It will be a 'big' battle between cinema icons like Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan to Irrfan Khan to bag the trophy for Most Entertaining Actor in a Drama Role - Male at the forthcoming BIG Star Entertainment Awards 2015.

Amitabh's act as a Bengali father obsessed with his motion movements in an endearing story by Shoojit Sircar in `Piku` has earned him a nomination, while Salman is in the race to get the award with his 'Prem' avatar in `Prem Ratan Dhan Payo`.

Irrfan has also been nominated for his role in `Piku`. Anil Kapoor is also in the race for Zoya Akhtar's `Dil Dhadakne Do`.

The award ceremony will be held with the glitz and glitterati of tinsel town here later this month.

For the BIG Star Most Entertaining Actor in a Drama Role - Female category, 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.