Popular
singer
Usha
Uthup
was
made
the
Big
Woman
Entertainer
of
the
year
in
recognition
of
her
'Special
Contribution
to
Bengali
music'
at
a
ceremony,
the
first
such
award
instituted
for
women
achievers
in
different
creative
fields
including
show
business.
Actor
Rituparna
Sengupta
was
adjudged
the
Entertainer
of
the
year
for
essaying
critically
acclaimed
as
well
as
popularly
accepted
roles
across
different
genres
in
the
Bengali
film
industry
for
years
in
the
ceremony.
Upcoming
singing
star
Anewsha
Dutta
Gupta,
the
discovery
of
a
talent
search
contest
on
a
channel,
was
made
the
BIG
Women
Entertainer
for
music
(young).
Veteran
theatre
personality
Usha
Ganguly,
whose
group
Rangakormee
stage
Hindi
and
Bengali
plays,
was
named
the
entertainer
of
the
year
for
theatre
while
cricketer
Jhulan
Goswami
was
picked
up
for
distinction
in
the
Big
achiever
category
in
the
field
of
sports.
In
a
special
category,
five
other
women
including
Shamlu
Dudeja,
Aloknanda
Roy
and
Geeta
Vendakrishnan
were
chosen
for
their
role
as
social
activists
and
working
among
the
underprivileged.
During
the
programme
here
on
Sunday
evening.
Rabe
T.
Iyer,
Business
Head
BIG
Live
said,
"This
is
the
first
time
that
an
entire
show
has
been
designed
to
honour
women
entertainers
across
so
many
categories."