File photos of Salman Khan and Amitabh Bachchan.
It will be a 'big' battle between iconic movie stars like Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan and Irrfan Khan to win the trophy for Most Entertaining Actor in a Drama Role (Male) at the forthcoming BIG Star Entertainment Awards 2015.
Big B's act as a Bengali father in an endearing story by Shoojit Sircar in
Piku, has earned him the nomination, while Salman is in the race to get the award for his Prem persona in
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. (Also Read:
Amitabh Bachchan is Collaborating With His Piku Director Again)
Irrfan has also been nominated for his role in
Piku and Anil Kapoor for Zoya Akhtar's
Dil Dhadakne Do.
The award ceremony will be held in Mumbai later this month.
For the BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in a Drama Role (Female) category, stars like Deepika Padukone for
Piku, Kangana Ranaut for
Tanu Weds Manu Returns, Priyanka Chopra for
Dil Dhadakne Do and Sonam Kapoor for
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo are competing against each other.