Salman Khan & Kareena Kapoor at Global Indian Music Awards, GIMA 2010

Global Indian Music Awards (GIMA) is the first award function organized in India totally dedicated to music industry, which had its inaugural edition yesterday on November 10. It was a huge reunion of lots of legendary singers, musicians, lyricists and definitely the Bollywood stars.

Bollywood's singing legend Lata Mangeshkar was presented with the lifetime achievement award at the Chevrolet Global Indian Music Awards (GIMA) By her sister Asha Bhosle.

Among all the shining stars, Dabangg star Salman Khan was one of the biggest attractions, who performed from his blockbuster film and thousands cheered for him.

Pictures of Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Ritesh Deshmukh and others at Global Indian Music Awards 2010

Salman Khan and Ritest Deshmukh at Global Indian Music Awards

Salman Khan, Rietest Deshmukh, Shaan at Global Indian Music Awards

Kareena Kapoor Performs at The Global Indian Music Awards

Kareena Kapoor Performs at Global Indian Music Awards

Usha Uttap at Global Indian Music Awards

Salman Khan With the Host of the Show Ritest Deshmukh at Global Indian Music Awards

Salman Khan on the Red Carpet at Global Indian Music Awards

Salman Khan at Global Indian Music Awards Red Carpet

Indian Idol Contestents at Global Indian Music Awards

Adnan Sami with wife Safa Galadhari at The Global Indian Music Awards

Dia Mirza Hosts the Show at Global Indian Music Awards

Lata Mangeshkar Receives Lifetime Achievement Award‎ at Global Indian Music Awards 2010

Lata Mangeshkar and Sister Usha at Global Indian Music Awards

Salim Merchantat of Global Indian Music Awards

Sonu Sood at Global Indian Music Awards

Shaan and wife Radhika at Global Indian Music Awards

Sonu Nigan at Global Indian Music Awards

Sophie Choudry at Global Indian Music Awards

Sunidhi Chauhan at Global Indian Music Awards

His co-star Sonakshi Sinha was not left behind and she also took on the stage to entertain the gathering. Speaking on the occasion, Salman said that music is the utmost important factor for Indian cinema and it feels great to be part of such an award function that honors the musicians for their contributions.

According to Salman, whenever a film is made, music is the first thing that is shown to the viewers so it acts like the face of any movie. He added that films cannot probably do without music because they are the soul of most of the films. So, the musicians and the singers deserve to be treated with great respect in the industry.

Apart from Salman, others stars like Kareena Kapoor, Rietesh Deshmukh and Sonakshi Sinha also graced the event. Actors Shreyas Talpade and Dia Mirza hosted the award event along with filmmaker Sajid Khan.

Some of the legendary names of the Indian music industry like the Awards Goodwill Ambassador Asha Bhosle, Shankar Mahadevan, Ustad Rashid Khan, Shaan, Pt. Vishva Mohan Bhatt, Sunidhi Chauhan, Shreya Ghoshal and Salim-Suleiman were present at this great musical award function.