Terms & Conditions

1.Introduction

Name	Prajavani Kannada Cine Sammana 2026 (‘Awards’)
Objective	To recognise and celebrate exceptional talent within the Kannada media industry that is driving creative excellence and contributing to the industry’s continued growth and evolution.
Awards Management / Organizers	The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited (‘Prajavani’ or ‘Company’)
Jury	A group of technical experts from the industry
Grand Jury / Advisory committee	A panel of renowned and celebrated individuals from the industry to guide the awards Management / Organizers
Participant	Any person that sends in an application to participate in the Awards as per the Terms & Conditions or is nominated by the Grand Jury /Awards Management to participate in the Awards
Terms & Conditions (“T&C” or “Terms”)	The terms governing the Awards as mentioned in this document
Website	https://www.prajavani.net/cinesamman/season4

Note: The Terms may be amended from time to time by the Awards Management without any prior written notification. Participant is advised to regularly review these Terms uploaded on the website.

2.Award categories

The categories and number of winners may be changed / modified by the Awards Management / Grand Jury. The Awards Management will not entertain any queries in this regard.

3.Eligibility Criteria

• 1 Content must have been released online or in theatres or in film festival or any other platform in India or abroad after going through a censor/certification process.
• 2 The content must be originally created in Kannada. Dialects/sub-languages – Tulu, Konkani, Lamba films etc will also be considered.
• 3 Content must have released for the 1st time between January 01, 2025, to December 31, 2025.
• 4 The Grand Jury/Advisory committee hold the right to disqualify any application which does not meet the eligibility criteria. Their decisions are final and binding and cannot be challenged in any manner whatsoever.
• 5 The Awards management may modify the eligibility criteria from time to time with retrospective effect, without prior written notification.

Note: Dubbing of films in Kannada will not be considered for evaluation. TV/web-series will not be included in this edition of the Awards.

4.Nomination

• 1 Participant will share the link to watch their film and share the credits.
• 2 The Participant shall ensure that the links to watch the film are functional/active only till the completion of the Award ceremony. (Kindly click on this link to access the )
• 3 Participant shall ensure that the link to the film is only viewable and non-downloadable. The Awards management shall not be responsible in any manner for any piracy claims in the event a downloadable link is uploaded in the format above.
• 4 The producer / production house will be applying on behalf of the entire production unit and will ensure that all the details are submitted as required.
• 5 By participating in the awards, the participant agrees that the Awards management will be the exclusive owner of all rights including but not limited to intellectual property rights and copyright in any audio and/or visual recording pertaining to the Awards including the images, bytes, interviews, performances, footage of producer, director, nominees, and winners as featured or recorded at any events or activities relating to the Awards. The Awards management has the right to use all the aforementioned content and footage in any and all medium or platforms including digital rights for the entire universe in perpetuity.
• 6 Eligibility will be determined from the credits as they appear on-screen and are certified to the Awards management by the production company, but the Awards management reserves the final rights for inclusion of any filed nomination in any category. The Awards management is not bound by any contractual understanding or agreement relating to the sharing or giving of credit and reserves the final right to determine credibility for the purpose of consideration.
• 7 Awards Management shall have the liberty, but not the obligation, to publish information with respect to the submission made by the participants.
• 8 Participants declare that the details furnished in the application form and supporting documents submitted for the awards are true, correct, and complete and, wherever required, provided after thorough due diligence and inquiry. In case any of the said information is found to be false or untrue or misleading or misrepresenting, the participant will be liable and accountable for any consequences resulting thereto including indemnifying the Awards Management for any expenses, costs, losses, damages incurred.
• 9 In the event of any dispute concerning credits, the Awards management reserves the right to declare any submission or achievement ineligible or reject all claims to credits, list credits as being in controversy and withhold any Award presentation until the dispute is resolved.
• 10 The Awards Management may, in its sole discretion, exclude a participant from participating in any part of the Awards on various grounds, which may include without limitation (i) circumstances which renders the participant unfit to participate therein; (ii) inability to produce documentation specified proving the identity of the participant; (iii) any other reason that, at their sole discretion, would adversely impact the Award. At no point of time will the Awards Management be obliged to notify unsuccessful Participants of its decision.

Note: The Jury has right to reclassify nomination from one award category to another, at its discretion. The decision in this regard will be final, non-contestable and binding on all participants.

