Recognising outstanding contributions to recording arts and music production

2024 winners

Category	Winner
Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Music	Ustad Zakir Hussain
Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution to Audio Recording	Nikhil Mehta
Dronacharya Award for Shaping Up Audio Education	Manohar Kunte
Studio of the Year - Recording & Post Production	The Audio Guys - Studio C

Films (Theatrical / OTT)

Feature Films - Sound Designer (film or web release) - Hindi	Kunal Sharma for Sam Bahadur
Feature Films - Sound Designer (film or web release) - Regional	Mohit Kachalia, Shilajit Chakraborty for Shibpur
Feature Films - Sound Designer for Foreign Films	Vijay Rathinam MPSE, Yang Jiang, Zhao Nan for Wonder Family 2023
Feature Films - Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Chris Jacobson, Marti Humphrey, Rob Marshall for Jawan
Feature Films - Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Vishnu Govind for Neelavelicham
Feature Films - Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Foreign	Oussama Ayachi, Sarath Mohan for Head to Head
Feature Films - Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Bulganin Baruah for Sam Bahadur
Feature Films - Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Pranit Purao for Naal 2
Feature Films - Sound Editor Effects & Ambience (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Saumit Deshmukh for Goldfish
Feature Films - Sound Editor Effects & Ambience (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Bulganin Baruah for Vaalvi
Feature Films - Foley Engineer/Artist (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Foley Engineer: Karnail Singh; Foley Artist: Rajendra Gupta; Foley Artist: Sajjan Chowdhry for Sam Bahadur
Feature Films - Foley Engineer/Artist (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Foley Artist: Anil Pawar; Foley Artist: Harish Nath; Foley Engineer & Foley Artist: Karan Arjun Singh for Asvins
Feature Films - Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Sampath Alwar for Jawan
Feature Films - Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Ganesh Marar for Thankam
Feature Films - Song Music Producer - Regional	Bharath Sankar for Vaa Veera - Maaveeran
Feature Films - Song Music Producer - Hindi	Mark K Robin for Phir Se Dil Toota - 8 A.M Metro
Feature Films - Song Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Regional	Recording Engineer: Kalyan Nayak; Mix Engineering: Vivek Thomas; Mastering Engineer: Gethin John for Koyilamma - Love Reddy
Feature Films - Song Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Hindi	Recording Engineer: Vijay Dayal; Recording Engineer: Kittu Myakal; Mix Engineer: Pramod Chandorkar for Shivoham - Aadipurush
Documentary - Sound Designer For Documentaries	My Radio My Lifefor Akshay Vaiday
Documentary - Documentary Mixing	Vishnu Das for The Hunt for Veerappan
Documentary - Sound Editor Effects & Ambience For Documentaries	Allwin Rego, Bulganin Baruah, Rinku Boro for The Hunt for Veerappan
Documentary - Sync Sound Recording Documentaries	Urmil Pandya for The Yak and the Conquest of the Summits
Short films - Sound Designer for Short Films	Manjith Paul for Memoriam

OTT

Sound Designer for Web Series - Regional	Tejas Jadhav for Shantit Kranti S2
Mixing Web Series - Hindi	Pranam Pansare for Farzi
Mixing Web Series - Regional	Tanmoy Saha for Parnashavarir Shaap
Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Web Series - Hindi	Pranit Purao for Kohrra
Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Web Series -Regional	Nagarjuna Thallapalli, Prasanna Hanuwate for Hostel Days (Telugu) S1
Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Web Series -Hindi	Kirk Braganza, Shashwath H Jagadeesh for The Railway Men: The Untold Story of Bhopal 1984
Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Web Series -Regional	Shrikanth Sundar, Sukumar Nallagonda, Vijay Rathinam MPSE for The Village
Foley Engineer/Artist Web Series - Hindi	Foley Artist: Abhijeet Sapre; Foley Engineer: Nikhil Katkar; Foley Artist: Vicky Arolkar for SCAM 2003
Foley Engineer/Artist Web Series - Regional	Foley Engineer: Sarath Kumar M; Foley Artist: Vijay Kumar V for Story Of Things (Tamil)
Sync Sound Recording Web Series	Zahir Bandukwala for Guns and Gulaab
Song Recording & Mixing Web Series - Hindi	Recording Engineer: Adhithya Sivakumar; Mix Engineer: Hanish Taneja for SULAH - HALF CA S1
Music Producer Web Series – Hindi	Akshay Dabhadkar for Zaruri Hai - Permanent Roommates S3
Song Recording & Mixing Web Series - Regional	Recording Engineer: Sameer Chaurasia; Recording & Mix Engineer: Franco Bhalla for Tuja Maja Sapan - Title Track - Tuja Maja Sapan
Music Producer Web Series - Regional	Jhanu Chanthar for Poda - The Hunt for Veerappan

