MUMBAI: SonyLIV, the premium OTT platform of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) has crafted a new short film for IndiaFirst Life Insurance. The promotional film titled ‘Tera Mera Pyaar Amar’ is a humorous take on life after death and how the protagonist, who is now a ghost, has made sure he protects his family’s future in his absence.
The story is about, Amar, who has his life as well as death planned. It is an amusing take on how, if one has prepared for all the certainties of life (and death) then it becomes easier for their loved ones to deal with their death. Through a compelling storyline and relatable characters, the film drives home the insurance company’s core message that life can be full of certainties if we plan, in advance.
The 11.5 minutes long film stars Namit Das and Sandeepa Dhar in the lead roles, supported by Kabir Sadanand and Kunal Kumar.
Sony Pictures Networks (SPN) EVP and head of digital business Uday Sodhi says, “At SonyLIV we strive to tell compelling stories that mirror society’s trends. We are very happy to partner with IndiaFirst Life Insurance and help them take their brand message to the masses. We are humbled that brands believe in us and we will continue to create content which will resonate with the new age digital consumer.”
IndiaFirst Life Insurance director of sales and marketing Rushabh Gandhi adds, “The exponential growth of digital media has changed the way our audience consumes content. Earlier the shelf life of short films was limited to tele-films and film festivals but now smartphones and apps have revolutionised our lives, giving us access to a plethora of content on-the-go. Players like SonyLIV create path-breaking content that helps reach a wider target audience and we are delighted to be associated with this interesting short film – Tera Mera Pyar Amar. This association is close to our heart as the storyline is in-line with IndiaFirst Life brand messaging”
MUMBAI: Godrej Appliances has launched the Godrej Edge Duo Refrigerators, a first-of-its-kind single door refrigerator with a separate drawer for vegetables, in the Indian market.
Surveys revealed that Indian consumers open a refrigerator at least 10 times a day, of which the vegetable section alone is accessed up to 40 per cent of the time, leading to significant cooling loss which impacts food preservation, and leads to higher energy consumption.
To introduce this product, the company released a film conceptualised by Creativeland Asia and directed by Prashant Issar from Tubelight films, which takes the promise of ‘Soch Ke Banaya Hai’ further.
Since the refrigerator is at the heart of every kitchen, the film is set up in a household kitchen. In India, it doesn’t matter if you are vegetarian or non-vegetarian, each family consumes vegetables almost daily. The film begins with a concerned grandmother played by Ratna Pathak Shah, who is seen complaining to her daughter-in-law because when she opens the refrigerator door, she finds no vegetables. The grandson responds by opening the separate veggie drawer, filled with fresh vegetables. He tells his grandmother that now with the new Edge Duo Refrigerator, they keep the vegetables separately — this leaves the grandmother speechless.
Godrej Appliances marketing head Swati Rathi says, “As an organisation, Godrej has always endeavoured to push the envelope. We are constantly innovating and evolving with the single aim of delighting our stakeholders with cutting-edge products and services. The new commercial brings alive the core USP of the new refrigerator.”
Commenting on the film, Creativeland Asia chief creative officer Anu Joseph adds, “Here was another thoughtfully made appliance from Godrej. A refrigerator with a separate vegetable drawer – a much needed innovation that no one else thought of. We just wrote a really nice, short and insightful story around the innovation and cast the right people.”
MUMBAI: Staying with the idea of fun being integral to its product’s personality, Soho Square Mumbai has created a new campaign for Aprilia to launch its latest bike SR 125.
The SR 125 bike is especially designed for Indian riding habits where bikers often ride with a pillion passenger. A host of features like longer seats, raised grab handles, 125cc engine and 14-inch wheels make it an enjoyable ride for two.
The ad campaign, led by the TV commercial, takes us on a fun ride where eccentric characters find their fun-twin while riding the bike. Two superheroes, retro kings and beat-boxers are seen in pairs grooving to a hip track as they ride the new bike together. It’s an interesting approach that aims to stand out amidst other similar category advertising and appeal to the young consumers.
