2025 Winners

Recognising outstanding contributions to recording arts and music production

Category	Winner

Films (Theatrical / OTT)

Feature Films

Song Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Hindi Song Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Hindi	Song Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Hindi Recording Engineer: Harshul Khadse, Mix & Mastering Engineer: Shadab Rayeen for Track Name: Kasturi - Amar Prem Ki Prem Kahani
Song Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Regional Song Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Regional	Song Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Regional Recording Engineer: Vishnu Shankar, Recording Engineer: KS Maniratnam Mix Engineer: Abishek Dharshan, Mastering Engineer: Gethin John for Track Name: Naa Manase - Ramnagar Bunny
Song Music Producer - Hindi Song Music Producer - Hindi	Song Music Producer - Hindi Ram Sampath and Arabinda Neog for Track Name: Dheeme Dheeme - Laapata Ladies
Song Music Producer - Regional Song Music Producer - Regional	Song Music Producer - Regional S J Jananiy for Track Name: Poo Pookudhu - Rail
Sound Designer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Sound Designer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Sound Designer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Subash Sahoo for Movie Name: Kill
Sound Designer (Film or Web Release) - Regional Sound Designer (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Sound Designer (Film or Web Release) - Regional Shijin Melvin Hutton and Abhishek Nair for Movie Name: Manjummel Boys
Sound Designer for Foreign Films Sound Designer for Foreign Films	Sound Designer for Foreign Films Krishnachandran C for Movie Name: Irani
Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Bibin Dev for Movie Name: Agni
Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Regional Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Regional Shijin Melvin Hutton and Fazal A Backer for Movie Name: Manjummel Boys
Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Foreign Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Foreign	Mixing (Film or Web Release) - Foreign Sarath Mohan and Oussema Ayachifor Movie Name: Lail Nahar (Day & Night)

Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Aparajita Sen for Movie Name: Amar Singh Chamkila
Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Regional Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Regional Akhil Hari for Movie Name: Thangalaan
Sound Editor Effects & Ambience (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Sound Editor Effects & Ambience (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Sound Editor Effects & Ambience (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Vinit Gala and Amandeep Singh for Movie Name: Kill
Sound Editor Effects & Ambience (Film or Web Release) - Regional Sound Editor Effects & Ambience (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Sound Editor Effects & Ambience (Film or Web Release) - Regional Shijin Melvin Hutton, Vinayak Meda, Keerthan Berny, Manjith Paul and Abhishek Nair for Movie Name: Manjummel Boys
Foley Artist / Foley Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Foley Artist / Foley Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Foley Artist / Foley Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Foley Engineer: Ram Kishan Nath; Foley Artist: Girish Singhfor Movie Name: Kill
Foley Artist / Foley Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Regional Foley Artist / Foley Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Foley Artist / Foley Engineer (Film or Web Release) - Regional Foley Engineer & Artist: Abhijeet Sapre; Foley Engineer: Nikhil Katkar; Foley Artist: Vicky Arolkar for Movie Name: Manjummel Boys
Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Dhiman Karmakar for Movie Name: Amar Singh Chamkila
Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Hindi	Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Hindi Shishir Chousalkar for Movie Name: Bhakshak
Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Regional Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Regional	Sync Sound Recording (Film or Web Release) - Regional Alen C Kuriakose for Movie Name: Level Cross

Documentary

Sound Designer for Documentaries Sound Designer for Documentaries	Sound Designer for Documentaries Debangshu Roy for Documentary Name: The Midwife's Confession
Documentary Mixing Documentary Mixing	Documentary Mixing Sarath Mohan for Documentary Name: Yo Yo Honey Singh: Famous
Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Documentaries Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Documentaries	Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Documentaries Yash Desai for Documentary Name: Angry Young Men
Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Documentaries Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Documentaries	Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Documentaries Gokul K R for Documentary Name: Yo Yo Honey Singh: Famous
Foley Artist / Foley Engineer for Documentaries Foley Artist / Foley Engineer for Documentaries	Foley Artist / Foley Engineer for Documentaries Foley Engineer: Mohammad Shoaib; Foley Engineer: Rishi Kumar; Foley Artist: Mohammad Iqbal (Paratwada) for Documentary Name: Angry Young Men
Sync Sound Recording Documentaries Sync Sound Recording Documentaries	Sync Sound Recording Documentaries Debangshu Roy for Documentary Name: The Midwife's Confession

