Southern stars honoured at Mirchi Music Awards South 2012 (view pics)

Chennai, July 29: The Chennai Trade Center was glittering with the Southern musical icons on Friday where the best musical talents of the four regional languages were honoured with ‘Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.From the music fraternity A R Rahman, S P Balasubramaniyam, Gangai Amaran, L R Eshwari, Emmy Sir, Vidyasagar, Shankar Ganesh, Chitra, D Imman, Aniruddh, Usha Uttup, Vijay Prakash, Sitara, Bhavadharini, D V Prasad marked their presence at the event.Legendary singer Ms L R Eshwari was honoured with the Life Time Achievement Award while the popular category award recipients were Best Composer of the Year - D Imman for Kumki, Album of the Year - Kumki, Song of the Year - Solitalae from Kumki composed by D. Imman.The coveted Best Male and Female Vocalist Awards were won by Singer Karthik and Sitara respectively. The Radio Mirchi Listeners Choice Best Album is ”3” that was won by Anirudh.Special awards were given to A R Rahman as Global Music Icon by Radio Mirchi and SP.Balasubramanium was awarded Sangeet Samrat as he still sings in all southern languages. The event was made even more scintillating with not just the presence of celebrities from all over the South, but also by superb performances by Haricharan, Vijay Prakash Shantanu Bhagyaraj, Shreya Saran, and a tribute to A R Rahman and lots of other stars! Have a look at the pictures of the stars present at the event.Shriya Saran performs at 'Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.Anirudh Ravichander at 'Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.AR Rahman at 'Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.Shriya Saran at 'Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.Mithra Kurian at 'Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.Neelima Rani at 'Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.Meera nandan at 'Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.Vijay Yasudas at 'Samsung Galaxy Mirchi Music Awards South 2012'.