The Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Lyricist of The Year is given yearly by Radio Mirchi as a part of its annual Mirchi Music Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an upcoming lyricist for contributing in a film song. The award ceremony was started in 2008 to honour the best of Hindi film music. Ashok Mishra was the winner in that award ceremony for the film Welcome to Sajjanpur. As of the 2018 ceremony, Prateek Kuhad is the most recent winner in this category for the song "Kadam" from the film Karwaan.
Winners and nominees In the following table, the years are listed as per presenter's convention, and generally correspond to the year of film release in India. The ceremonies are always held the following year.
(Winners are listed first, highlighted in .)
2000s Year Nominees Song Film Ref. 2008 Ashok Mishra All songs Welcome to Sajjanpur 2009 Amitabh Bhattacharya "Emosanal Attyachar (Brass Band Version)" Dev.D
2010s Year Nominees Song Film Ref. 2010 Bhadwai Village Mandali "Mehngai Dayain" Peepli Live Late Jagdish Joshi and Vibhu Puri "Keh Na Sakoon" Guzaarish Noon Meem Rashid "Chola Maati Ke Ram" Peepli Live Shakeel Sohail "Rabba" Aashayein Vibhu Puri "Sau Gram Zindagi" Guzaarish 2011 Seema Saini "Sheet Leher" Lanka Akshat Verma "I Hate You (Like I Love You)" Delhi Belly Amol Gupte "Life Bahot Simple Hai" Stanley Ka Dabba Imran Raza "Hona Tha Pyar" Bol Priya Panchal "Baat Jo Thi…(Yeh Dooriyan)" Yeh Dooriyaan 2012 Rochak Kohli and Ayushmann Khurrana "Pani Da Rang (Male)" Vicky Donor Arko Pravo Mukherjee and Manish Makhija "Abhi Abhi" Jism 2 Habib Faisal "Chokra Jawaan" Ishaqzaade Sanjay Masoomm "Rab Ka Shukrana" Jannat 2 Sanjay Masoomm "Tera Deedar Hua (From The Heart)" Jannat 2 2013 Siddharth-Garima "Laal Ishq" Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela 2014 Rashmi Singh "Muskurane" CityLights Faraaz Ahmed "Arziyaan" Jigariyaa Manoj Yadav "Pakeezah" Ungli Rabbi Ahmad and Adnan Dhool (Soch) "Awari" Ek Villain Raghu Nath "Ranjha (Queen)" Queen 2015 Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay "Tu Hai Ki Nahi" Roy Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay "Boond Boond" Roy Kunaal Vermaa "Hasi (Male)" Hamari Adhuri Kahani Neeraj Rajawat "Maati Ka Palang" NH10 Vayu "Banno" Tanu Weds Manu: Returns 2016 Abhiruchi Chand "Buddhu Sa Mann" Kapoor & Sons Aditya Sharma "Raatein" Shivaay Deepak Ramola and Gurpreet Saini "Atrangi Yaar" Wazir Raj Ranjodh "Chal Utth Bandeya" Do Lafzon Ki Kahani Shreyas Jain "Maa" Nil Battey Sannata 2017 Santanu Ghatak "Rafu" Tumhari Sulu Adheesh Verma "Meer-E-Kaarwan" Lucknow Central Kumar Vijay "Sawan Ban Aay Gayo Badra" JD Raghav Dutt "Meherbaan" Thodi Thodi Si Manmaaniyan Sidhant Mago "Khidki" Rukh Sumant Vadhera "Pal" Monsoon Shootout 2018 Prateek Kuhad "Kadam" Karwaan Prateek Kuhad "Saansein" Karwaan Abhijat Joshi and Rohan Gokhale "Baba Bolta Hain Bas Ho Gaya" Sanju Jamil Ahmed "Adhura Lafz" Baazaar
2020s Year Nominees Song Film Ref. 2024 Manan Bhardwaj Kashmir Animal
See also Mirchi Music Awards Bollywood Cinema of India
References
External links Music Mirchi Awards Official Website