Colors Kannada (previously known as ETV Kannada), is an Indian

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, owned by

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, a joint venture between

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and

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. It primarily telecasts programs such as serials, reality shows and Kannada films.

History

The channel was originally launched on 10 December 2000 as ETV Kannada and was promoted by Hyderabad's

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. It later became a part of

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, owned by

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, officially re-branding under the Colors franchise on 26 April 2015. Colors Kannada was the first GEC to start an HD channel in

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Current broadcast

Fiction series

Dubbed Shows

Non-fiction shows

Former broadcast

Fiction series

# '' Agnisakshi'' # ''Antarapata'' # '' Brundavana'' #''Chukki Taare'' #'' Dasa Purandara'' # '' Doresani'' # '' Geetha'' # '' Ginirama'' # ''

Hoo Male ''Hoo Male'' () is an Indian Kannada television drama that premiered on Colors Kannada on 16 November 2020. The show is official remake of Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, sta ...

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Ivalu Sujatha ''Ivalu Sujatha'' is an Indian Kannada language television drama that premiered on Colors Kannada on 26 August 2019. The show formally came to an end in June 2020. The show is an official remake of the Marathi television show ''Sukhachya Sarini ...

'' # '' Kannadathi'' # ''

Kanyakumari Kanyakumari (Tamil; / kəɳjɑkʊmɑɾiː/; referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a town and a municipality in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the ...

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Kendasampige ''Kendasampige'' () is a 2015 Indian Kannada-language crime thriller film directed by Duniya Soori from a story written by Surendranath and produced by Parimala Film Factory. The film stars Vikky Varun and Manvita Kamath, Rajesh Nataranga, ...

'' # '' Lagna Patrike'' # ''

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Lakshmi Baramma Lakshmi Baramma is a Kannada serial that aired on Colors Kannada Colors Kannada (previously known as ETV Kannada), is an Indian Kannada language general entertainment channel, owned by JioStar, a joint venture between Viacom18 and Disne ...

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Mangala Gowri Maduve ''Mangala Gowri Maduve'' was an Indian Kannada language television drama series. It aired on Colors Kannada and is directed by K.S. Ramji. It is the sequel of Putta Gowri Maduve, premiered on 24 December 2012. This is the longest-running Kannad ...

(Putta Gowri Maduve)'' # '' Mithuna Raashi'' # '' Nammane Yuvarani'' # '' Nannarasi Radhe'' # '' Seetha Vallabha''

Reality shows

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Bigg Boss Kannada ''Bigg Boss Kannada (BBK)'' is the Kannada version of the reality TV show ''Bigg Boss'', which is broadcast in India through Colors Kannada channel. The show is produced by Endemol Shine India, who owns the global format of '' Big Brother''. ...

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Bigg Boss Kannada (season 1) The season one of the Kannada version of Indian reality television series ''Bigg Boss'' was broadcast on '' ETV Kannada'' in 2013. The show was hosted by Sudeep. A prize amount of 50,00,000 was announced for the winner. The show lasted for 99 d ...

'' # '' Bigg Boss Kannada (season 3)'' # ''

Bigg Boss Kannada (season 4) The fourth season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series ''Bigg Boss'' premiered on on Colors Kannada at 6pm. Sudeep remained as the host as he hosted previous seasons. Among the five finalists, Pratham emerged as ...

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Bigg Boss Kannada (season 7) The seventh season of the Kannada-language version of Indian reality television series ''Bigg Boss'' premiered on 13 October 2019. Sudeep returned as the host of the show for the seventh time. Based on votes given by viewers, Shine Shetty was ...

'' # ''

Bigg Boss Kannada (season 8) The eighth season of the Indian Kannada-language version of the '' Big Brother'' reality television franchise, known as ''Bigg Boss,'' premiered on 28 February 2021. It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadca ...

'' # ''

Bigg Boss Kannada (season 9) The ninth season of the Indian Kannada-language reality television game show ''Bigg Boss'' premiered on 24 September 2022. It is produced by Endemol Shine India under the control of Banijay and broadcast on Colors Kannada along with a 24/7 Live ...

'' # '' Bigg Boss Kannada (season 10)'' # ''Bigg Boss Kannada (season 11)'' # ''

Dancing Champion ''Dancing Champion'' is a Kannada dance reality show aired on Colors Kannada and streamed on Voot. It features celebrities as contestants who are paired with professional dancers competing for a cash prize and the title Dancing Champion. The j ...

'' # '' Dancing Star (season 1–3)'' # ''

Family Power ''Family Power'' is an Indian reality television family game show, which aired on Colors Kannada from 25 November 2017 to April 2018. It was hosted by Puneeth Rajkumar. The show's prize money was Rs.10 lakh. The funds raised in the final episod ...

'' # ''

Kannadada Kotyadhipati ''Kannadada Kotyadhipati'' () is an Indian Kannada language quiz game show, produced by BIG Synergy. Background After a series of fresh ideas in reality and fiction shows the Star Network's Kannada general entertainment channel Asianet Suva ...

(season 4)'' # ''

Majaa Talkies ''Majaa Talkies'' (''Kannada:'' ಮಜಾ ಟಾಕೀಸ್) is an Indian sketch comedy show that premiered on ETV Kannada (now Colors Kannada) on 7 February 2015. The episodes focus on comical scripts and usually feature celebrity guests wh ...

(season 1–3)'' # ''

Nannamma Super Star ''Nannamma Super Star'' (ನನ್ನಮ್ಮ ಸೂಪರ್ ಸ್ಟಾರ್) is a Kannada game show involving celebrity mothers and their children, and it is airing on Colors Kannada and streamed on Voot. The show is dedicated to mother ...

(season 1–3)'' # '' Raja Rani (season 1–2)''

Sister channels

Colors Super

Colors Super is an Indian

, owned by

, that primarily broadcasts

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

-language entertainment shows. This channel was launched on 24 July 2016, after the success of Kannada's leading entertainment channel, Colors Kannada, the primary Kannada entertainment channel of

Colors Kannada Cinema

Colors Kannada Cinema is an Indian pay television movie channel broadcasting in

, owned by

. It was launched on 24 September 2018.Viacom18 to launch Colors Kannada Cinema channel
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References

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* {{Network 18 Kannada-language television channels Television stations in Bengaluru Television channels and stations established in 2000 2000 establishments in India Viacom 18 ETV Network