Soho Square Mumbai, the creative house behind the idea, has created the integrated campaign involving TV, print, outdoor and digital communication around the idea.
Soho Square Mumbai executive creative director and creative head Anuraag Khandelwal says, “We believe that the best way to have fun is with a companion, and the bike with its features enables one to do just that -have fun with a like-minded person. In the commercial we’ve shown how various people find their ‘Funtwins’ in the most unexpected situations.”
Commenting on the objective behind the film, Piaggio CEO and MD Diego Graffi adds, “The two-wheeler segment is very important to us in terms of growth. With the addition of the SR 125, we are well poised to better serve the Indian markets. This communication will surely help us in doing so.”
MUMBAI: Most people believe that waterproofing their roof is enough for a leak free home. Dr.Fixit, from the house of Pidilite, has launched a new TVC campaign featuring legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan. The TVC aims to create awareness among home owners about the need for five-point waterproofing.
Dr. Fixit commercials are known and loved by audience for their lightness and sense of humour. The new campaign stays true to this approach with Amitabh Bachchan bringing his own trademark style and wit to it.
The TVC opens with the owner of an under construction house showing Bachchan around with great pride, when their tour is very rudely interrupted by the appearance of a strange character spouting water everywhere from his mouth, arms, torso, etc. The owner wonders and questions about him to which, Bachchan introduces the character ‘Leakage Bhaisaab’ to the bewildered owner who is getting his house waterproofed. At this point Bachchan explains how water can seep in through not just the roof but also the bathroom, water tank, foundation and even the outer walls. Those who don’t get their house five-point waterproofed with Dr. Fixit products, are setting themselves up for a never-ending battle with leakage, warns Bachchan in conclusion.
Pidilite Industries chief marketing officer Vivek Sharma says, “The fivr point TVC further expands the awareness amongst consumers about the criticality to do their home waterproofing in the right way, that is through Dr. Fixit 5 point waterproofing.”
Ogilvy & Mather executive chairman and creative director of South Asia Piyush Pandey adds, “When I look at the commercial, I think of all the problems that one has faced during our lives when water seepage troubles you in the most surprising fashion. I am sure that this interesting TVC will enable a lot of people to plan their homes in a better fashion of waterproofing them.”
MUMBAI: Keeping true to TOTAL Hi-Perf Motorcycle Engine Oil’s brand promise of making your ride enjoyable, TOTAL with WATConsult, the digital and social media agency from Dentsu Aegis Network India, has taken a step forward to launch an initiative to salute unsung legends of the country.
The brand brings to light the unsung legends of the country who, over the years, have worked selflessly to make this society a better place to live through a digital video series aptly titled – “Ride For Legends”.
Co-created along with popular YouTube channel Powerdrift that targets young enthusiasts, the series is also available on video-on-demand platform Voot.
These legends are ordinary people with extraordinary thinking and passion towards the country. The campaign is part of an integrated marketing campaign for its new range of high performing motorcycle engine oils for two-wheelers launched in December 2017.
As a part of the campaign, TOTAL encouraged four moto-vloggers – MSK, Oggy F, JS Films and Dino’s Vault, to take up the challenge to travel and discover the unsung legends of the society on their bikes. Through this campaign the vloggers highlighted the stories and achievements of the hidden heroes to the world.
WATConsult founder and CEO Rajiv Dingra says, “The objective behind creating, ‘Ride For Legends, was to be in sync with the core philosophy of the brand which is to provide absolute performance and smoothness to make the ride enjoyable for the everyday biker. The campaign, in an interesting way captures the beauty of our country and also the small yet big initiatives that people like us take to help build our country.”
Total Oil India VP of marketing and corporate communications, CSR Gayatri Ojha adds, “Through TOTAL Hi- Perf Ride for Legends we aim to enhance our presence and engagement through the digital medium. It is an interactive composition of branded content, which will target the auto enthusiasts & everyday riders. The campaign will also bring to life how the product not only provides protection, absolute performance and smoothness to the bike’s engine but also ensures a joy of riding for the biker. This campaign aims to serve the dual purpose of encouraging the biking community to explore our country and discover these unrecognised heroes in our society. These powerful and empowering stories needed a platform and we at Total India are glad to provide them with the same.”
