Bigg Boss Kannada (season 2)
The second season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series "Bigg Boss" was telecast on Asianet Suvarna and produced by Endemol India. The show premiered on 29 June 2014 with Sudeep as the host. Among four finalists Akul Balaji emerged as the title winner with maximum votes and performance in house followed by Srujan Lokesh as runner-up, Deepika Kamaiah and Shwetha Chengappa as third and fourth respectively Wild card entries. Guruprasad. Guruprasad is a director of hit movies "Mata", "Eddelu Manjunatha" and "Director's Special". He was a judge for the  dance reality show "Thaka Dhimi Tha Dancing Star" (2014).Presently he is hosting Life Super Guru in Zee Kannada. Guruprasad's stay in Bigg Boss has been controversial, marred by his inability to get along with the other contestants. Guests. Bullet Prakash. Prakash is well known as Bullet Prakash. He is a famous comedian in Kannada industry. He had acted with many legend actors like Ravichandran, Sudeep, Sadhu Kokila etc. Episodes. The episodes were broadcast by Asianet Suvarna channel at a time slot of 8 to 9 pm daily. Marketing and sponsors. Production: The channel claims that 14 contestants (initially) will  compete for a cash prize of 50 lakhs and the show will last 100 episodes. The amount for retaining host Sudeep is about Rs 1.5 crores to Rs 2.5 crores Sources estimate that the production cost of the show is about Rs 16 crores to Rs 17 crores across the 100 episodes, with the total cost pegged at around Rs 30 lakh to Rs 35 lakh. Sponsors: the show has OLX.in as title sponsor, CERA as the powered sponsor, and Dollar Bigg Boss as associate sponsor. Marketing: Advertising was purchased on buses, hoardings, FM stations, multiplex, and print media. The  channel is promoting the show on the digital platform like websites and social networking..The entire digital marketing, website, social media and online-voting was handled by Fuego Systems Promotion: Promos, ads, and special programs on Suvarna TV's sister channels Suvarna Plus and Suvarna News were aired to promote the show.