MUMBAI: The night of GUINEA LITE presents BIG BANGLA TELEVISION AWARDS 2010…, was the most awaited night of the month as the Bangla entertainment fraternity stepped into Nazrul Manch, Kolkata to celebrate Bangla Television and honour the most popular small screen characters on Sunday, 12th December.
After receiving acclaim and recognition for â€?BIG Bangla Music Awards 2010, Reliance Broadcast Network’s radio arm 92.7 BIG FM and its experiential marketing arm BIG Live joined hands once again to celebrate and promote regional entertainment with â€?BIG Bangla Television Awards’, an exclusive platform for Bangla TV viewers to recognize and honour their favourite Bangla TV personalities.
â€?BIG Bangla Television Awards’ has been chaired by prominent jury names from the Bangla television & film industry including eminent television, film & theatre actor & producer Kheyali Dastidar, compere beyond compare Madhumanti Maitra and the supremely talented DOP Soumik Haldar whose recent work includes Autograph.
Viewers voted for their favourites via SMS as well as physical ballots. Voting was driven through an extensive multi-media campaign comprising Radio, Television, Cable, Ground Activation, Print & Cinema Advertising.
Related Post
The awards celebrated Bangla Television’s most popular performances in the year 2009-10 in various categories :
1)Sobcheye Priyo Maa (Favourite Mother) – Protima (Maa)
2)Sobcheye Priyo Baba (Favourite Father) – Monish (Maa)
3)Sobcheye Priyo Nobagato (Favourite New Face – Male) – Rono (Lukochuri)
4)Sobcheye Priyo Nobagota (Favourite New Face – Female) – Maya (Lukochuri)
5)Sobcheye Priyo Sonamoni (Favourite Child Artiste) – Jhilik (Maa)
6)Sobcheye Priyo Dushtu Charitra (Favourite Character in a Negative Role) – Anna (Binni Dhaner Khoi)
7)Sobcheye Priyo Shashuri (Favourite Mother-in-law) – Mamata (Maa)
8)Sobcheye Priyo Shoshur (Favourite Father-in-law) – Probal (Binni Dhaner Khoi)
9)Sobcheye Priyo Nayak (Favourite Male Lead) – Monish (Maa)
10)Sobcheye Priyo Nayika (Favourite Female Lead) – Mohor (Binni Dhaner Khoi)
11)Sobcheye Priyo Paribaar (Favourite Family) – Maa
12)Sobcheye Priyo Anchor (Favourite Anchor) – Dipangshu Acharya (Bindaas Para)
13)Sobcheye Priyo Show (Favourite Show) – Bindaas Para
14)Sobcheye Priyo Serial (Favourite Serial) – Maa
In a very special moment, Jochhon Dastidar was posthumously awarded the BIG Bangla Television Award for Significant Contribution to Bangla Television amidst a touching tribute by members of the Bangla television fraternity. His daughter Kheyali Dastidar accepted the Award in loving memory of her father.
The night was made even more special with scintillating performances by this year’s National Award winners Rupam Islam(accompanied by Fossils) & Ananya Chatterjee, the evergreen Nachiketa and a host of popular TV & film faces such as Bhaswar, Riju, Monami, Sonalee, Sudipta, Koneenica, Manoj, Sagnik.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Sridatri Banerjee – Radio Operations Head-East, 92.7 BIG FM said, Small screen is no longer small, it has gotten into one’s daily life… Be it the latest movie available on TV within a few months of its release or reality shows hosted by renowned film celebrities, television today offers the viewer a vast sphere of diversified programming to keep him/her from switching channels. And being a complete viewer’s choice… Awards, â€?BIG Bangla Television Awards’ is all about power to the consumer. We would like to thank our presenting sponsor Guinea Lite, our associate sponsors AIMS, MPS, Chhaya Prakashani, our television partner ETV Bangla, cable partner Siti Cable and print partners The Bengal Post & Sakalbela for supporting this initiative and our esteemed judges for their support and time. We are confident that â€?BIG Bangla Television Awards’ as an annual televised property with a 360 degree On-Air, On-Ground & Online promotion plan is an excellent offering for our clients to reach out to their consumers and our consumers to celebrate this festive season with their favourite TV stars….
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. Manvendra Gokhale, CEO, Raj Oil Mills Ltd. said, We are very happy to be partnering with the BIG Bangla Television Awards. The initiative of honoring regional television is superb and we see excellent business synergies here. West Bengal is one of our key focus markets and through this initiative; we bring our products closer to our consumers….