5.Submission & Selection

       5.1 All official screen credits/links required for viewing of the film must be sent by 10/04/2026 by 11:59 pm IST.

5.2 All submissions are final and cannot be withdrawn post the closing date of nominations as mentioned above.

       5.3 ‘Exceptional Talent’ Categories

5.3.1 All valid nominations received under the Exceptional Talent categories shall be reviewed by a Screening Jury. Based on this review, the top eight eligible entries in each category shall be shortlisted.

5.3.2 The shortlisted entries shall be reviewed by the Grand Jury/Advisory Committee, which shall finalise up to a maximum of nine nominated entries per category.

5.3.3 The final nominated entries shall be submitted for voting by the Academy Members. Winners in each category shall be determined solely based on the votes received from the Academy Members.

5.4 ‘Driving the Industry’ Categories

5.4.1 All valid nominations received under the Driving the Industry categories shall be reviewed by the Screening Jury. Based on this review, the top eight eligible entries in each category shall be shortlisted.

5.4.2 The shortlisted entries shall be reviewed and scored by the Grand Jury/Advisory Committee, which shall finalise up to a maximum of nine nominated entries per category.

5.4.3 Winners in each category shall be determined based on the consolidated scores awarded by the Grand Jury.

5.5 ‘People’s Choice’ Categories

5.5.1 All valid nominations received under the People’s Choice categories shall be reviewed by the Screening Jury. Based on this review, the top eight eligible entries in each category shall be shortlisted.

5.5.2 The shortlisted entries shall be reviewed by the Grand Jury/Advisory Committee, which shall finalise up to a maximum of nine nominated entries per category.

5.5.3 The final list of nominated entries shall be published on the official voting platform for public voting.

5.5.4 Winners in each category shall be determined based on the tabulated results of the public voting process.

5.6 ‘Editor’s Choice’ Categories

5.6.1 The Editorial Committee will recommend up to three eligible nominations per category.

5.6.2 The recommended nominations will be evaluated and scored by the Editor.

5.6.3 Winners will be determined based on the scores awarded by the Editor.

6.Winner determination

• 1 Final decisions on all achievements shall be at the discretion of the Grand Jury.
• 2 Awards Management reserves the right to confer or withdraw any of the award, at any point of time, including after they have been announced.
• 3 The Awards Management is not responsible if a call to a winner is not successful due to:
  • 3.1 Line being busy
  • 3.2 Congestion
  • 3.3 No answer received
  • 3.4 Poor call conditions / unclear reception
  • 3.5 Number engaged
  • 3.6 Call drop
  • 3.7 E-mail not delivered
  • 3.8 Other reasons that could render a call unsuccessful or terminate it
• 4 The Awards Management further reserves the right to replace, at its discretion, any winner(s) who for any reason fails or is disqualified from or is unable to participate in the Award, with another Participant who should be eligible to be a winner.
• 5 The Awards Management will reach out to winners to obtain details and documentation, if any. The Awards Management will make a maximum of 3 attempts to get in touch with such winner. Failure to contact the winner may result in forfeiture of the award for such participant and the Awards Management may award the same to subsequent eligible participant with highest score.
• 6 Awards Management will have no liability to a participant who is unable to take part in the Awards, for whatever reason and Awards Management shall be entitled to disqualify the participant(s) from the Awards, at any time, at the discretion of Awards Management.
• 7 Awards Management further reserves the right to replace, at its discretion, any winner(s) who for any reason fails or is disqualified from or is unable to participate in the Awards, with another participant, notwithstanding that such participant may have been previously eliminated from the Awards and each participant shall agree to collect the award as and when required by Awards Management to do so.
• 8 If at any point, it is determined by Awards Management that any person has tampered with the Website, or any data / servers / database / etc. related to the Awards, Awards Management reserves the right at its discretion to revoke or winnings/awards of any such participants and / or initiate litigation as deemed fit and necessary by Awards Management.
• 9 The winners, in order to claim/ redeem awards will be required to send attested copies of a valid photo ID proof issued by the Government with address (passport, or any other Government identity proof, etc.) and any other documents that will be required within the stipulated time.
• 10 The winners / grand award winner hereby agrees that he/ she shall not hold Awards Management responsible for any delays and/ or disputes and/or claims arising out of the award and shall indemnify the Awards Management against any and all such claims.
• 11 The winners hereby agree that any in case of any disputes/ claims arising out of the award, the same shall be addressed directly to the Awards Management.

