MUMBAI: Reliance Broadcast Network (RBNL) has announced the second edition of its ?Big Kannada Entertainment Awards? which will be held sometime in January.
The broadcast company has got Suvarna TV on board as the official television partner.
The first edition of the award had aired on ETV Kannada.
?Big Kannada Entertainment Awards? recognise talent from across Karnataka in various fields. There are 13 unique categories of awards this year including film, music, dance, and sports.
The ?Big Kannada Entertainment Awards? will be adjudged based on popular votes cast by listeners and by a panel of jury comprising of actor, artist, theatre personality and Member of Parliament - Dr. B Jayashree and Kannada actor Srinath.
It will honour the performers and entertainers from the state, some of the categories of awards include Big Most Entertaining Actor (Male and Female), Big Most Entertaining Music Director, Big Most Entertaining Singer (Male and Female), Big Most Entertaining TV Actor (Male and Female), Big Most Entertaining TV Actor of the decade (Male and Female), and more.
The company spokesperson said, "After the resounding success of the first edition of BIG Kannada Entertainment Awards, we?re very glad to announce that the second edition will be held this year. These performers make us laugh and cry, happy and sad and some of them make the country proud at the international level, these awards are a tribute to all of those people and a token of gratitude and appreciation from us on behalf of all our listeners."