Wavemaker, Plainspeak shine at The Big Bang Awards 2023

The Advertising Club Bangalore’s Big Bang Awards 2023 lit up the city
last night (January 21, 2024), celebrating the very best in creative, design, media, and digital work from across the country.

The evening saw V-ROK Communications crowned Health Care Agency of the Year; Origami Creative was named Design Agency of the Year; the best Creative Agency went to Plainspeak; and Wavemaker bagged both Digital and Media Agency of the Year titles. Mondelez India emerged victorious as Client of the Year.

This year’s Big Bang Awards witnessed a surge in participation, receiving an astounding 374 entries from 42 agencies and 109 clients across 13 cities and 9 states and the Awards included regional languages as well this year.

“We were overwhelmed by the response,” said Laeeq Ali, President of The Advertising Club Bangalore, adding, “Moving beyond traditional formats and embracing ‘Find the Balance’ as our theme truly resonated with the industry, leading to a showcase of exceptional work and the diversity of the
advertising industry.”

Malavika Harita, Chairperson of Big Bang Awards, added here, “It’s been incredible to witness the evolution of the Big Bang Awards over the past 20 years. This year’s entries were a delight, pushing boundaries and embracing regional voices. Recognising data analytics as an emerging force was also a thrilling step.”

The Advertising Club Bangalore, one of the oldest advertising clubs in the country, having been in existence for over 3 decades, has been conducting the Big Bang awards for over 2 decades now, except for the pandemic year of 2020.

The Platinum Sponsors for the Big Bang Awards this year were JioCinema and Sports 18, Gold Partner was Snapchat, Silver Partners ABP and Asianet and Bronze Partner was Star Suvarna, Tally Solutions and Cycle Agarbathi. The Radio Partner was Radio City. Preferential Pouring Partners were Big Banyan, Roulette, Fireball and Kingfisher Ultra, while Coca Cola and Schweppes were the Beverage Partners.
The Big Bang Awards’ Online Media Partners were Adgully, Afaqs, and Medianews4u, while Community Partner was E4m.