Short Films

Sound Designer for Short Films Sound Designer for Short Films	Sound Designer for Short Films Jai Ganesh for Short Film Name: SuperHero
Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Short Films Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Short Films	Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Short Films Swarnadeep Karan for Short Film Name: Live A Little Part 2
Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Short Films Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Short Films	Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Short Films Jai Ganesh for Short Film Name: SuperHero
Short Films Mixing Short Films Mixing	Short Films Mixing Aparajita Sen for Short Film Name: Mirage
Foley Artist / Foley Engineer for Short Films Foley Artist / Foley Engineer for Short Films	Foley Artist / Foley Engineer for Short Films Foley Engineer: Jitendra Vajpayee; Foley Artist: Mohammad Aaquib for Short Film Name: Mirage
Sync Sound Recording for Short Films Sync Sound Recording for Short Films	Sync Sound Recording for Short Films Romlin Malicherry for Short Film Name: At War With The World

OTT

Web Series

Song Recording & Mixing Web Series - Hindi Song Recording & Mixing Web Series - Hindi	Song Recording & Mixing Web Series - Hindi Recording Engineer: Pranjal Borah; Mix Engineer: Hanish Taneja for Track Name: Ek Kahani - Panchayat S3
Song Recording & Mixing Web Series - Regional Song Recording & Mixing Web Series - Regional	Song Recording & Mixing Web Series - Regional Recording Engineer: Nachiketa Sharma Miganakallu; Mix Engineer: Rajiv CN for Track Name: Pisumathalli - Colors
Song Music Producer Web Series - Hindi Song Music Producer Web Series - Hindi	Song Music Producer Web Series - Hindi Ram Sampath and Arabinda Neog for Track Name: Dur Huue - Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper
Song Music Producer Web Series - Regional Song Music Producer Web Series - Regional	Song Music Producer Web Series - Regional MS Krsna for Track Name: Nerathai Neril Ketkiren - Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam
Sound Designer for Web Series - Hindi Sound Designer for Web Series - Hindi	Sound Designer for Web Series - Hindi Ankita Purkaysatha and Sudeepta Sadhukhan for Web Series Name: Kota Factory S3
Sound Designer for Web Series - Regional Sound Designer for Web Series - Regional	Sound Designer for Web Series - Regional Kishore Kamaraj for Web Series Name: Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam
Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Web Series - Hindi Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Web Series - Hindi	Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Web Series - Hindi Ankita Purkaysatha for Web Series Name: Kota Factory S3
Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Web Series - Regional Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Web Series - Regional	Dialogue Editor / ADR Engineer for Web Series - Regional Krishnan Subramanian for Web Series Name: Nayanthara: Beyond Fairy Tale
Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Web Series - Hindi Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Web Series - Hindi	Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Web Series - Hindi Gaurav Shakya for Web Series Name: Tribhuvan Mishra CA Topper
Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Web Series - Regional Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Web Series - Regional	Sound Editor Effects & Ambience for Web Series - Regional Sugoto Basu for Web Series Name: Nikosh Chhaya

Mixing Web Series - Hindi Mixing Web Series - Hindi	Mixing Web Series - Hindi Sudeepta Sadhukhan for Web Series Name: Panchayat S3
Mixing Web Series - Regional Mixing Web Series - Regional	Mixing Web Series - Regional Tony J for Web Series Name: Thalaivettiyaan Paalayam
Foley Artist / Foley Engineer Web Series - Hindi Foley Artist / Foley Engineer Web Series - Hindi	Foley Artist / Foley Engineer Web Series - Hindi Foley Engineer & Artist: Karnail Singh; Foley Artist: Sajjan Chowdhry; Foley Artist: Rajendra Gupta for Web Series Name: Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar
Foley Artist / Foley Engineer Web Series - Regional Foley Artist / Foley Engineer Web Series - Regional	Foley Artist / Foley Engineer Web Series - Regional Foley Engineer: Sankar Settu; Foley Artist: Vijaykumar. VN for Web Series Name: 1000+ babies
Sync Sound Recording Web Series Sync Sound Recording Web Series	Sync Sound Recording Web Series Alen C Kuriakose for Web Series Name: Poacher