7.Validity and correctness of information

• 1 If at any time, including after the conclusion of the Award ceremony, any information provided by any Participant, is found to be incorrect in any manner, then the Participant will be liable to be disqualified and / or return the Award and the monetary emoluments provided to the participant under this Awards, if any. Awards Management may also take penal action against the Participant for providing false information to participate in the Awards.
• 2 Determination of whether information provided as fair and accurate rests with the Grand Jury and Awards Management.
• 3 Awards Management has the right to ask for proof of information provided / audit the information provided in the entry form. If such a request is made and the Participant does not agree, the Participant could be disqualified from participation at the Awards.
• 4 Awards Management will make calls to the references provided in the application form for verifying the information provided by the applicants in the form.

8.Prohibited Activities

• 1 Viruses, trojan horses, worms, time bombs, corrupted files, malware, spyware, or any other similar software that may damage the operation of another computer or property
• 2 Using the website in any manner intended to damage, disable, overburden, or impair any server, or the network(s) connected to any server, or interfere with any other party’s use and enjoyment of the site
• 3 Attempting to gain unauthorized access to the site, other accounts, computer systems or networks connected to any server through hacking, password mining or any other means.
• 4 Obtaining or attempting to obtain any materials or information stored on the Site, its servers, or associated computers through any means not intentionally made available through the site

9.Limitations & Disclaimers

• 1 The Awards Management will not be responsible for late/ incomplete/ corrupted/ defective entries and/or which cannot be read or viewed for any reason, and such entries shall stand automatically disqualified. Awards Management shall not be responsible if for any technical, physical, or other reasons, the entry is not received or cannot be read/ viewed/ judged
• 2 The Awards Management reserve their right to suspend, cancel or modify, add to, or truncate these Terms & Conditions or Award at any time without notice. Participants shall periodically check this page for updating of these Terms & Conditions

10.General

• 1 Participant agrees that the Participant is legally capable of entering and is applying in the Awards by agreeing to the Terms & Conditions
• 2 Participant understands and agrees that merely participating in this Awards does not entitle the Participant to an award or to any other form of consideration
• 3 Participant shall be completely responsible for handling any infringement or alleged infringement and shall indemnify Awards Management from any claims, costs or damages from infringement or alleged infringement of the logo or trademark or the defines of a claim or any costs payable thereof.
• 4 Participants for the purpose of entering the Awards, automatically grants the Awards Management a royalty-free, irrevocable, worldwide, non-transferable, non-exclusive right and license to use and display such entry, for participation in the Awards, and any intellectual property in relation to and arising out of such participation in the Awards and footage thereof, which shall include trade publications, press releases, electronic posting to the Website, the website in any display format selected during the Awards as it deems fit.
• 5 The Awards Management reserve the right to, at its discretion, withdraw or amend or add to the Terms & Conditions of the Awards at any time, with prospective or retrospective effect, and does not take responsibility for any loss or damage that any individual or organization may suffer as a result of participating or attempting to participate in the Awards, the Awards being withdrawn, or its terms amended
• 6 Should a participant wish to withdraw from the Awards, kindly inform the Awards Management in writing on cinesammana@prajavani.co.in it any time up to one week prior to the final awards ceremony
• 7 All disputes relating to or arising out of the Awards shall be subject to the laws of India, and shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of competent jurisdiction at Bangalore, India
• 8 In the event these terms and conditions do not cover any question or complaint in relation to the Awards, the same will be concluded on by the Awards Management (for all other issues) or an independent body or legal team as appointed by the Awards Management and deemed necessary

11. Website

• 1 The website is only an informational website (the “Website”) for the Awards. The Awards Management is not liable or responsible for any action or decision taken by Participant or anyone acting on Participant’s behalf or under Participant employment or under contract with Participant. The Awards Management shall not be under any obligation to Participant and Participant shall have no obligation or rights in relation to the Awards and shall have no claims whatsoever against the Awards Management relating to the selection process or the running of the Awards
• 2 The Awards Management shall not be responsible for:
  • 2.1 any delivery, failures relating to the registration or uploading videos/presentations
  • 2.2 any SPAM generated messages as result of Participant accessing the Website
  • 2.3 Awards Management not receiving or rejecting any data
  • 2.4 any lost, late, or misdirected computer transmission or network, electronic failures of any kind or any failure to receive entries owing to transmission failures or due to any technical reasons and
  • 2.5 Other conditions/situations or failures beyond its control

