The ceremony was held on 21 March 2012 at the Bhavan's College Ground (Andheri), Mumbai[1][2] and was hosted by Shaan and Usha Uthup.
There were many performances, including those by Saif Ali Khan, Parikrama, Shreya Ghoshal, Bappi Lahiri and Mika Singh.
There was a live jugalbandi featuring Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy, Lalit Pandit, Salim–Sulaiman, Ram Sampath, Sajid–Wajid and Leslie Lewis.
Ash King, Harshdeep Kaur, Neha Bhasin, Anushka Manchanda, Tochi Raina, Shweta Pandit, Dominique and Clinton Cerejo, Kamal Khan, Suman Shridhar, Shefali Alvares, Benny Dayal and Ritu Pathak also performed during the award show.
‡ Won two Listeners' Choice awards The jury was chaired by Javed Akhtar and had a total of 18 members.