filmfare Awards, which often stick to the year's biggest romantic ballad, GIMA occasionally recognized stylistic diversity.