The campaign series that went live on 14 February, on Total India’s Facebook page, featured stories of individuals like Aarti, a resident of Mumbai, who has made it her mission to provide education to underprivileged children; Siddharth, who is all of 16 years old, and has massively impacted the lives of 1200 BMC employees; Pratima Devi who single-handedly built a big kennel for stray dogs and Gangadhar Tilak who took matters in his own hands and tried to bring about a change.
MUMBAI: Bajaj Finserv has launched a TVC campaign to drive awareness around width of products offered through its lending, life insurance and general insurance arm.
The third phase of ‘Think It. Done’ campaign highlights the set of possibilities in every individual’s life thereby giving a solution to convert the thought into reality. It urges consumers to not only aspire for a better lifestyle but also offer means and resources to live a better lifestyle. The TVC reflects the core proposition of the group of making customers’ life hassle-free through its innovative products.
The campaign rolled out on 21 February and is conceptualised and executed by Leo Burnett. The campaign is targeted across all digital platforms and will continue till March 2018.
Bajaj Finserv through it group companies, offers a gamut of products in finance, insurance and investment segments. These products cater to consumer life journey at various stages enabling them to uplift the standard of living with an ease.
Bajaj Finserv extends the width of the product portfolio through its life and general insurance arms. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance caters to every segment and age-income profiles and has a strong life insurance portfolio that caters to all kinds of customer needs. Bajaj Allianz general insurance offers a wide range of non-life categories like four-wheeler and two-wheeler, health, home, cyber safe etc.
MUMBAI: Post receiving a great response for Suzuki Access 125 campaign of Kam Peeta Hai, Suzuki Motorcycle India, a subsidiary of two-wheeler manufacturer, Suzuki Motor Corporation Japan and Happy mcgarrybowen have rolled out the second phase to the campaign for their flagship scooter brand. The campaign line is a quirky yet bold take on the two-wheeler’s superior mileage. Suzuki Motorcycle India has launched three more ads as a part of its second leg.
Suzuki Motorcycle India EVP of sales and marketing Sajeev Rajasekhran says, “Suzuki Access 125 is one of the bestselling scooters in the 125cc segment in the premium product category in India. Post the success for ‘Kam Peeta Hai’ TVC, we have now rolled out the second phase of the campaign further strengthening its popularity in the market and drive purchase consideration. The series of TVC reinforces the greater functionality, benefits, and mileage for Suzuki Access 125. The campaign showcases situations during day-to-day activities to connect with the customers.
The campaign series shows scenarios from daily lives and turns them into a humorous yet bold take when Access 125 performance is in question. It is a unique way to differentiate Suzuki Access 125 from the other two-wheeler while highlighting its strengths.
Happy Mcgarrybowen CEO and co-founder Kartik Iyer adds,“There is no greater proof about the success of a campaign than the direct impact on business. What is even more encouraging to know is the fact that new customers are walking into showrooms asking to be shown the scooter that drinks less (Kam Peeta Hai). All due credit to the teams that worked on this campaign, especially the client for seeing the potential in a seemingly simple idea.”
The campaign will continue to have a 360-degree approach including print, outdoor, and digital platforms, besides the TVC format.
Suzuki Access 125 is a premium scooter loaded with features such as chrome styled headlamps, easy self-start, digital speedometer and a mobile charging socket as standard equipment. The scooter is also available with an optional front disc brake.
MUMBAI: What comes to your mind when you hear ‘kuch meetha ho jaaye?’ If you’ve been in India for the last two decades, you would instantly blurt out Cadbury. But the popular Indian chocolate has a 100-year-old history.
In June 1905 in England, Cadbury made its first Dairy Milk bar, with a higher proportion of milk than previous chocolate bars, and it became the company’s best-selling product by 1914. Cadbury India, now known as Mondelez India, began its operations in the country as early as 1948 by importing chocolates.
