Bhangra Awards

For many years outside of the mainstream music industry,  Bhangra entrepreneurs needed to create their own forums, showcases and charts to let record buyers know what was vital and new in Bhangra music, and to reward those who were keeping Bhangra music fresh and fertile. Bhangra Champion Kash Sahota was on the podium many times, to both give and receive awards. 1.    Asian Pop Awards 1986-1998 Venues; Birmingham’s Dome Nightclub, the Tower Ballroom and the National Indoor Arena. Promoted by “Mr Entertainment” Amerjit Sidhu;  singer and founding member of Chirag Pehchan, later to join Apna Sangeet.  Kash Sahota remembers the 1988 awards when Aaj Kal won the “Best Radio Station” award beating Radio WM and Radio Leicester. When he arrived at the Tower Ballroom he and his team were mobbed by female fans. 2.    Asian DJ Awards 1987-1995 Venues; Kudos, Watford. Promoted by Mighty M Productions’ Jas Matharu, the man behind DCS’s top selling 123 Go album and head of Entasia. Kash Sahota shared “Best Presenters” award in 1992 and a year later  Aaj Kal swept the board with  “Best Presenters”, “Best Community Show” and the “Gold Award for services to Asian Broadcasting” 3.    Asian Song Contest 1975-1989 (also 2002) Venue: Birmingham’s  Dome Nightclub, hosted by  Kash Sahota in 1998 and 1999. 4.    Bhangra Music Awards / Accolades) 1993 Venues :Kudos, Watford, and Country Club Northolt.  Kash Sahota co hosted the Northolt ceremony with Yvette Cheeseman of MTV and the show at Kudos Watford in same evening. 5.     Movie Mag Awards 1988 - 1998 Venue: Zenith Nightclub, Park Royal West London. Kash Sahota won the award for “Services to Asian Broadcasting” in 1998 Comments (0) Write comment Name Comment Add Comment

 

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