BANGALORE: Maxus, Stark Communications and Tanishq walked away with the Big Bang award for the Media Agency of the Year, Big Bang award for the Ad Agency of the Year and the Big Bang award for the Client of the Year awards at the 21st edition of the annual Bangalore Ad Club Big Bang Awards.
The Big Bang trophies – ‘heads’, were awarded for excellence in communications and media for work done in 2010. A total of 960 entries were received in 74 categories from 138 clients, one of the largest in the history of the Advertising Club, Bangalore, and making the event the second largest one in India, after Goafest by the Mumbai Ad Club Awards that are held in Goa every year.
“The competition was keenly contested, and I am extremely happy with the results, all of who were most deserving”, said The Advertising Club, Bangalore president Prateek Srivastava.
“Entries were received from large, medium and small sized creative agencies, media agencies, digital agencies, radio stations, event companies, film production houses and healthcare agencies. Many of the newer agencies and entries have given the bigger agencies a run for their money,” Srivastava added.
A condensed list of the winners is:
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Big Bang award for the Ad Agency of the Year
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Stark Communications
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Big Bang award for the Media Agency of the Year
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Maxus
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Big Bang award for the Client of the Year
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Tanishq from Titan Industries
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Ayaz Peerbhoy Multimedia Campaign of the Year for a creative agency
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Tanishq from Titan Industries
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Ad Club Media Campaign of the Year
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Mindshare for Hindustan Unilever
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Art Director of the Year
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Jaison Antony, Stark Communications
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Copywriter(s) of the Year
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Nikhil Narayanan, Mudra Communications and Seetha Jayakumar, Stark Communications
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Young Achievers Award of the Year
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Vishal K Vinekar, JWT
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