Instrumental Music (Non-Classical)

Recording/Mixing/Mastering Recording/Mixing/Mastering	Recording/Mixing/Mastering Recording Engineer: Mrinal Anand; Recording Engineer: Leslie Charles; Mix & Mastering Engineer: Vivek Thomas for Track Name: Derek & The Cats - Ratna Mahal - People to Meet, Places to See
Music Production Music Production	Music Production Christo Xavier for Track Name: Sookshmadarshini Theme

Indian Classical Music

Instrumental Recording/Mixing/Mastering Instrumental Recording/Mixing/Mastering	Instrumental Recording/Mixing/Mastering NO WINNER
Vocal Recording/Mixing/Mastering Vocal Recording/Mixing/Mastering	Vocal Recording/Mixing/Mastering Recording Engineer: T.S. Ayyappan; Recording Engineer: Hariharan; Recording Engineer: Nishanth; Mix & Mastering Engineer: Saji. R for Track Name: Karuna Cheyvan

Devotional / Spiritual Music

Recording/Mixing/Mastering Recording/Mixing/Mastering	Recording/Mixing/Mastering Recording Engineer: Anand Dabre; Mix & Mastering Engineer: Chinmay Mestry for Track Name: Killai Azhage
Music Production Music Production	Music Production Deval Desai for Track Name: Jambudweep - Akrutrim Chaityalayasya Vandanam

Traditional Folk Music

Recording/Mixing/Mastering Recording/Mixing/Mastering	Recording/Mixing/Mastering Recording Engineer: Rupjit Das; Recording Engineer: Vineet Khorwal; Mix & Mastering Engineer: Ashish Raitani for Track Name: Hind Ke Sitara
Music Production Music Production	Music Production Radhika Bhide for Track Name: Tanhya Ropaasathi

Independent Music

Recording/Mixing/Mastering

Acoustic Acoustic	Acoustic Recording Engineer: Jonty Indra; Mix & Mastering Engineer: Aman Arakh for Track Name: Haqeeqat - Putla (EP)
Electronic Electronic	Electronic Recording, Mix & Mastering Enigneer: Saahas Saritha Bala for Track Name: Ek Sapna - Jackson John
Immersive Music Mixing Immersive Music Mixing	Immersive Music Mixing Saji R Nair for Track Name: Marulu Konnadira
Pop Pop	Pop Recording Engineer: Nirmal Rathod; Recording Engineer: Derric D'Souza; Mix Engineer: Protyay Chakraborty; Recording & Mastering Engineer: Raag Sethi for Track Name: Oh My
Progressive/ Alternative Progressive/ Alternative	Progressive/ Alternative Recording Engineer: Hersh Desai; Recording Engineer: Tushar Pandit; Mix & Mastering Engineer: Ajasra for Track Name: Higher
Rap and Hip-Hop Rap and Hip-Hop	Rap and Hip-Hop Recording, Mix & Mastering Engineer: Pranav Gupta for Track Name: Sazayein
Rock / blues / Metal Rock / blues / Metal	Rock / blues / Metal Recording, Mix & Mastering Engineer: Aman Arakh for Whatever
World/Fusion Music World/Fusion Music	World/Fusion Music NO WINNER

Music Producer

Acoustic Acoustic	Acoustic Raag Sethi for Track Name: Love Come and Goes
Electronic Electronic	Electronic Nived NP for Track Name: Veendum
Pop Pop	Pop A Adithya Sreeraam for Track Name: Shaayad
Pop Pop	Pop Sparsh Agrawal for Track Name: Mere Ho Tum
Progressive/Alternate Progressive/Alternate	Progressive/Alternate Raag Sethi for Track Name: Tiptoes - A Very Meera Christmas
Rap and Hip-Hop Rap and Hip-Hop	Rap and Hip-Hop Jay Stellar for Track Name: Pacha Parishkari
Rock / Blues / Metal Rock / Blues / Metal	Rock / Blues / Metal Mohit Singh Dhundele and Jaivardhan Verma for Track Name: Ab Jo Jalaa Hoon
World/Fusion Music World/Fusion Music	World/Fusion Music Shubham Saurabh for Track Name: Kanha Maane Na