Instrumental Music (Non-Classical)

Recording/Mixing/Mastering	Recording Engineer: Rahul Narayan; Recording & Mixing Engineer: Vivek Thomas; Mastering Engineer: Robin Schmidt; for Ode to life - Chameleon World
Music Production	Ydv (Dinesh Yadav) for 20-20 Heart's Desire

Indian Classical Music

Vocal Recording/Mixing/Mastering

Avi Patel for Amruthavarshini - Varnams Reimaged

Devotional / Spiritual Music

Recording Engineer	Avinash Sathish; Mix & Mastering Engineer: Ishit Kuberkarfor Guruve Naan Unai Thaedi (feat. Pradeep Kumar)
Music Production	Ranjith Meleppat for Ganamrutha Varshini

Traditional Folk Music

Recording, Mix & Mastering Engineer	Ajinkya Dhapare
Music Production	Abhiram Unnikrishnan for Khamma Maari Mavdi

Independent Music

Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Rock / Blues / Metal	Recording Engineer: Nirmal Rathod; Mix & Mastering: Protyay Chakraborty; Recording Engineer: Raag Sethi; for Yearning
Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Electronic	Varun Parikh for On and On
Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Pop	Recording & Mix Engineer: Onkar Tarkase; Mastering Engineer: Donal Whelan; for I Love You - Negotiating Oxytocin / I Love You
Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Progressive / Alternative	Recording Engineer: Rahul Narayan; Recording & Mix Engineer: Vivek Thomas; Mastering Engineer: Robin Schmidt; for Pathhu Milligram - Chameleon World
Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Acoustic	Recording Engineer: KS Maniratnam; Recording Engineer: Vishnu M Namboothiri; Mix & Mastering Engineer: Manoj Kumar; for Jaan - The Root Notes
Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Rap and Hip-Hop	Mix Engineering: Ashock ( Bassholics ); Recording Engineer: Prabh Deep; Recording Engineer: Raftaar; Mastering: Vivek Thomas; for Trap Praa - Praa
Recording/Mixing/ Mastering - World/ Fusion	Recording Engineer: Jayakrishnan Nalinkumar; Recording Engineer: Rupak Thakur; Mix Engineer: Vijay Benegal; Mastering Engineer: Reuben Cohen - Lurssen Mastering LA; for Funktarang - Pitara
Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Immersive music mixing	Sreejesh Nair for Mohabbat - Love with Pride
Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Immersive music mixing	Vijay Benegal for Funktarang - Pitara
Music Producer - Rock / Blues / Metal	Taz James for River Red
Music Producer - Electronic	Bandish Projekt for Shyam
Music Producer - Pop	Raag Sethi for Burden of Me - Desiree
Music Producer - Progressive / Alternative	Raag Sethi for Strawberry Pancakes
Music Producer - Acoustic	Raag Sethi for Mango Milkshake
Recording/ Mixing/ Mastering - Rap and Hip-Hop	Mayur Agam for 1 2 3 Suga C x Kalakaar x Assasin
Music Producer - World / Fusion	Tubby for Funktarang - Pitara