12. Disclaimers

• 1 The Awards Management has no obligation to screen the entry material in advance and is not responsible for monitoring entries for the purpose of preventing violation of intellectual property ownership rights, or violations of any law, rule, or regulation. If the Awards Management is notified of submissions or materials that may not conform to the Rules, it may investigate the allegation and determine in good faith and in its sole discretion whether to eliminate such an entry from consideration. The Awards Management has no liability or responsibility to Participants or other users of the Website for performance or non-performance of such activities
• 2 Awards Management failure to exercise any right shall not be deemed a waiver of any further rights. Awards Management shall not be liable for any failure to perform its obligations where such failure results from any cause beyond Awards Management’s reasonable control. If any provision of this Agreement is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary for this Agreement to otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable. This Agreement is not assignable, transferable, or sub-licensable by you except with Awards Management prior written consent. This Agreement shall be governed by the internal laws of the India and the parties shall submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Bangalore, India
• 3 A party that substantially prevails in an action brought under this Agreement is entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. Both parties agree that this Agreement is the complete and exclusive statement of the mutual understanding of the parties and supersedes and cancels all previous written and oral agreements, communications and other understandings relating to the subject matter of this Agreement, and that all modifications must be in a writing signed by both parties, except as otherwise provided herein.
• 4 No agency, partnership, joint venture, or employment is created as a result of this Agreement, and you acknowledge that you do not have any authority of any kind to bind Awards Management in any respect whatsoever

13. Systems and availability

• 1 Awards Management, its affiliates, process advisors, contractors, partners and promotion are not responsible for technical, hardware, software, or other communications malfunctions, errors or failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, Website, Internet, or ISP availability, unauthorized human intervention, traffic congestion, incomplete or inaccurate capture of information (regardless of cause) or failed, incomplete, garbled, jumbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit participants / participant’s ability to participate, including any injury or damage to participants or any other person's computer or mobile device relating to or resulting from participating in or downloading any materials. Awards Management is not responsible for lost, late, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible, technically corrupted or misdirected answers, which will be disqualified. Awards Management shall attempt to use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure the security and accuracy of all answer’s personal details (provided, however, that Participants acknowledge and agree that such methodologies are not infallible, and that the organizers make no guarantee as to their effectiveness)
• 2 Any loss or outrage or dissatisfaction suffered by the course of the Awards by a participant would not be the responsibility of Awards Management and/or its associates/ affiliates and Awards Management or its associates/affiliates will not be responsible to make good any such loss or dissatisfaction
• 3 All attempts will be made to protect the data from loss and corruption, but in the event such data loss happens, Awards Management may have to continue with whatever data is available, or in any other manner as it may deem reasonable. Awards Management should not be held responsible for any loss of data, or the action taken on account of the same. Awards Management will not be held responsible to make good any such loss or dissatisfaction on account of such loss
• 4 In case multiple entries are received from a participant with the same idea, Awards Management has the right to choose the first submission from that participant
• 5 Prior to start of the Awards, the participant must check that the Websites are operational and functioning correctly. The participant is advised to keep adequate RAM and phone memory available to ensure smooth functioning of the site
• 6 The server used to communicate with the participant has adequate redundancies built into it. However, in the rare cases, the server is down during the call for entry period, Awards Management will, at its discretion but not as an obligation, determine such measures as it may deem fit
• 7 The participant acknowledges that all possible issues may not have been identified by Awards Management and its partners and agrees to hold harmless Awards Management and its partners for the application, network, process, technical or any other failures. Any losses, injury, discomfort, loss of privacy, inability to participate or any other discomfort of any sort caused to the participant or the participant’s property, or device shall not be the responsibility of Awards Management or its partners
• 8 No person (i.e., either the participant, or any person on behalf of the participant) shall initiate litigation against Awards Management or its partners in any manner without first providing Awards Management a complaint at cinesammana@prajavani.co.in and providing Awards Management an opportunity to address the complaint
• 9 Awards Management shall not be liable for any failure of the application server or system in the course of Awards