The Indian chocolate industry was worth Rs 58 billion at the end of 2014 and is predicted to reach Rs 122 billion at a compound annual growth rate of 16 per cent by 2019. According to the 2016 Euromonitor International report, the chocolate confectionery market in India is projected to grow at 8 per cent per annum between 2016 and 2021 to reach Rs 16,200 crore (on constant value) from Rs 11,256 crore in 2016, backed by better retailing across rural areas. Mondelez is the market leader in India’s chocolate space with more than 65 per cent market share and Cadbury Dairy Milk is its highest-selling product that has a market share of 41 per cent.
Mondelez India has given birth to some of the most memorable ads in its 70 years of existence in the Indian market with catch-phrases that come to us at the tip of our tongue—‘kuch khans hai zindagi mein’, ‘shubh aarambh’, ‘pappu paas ho gaya’, ‘aaj pehli tareek hai’ and ‘kiss me.’
All these notable campaigns are attributed to Ogilvy & Mather (O&M), an advertising agency that has been associated with the brand for over 26 years.
English was the medium of communication for Cadbury’s when the chocolate market was a niche in 1948. Mondelez India director of marketing for chocolates category Prashant Peres believes that all of Cadbury’s communication throughout the years has been about relations and bringing people joy in celebrating relations. While that has remained constant, what has changed is what the brand is trying to achieve with advertising.
“In the beginning, we were just trying to say that chocolate is a nice treat for kids but today Dairy Milk is a mass brand and it is a part of everyone’s heart. We have made a huge change in communication right from talking to kids to being occasion specific to now a casual consumption product,” he adds.
The brand has always been known for its loveable advertisements that make you want to sing along and do a little jig yourself. We take you down memory lane and explore how the brand communication for Cadbury Dairy Milk has changed and evolved over the years.
1993: The brand launched its first TVC in India in 1993 showcasing a teenage girl watching cricket in the stadium and then jumps into the ground, eating a Cadbury chocolate as soon as the cricketer hits a century.
1994: Another advertisement showed a to-be bride with henna on her hands, trying hard to open the wrapping of Cadbury chocolate with her elbows. The ad showed that teenagers too can enjoy a treat.
1999: With the tagline ‘khane walo ko khaane ka bahana chahiye’, the ad featuring popular video jockey Cyrus Brocha became an instant hit among viewers. The objective behind the communication was to make the chocolate category more socially and culturally relevant and drive penetration in the process as the penetration level of the chocolate category in 1999 was 19 per cent in the urban market at the time.
2002: This was when Cadbury changed its strategy. Having tapped all age-groups, it wanted to project Cadbury chocolates as a meetha – thereby trying to eat into the market of traditional Indian sweets. Advertisements were doled out showing Cadbury chocolate being enjoyed at every possible instance.
2003: With this ad, the company aimed to position the brand as not just an occasion-based chocolate but as more of a casual consumption habit with the ‘khush hoon khamakha’.
2005: Passing an exam always calls for a celebration and when Pappu finally does finally clear his 12th standard exams, it calls for a sweeter celebration. The new communication from Cadbury’s Dairy Milk extended the core promise of happiness to yet another ‘moment of joy’ in one’s life. The brand signed actor Amitabh Bachchan as a brand ambassador.
2008: In this ad, Cadbury vouches that pay day is always a reason to celebrate. The brand pays a tribute to the salaried employees by giving them another reason to celebrate the payday.
2009: The campaign showcased people living a fast life in the cities spreading happiness during the festival of lights among neighbours, the postman, the pizza delivery boy and many others who, though significant, are never valued for their little contributions that bring joy to one’s life. The core thought behind the new campaign is to surprise those who work unconditionally on Diwali day and at least expect their little gestures to be appreciated.
2010-2012: Cadbury by now had launched its campaign ‘shubh aarambh’ that was based on the concept of the Indian tradition of having something sweet before every auspicious occasion, with the belief that it leads to a favourable outcome.