14. Confidentiality and Publicity

• 1 Awards Management shall keep all the information collected from the participants confidential and shall not share the information so collected with any party, save and except for the purpose of the Awards. The participant by providing the aforesaid sensitive personal information hereby agree that Awards Management shall have the right to share the information so collected with such other third party as required for the purpose of the Awards and hereby agree that they shall not file any claim against Awards Management for sharing of such personal information. Any information shared by the participant to Awards Management shall be handled by Awards Management in terms of the privacy policy of Awards Management
• 2 By entering the Awards, Participant agree to participate in any media or promotional activity resulting from the Awards as reasonably requested by the Awards Management at their expense and agree and consent to use of their name and/or likeness by the Awards Management
• 3 Awards Management will contact participants in advance of any Awards Management media request for interviews. The submissions may also be used for promotional, marketing, press and media purposes and Participants agrees to waive any rights and not assert any intellectual property rights that they have or may have in the project submission. Awards Management reserves the right to publish the name and likeness of the participants, the Finalists, and the Winners of the Awards on Website or through other media for publicity purposes. Participants acknowledge that they will not be paid for use of name and/or likeness or project submissions and hereby relinquish (and with respect to its company, if applicable) any past, present, or future monetary or other claims against Awards Management and its affiliates for this use
• 4 None of the participants shall, without the prior written approval of Awards Management, speak to the press or any other media or any third person, nor give any interviews or comments relating to any aspect of the Awards. The participant shall not disclose any information whatsoever relating to Awards Management to any other party. Violation of this clause shall immediately disqualify the participant’s prospects of further participation
• 5 The participant shall at all times keep confidential all particulars and details regarding the Awards
• 6 Any photographs, videos etc. submitted by the participant s/winners to Awards Management or recorded, shall on submission / creation become the property of Awards Management and shall be available to Awards Management for exploitation across all mediums throughout the world in perpetuity. The participant (s) shall ensure that the photos or videos submitted by them in any public domain, or their performances shall not be obscene, vulgar, defaming, denigrating women, or children, hurting religious sentiments, depicting violence or shall not infringe the rights of a third person. The participant (s) shall solely remain liable for any action (criminal/civil) arising therefrom
• 7 Acceptance of these terms & conditions by the participant constitutes permission for Awards Management, including its affiliates, to click photographs, record videos of the participant (s) and use the participant (s) name, photographs, likeness, voice, and comments for advertising and promotional purposes in any media worldwide for purposes of advertising and trade without any additional compensation whatsoever

15. Privacy

• 1 Participants agree that personal data submitted with an entry, including name, mailing address, phone number, and email address may be collected, processed, stored, and otherwise used by Awards Management and its affiliates for the purposes of conducting and administering the Awards only. By entering the Awards, participant agree to the transmission, processing, disclosing and storage of this personal data by Awards Management and its affiliates. All personal information that is collected from the participant is subject to The Printers (Mysore) Private Limited’s Privacy Policy, located at: https://www.printersmysore.com/

16. Warranty and indemnity

• 1 Participant warrant that their entry submission is their own original work and, as such, they are the sole and exclusive owner and rights holder of the entry submitted and that they have the right to submit the entry in the Awards and grant all required licenses. Each Participant agrees not to submit any entry that: (a) infringes any third-party proprietary rights, intellectual property rights, industrial property rights, personal or moral rights or any other rights, including without limitation, copyright, trademark, trade names, industrial designs, patent, trade secret, privacy, publicity, or confidentiality obligations; or (b) otherwise violates applicable state, federal, or local law
• 2 To the maximum extent permitted by law, Participant indemnifies and agrees to keep indemnified Awards Management at all times from and against any liability, claims, demands, losses, damages, costs and expenses resulting from any act, default or omission of the Participant and/or a breach of any warranty set forth herein. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Participant agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Awards Management from and against any and all claims, actions, suits or proceedings, as well as any and all losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) arising out of or accruing from: (i) any project submission or other material uploaded or otherwise provided by Participant that infringes any copyright, trademark, trade secret, trade dress, patent or other intellectual property right of any person or defames any person or violates their rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) any misrepresentation made by Participant in connection with the Awards; (iii) any non-compliance by Participant with these Terms; (iv) claims brought by persons or entities other than the parties to these Terms arising from or related to Participant’s involvement with the Awards; (v) acceptance, possession, misuse or use of any award or participation in any Awards-related activity or participation in the Awards; (vi) any malfunction or other problem with the Awards Website in relation to the entry and participation in the Awards by Participant; (vii) any error in the collection, processing, or retention of entry or voting information in relation to the entry and participation in the Awards by Participant and in the voting process by consumers; or (viii) any typographical or other error in the printing, offering or announcement of any award or winners in relation to the entry and participation in the Awards by Participant