2014: In a significant move, Cadbury decided to move away from its occasion-related brand positioning and to make chocolate consumption a casual habit with its tagline – ‘dil jo keh raha hai suno’. The campaign was in sync with Cadbury’s global proposition of ‘Free the Joy’.
2015: With an aim to change its communication, Cadbury launched this campaign showing the bonding between a saas and bahu (mother-in-law and daughter-in-law) duo. The ad shows a small-town mother-in-law and daughter-in-law strengthening their bond of friendship with a piece of chocolate.
2016: Mondelez International created animated ads as early as 1980’s in the United States and other markets but the concept came to India only in 2004 when Mondelez India (then known as, Cadbury India) decided to have an animation film to promote its new product. Cadbury introduced an animated alien series in 2016 to promote its product with #InterstellarParty where the aliens were thoroughly enticed by the chocolate. The song became an instant hit among viewers.
The brand stopped creating ads specifically for Cadbury Dairy Milk as its focus shifted to newer variants that the company launched in the market including Silk Oreo, Lickables and Cadbury Dairy Milk Silk.
MUMBAI: Law & Kenneth Saatchi & Saatchi partnered with Facebook and Big Bazaar for the World First 24 Hour Facebook Live Shopping Entertainment Show. The campaign broke through shopping festival clutter and bridged the gap between a digital first millennial consumer and the offline retail giant.
This was the first time in the world that a retail giant reached out to its customers individually on their phones – not just with exciting exclusive deals but with live entertaining content crafted around those deals.
Big Bazaar revolutionised the way Indians shopped back in 2006 when it started one of the country’s biggest shopping festivals—the Sabse Saste Din Sale. For the last 12 years, every year Sabse Saste Din takes over the country around 26th January.
Future Group group head – digital Pawan Sarda said, “24 Hours Facebook live for “Sabse Sasta 5 Din” is one of the most exciting marketing ideas we have built in recent times. Thanks to Facebook and Law & Kenneth Saatchi & Saatchi to come together with us to make this happen. It was a challenging project as we had to create content for 24 hours. We created an entertaining programme with leading Bollywood and television influencers for our viewers and with M-coupons we were able to drive them to the stores. The most exciting part though, is that 10 million people viewed it real time. I am not sure if anyone has done anything like this before, but I can imagine this to be the biggest online to offline initiative.”
Added Law & Kenneth Saatchi & Saatchi managing partner Anil K Nair, “Our biggest challenge was how to make the country’s biggest shopping festival interesting for millennials, especially considering habitual discounting has become such a hygiene across both offline and online retailers. We were very clear that we didn’t want to use social media for the sake of it. This 24-hour live entertainment event turned a monotonous transactional exchange into an authentic engaging experience for our customers and fans. We couldn’t have done this without the Big Bazaar team and Pawan Sarda supporting this maverick idea all the way. It is a matter of great pride that an Indian brick and mortar retail brand is showing the way to the rest of the world by creating such a world class contextual branded content and digital event.”
Millennials are now surrounded by shopping festivals from every offline and online retailer, turning exciting deals and discounts into an annual monotonous ritual. Big Bazaar wanted to break out of this clutter and create a more authentic connect with millennials who spend hours on social media everyday looking for ways to keep themselves entertained.
MUMBAI: Set to storm your television set are Lux Industries Ltd’s (Lux Industries) three new TVCs, featuring Bollywood’s finest, for three different brands.
While Amitabh Bachchan unveiled the new television commercial of LuxVenus, Varun Dhawan released the new TVC of Lux Cozi and Parineeti Chopra, of their women wear brand Lyra, the company’s media release stated.
The company has also announced plans of launching a media blitzkrieg in television, print, radio, digital and outdoors for their products and plans to go ahead with a new 360-degree campaign regarding their newly launched commercials.
The move is aimed at ensuring major growth in sales in the next quarter and positively impact the company’s presence in the market, said Lux Industries chairman Ashok Todi.
The company is also looking forward to individually grow and sustain the leadership positions of its diverse portfolio of brands in the market.
