Category: Ad Campaigns

  • Shruti Haasan enthralls netizens in new campaign for Hotstar Tamil Nadu

    Shruti Haasan enthralls netizens in new campaign for Hotstar Tamil Nadu

    MUMBAI: India’s premium streaming platform, Hotstar, which provides over 85,000 hours of entertainment content in 8 languages in India, is now reaching out to connect with its strong regional language audiences in Tamil Nadu. Hotstar, says it has more than 5600 hours of Tamil content including a large collection of the latest and classic Tamil movies, and popular TV shows, has also announced the uber cool, young rock star of Tamil cinema – Shruti Haasan, as its new brand ambassador.

    Expressing delight on her association with Hotstar, brand ambassador Shruti Haasan said, “I am delighted to be associated with Hotstar, the go-to place for people of my generation for entertainment. It is heartening to see that fans of Tamil entertainment too can watch their desired shows and films on Hotstar. I am proud of the fact that, because of Hotstar, India too is on-par with the global audiences in the way we watch our favourite shows, films and sports. It is also heartening to see that, through Hotstar, now my films will be able to reach a much wider audience which is digitally savvy.”

    Star India MD- south K Madhavan said, “We have witnessed a tremendous surge in demand for local language content in Tamil Nadu. People here are tech-savvy and in-tune with the most developed countries in the world when it comes to their appetite for entertainment content. While large sections of the audience is already aware of Hotstar’s regional language offerings, Shruti will help us reach out to far more audiences in Tamil Nadu who will be delighted to know that their favorites are available to them at a time of their convenience, and that too absolutely free of cost.”

    Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan said, “Ever since the launch in February 2015, Hotstar has established itself as the primary screen for young India. We are the only platform that showcases and curates the best of Tamil movies and TV shows, all for free to our users. We are delighted to extend our offerings to the Tamil entertainment loving audiences, not only in India, but also across the world.”

    The launch will be followed by a six-week multi-media campaign featuring the young and bubbly Shruti Haasan across TV, print, outdoor and digital.

  • Shruti Haasan enthralls netizens in new campaign for Hotstar Tamil Nadu

    Shruti Haasan enthralls netizens in new campaign for Hotstar Tamil Nadu

    MUMBAI: India’s premium streaming platform, Hotstar, which provides over 85,000 hours of entertainment content in 8 languages in India, is now reaching out to connect with its strong regional language audiences in Tamil Nadu. Hotstar, says it has more than 5600 hours of Tamil content including a large collection of the latest and classic Tamil movies, and popular TV shows, has also announced the uber cool, young rock star of Tamil cinema – Shruti Haasan, as its new brand ambassador.

    Expressing delight on her association with Hotstar, brand ambassador Shruti Haasan said, “I am delighted to be associated with Hotstar, the go-to place for people of my generation for entertainment. It is heartening to see that fans of Tamil entertainment too can watch their desired shows and films on Hotstar. I am proud of the fact that, because of Hotstar, India too is on-par with the global audiences in the way we watch our favourite shows, films and sports. It is also heartening to see that, through Hotstar, now my films will be able to reach a much wider audience which is digitally savvy.”

    Star India MD- south K Madhavan said, “We have witnessed a tremendous surge in demand for local language content in Tamil Nadu. People here are tech-savvy and in-tune with the most developed countries in the world when it comes to their appetite for entertainment content. While large sections of the audience is already aware of Hotstar’s regional language offerings, Shruti will help us reach out to far more audiences in Tamil Nadu who will be delighted to know that their favorites are available to them at a time of their convenience, and that too absolutely free of cost.”

    Hotstar CEO Ajit Mohan said, “Ever since the launch in February 2015, Hotstar has established itself as the primary screen for young India. We are the only platform that showcases and curates the best of Tamil movies and TV shows, all for free to our users. We are delighted to extend our offerings to the Tamil entertainment loving audiences, not only in India, but also across the world.”

    The launch will be followed by a six-week multi-media campaign featuring the young and bubbly Shruti Haasan across TV, print, outdoor and digital.

  • Turtle Limited unveils ‘Blindspot’ campaign to commemorate World Turtle Da

    Turtle Limited unveils ‘Blindspot’ campaign to commemorate World Turtle Da

    MUMBAI: To commemorate World Turtle Day, Turtle Limited, one of India’s finest men’s lifestyle brands, launched another heart touching unique effort, called The Blindspot campaign to support its on-going efforts to conserve the endangered species of Turtles. Turtle Limited has always been recognized as brand with high creative perception and to keep it synonymous this year they have associated with Premasree – a free residential home for blind and visually impaired children, aims to raise awareness about Turtle conservation through the creations of blind children who would be painting or creating models of turtles with colorpencils or clay dough. Set up as a Registered Trust, Premasree began its operation in December 2012 and is situated in Ghatakpukur, (Jagulgachi village 24 Parganas (S) West Bengal). Premasree currently houses 30 blind and visually impaired children.

    It is often said that outer beauty pleases the eye but inner beauty captivates the heart. Turtles have been around for 200 million years and knowing the kind of hurdles they face to survive still we have turned a blind eye towards turtles. This campaign is conceptualized to drive home this message through those who cannot see but express their feelings through profound creativity. ‘The Blindspot’ campaign involved Turtle Limited arranging a workshop with blind children at Premasree, where they were given drawing sheets, pencils and play dough to create Turtle’s. This was followed by an engaging 360 degree communication campaign, where these unique pieces of art were displayed on social media alongside a photo of their little artists who created them. The campaign was an eye opener towards the cause of conservation of this special reptile. Posts on this campaign were liked, shared, and points were donated to spread the message across all social media platforms. Based on the number of these likes shores and donated points, Turtle Limited provided a monetary donation to the Turtle Surveillance Alliance, who are their partners in this ongoing fight to save turtles. The campaign also displayed a limited line of T- Shirts imprinted with these paintings. To inspire and educate more people towards Turtle conservation, this unique initiative has been filmed; with every step on this journey captured poignantly in a film that will be released online and will be spread virally.

    Commenting on this initiative, Turtle Limited director Shitanshu Jhunjhunwala said, “Turtles have been around for 200 million years, yet they are rapidly disappearing as a result of smuggling, the exotic food industry, habitat destruction, global warming and the cruel pet trade. Keeping in mind this sad state of turtle globally, we thought of launching a campaign that would try to raise awareness towards this case, with these gifted young children at Premasree. We hope that through this unique vision of filming this beautiful journey, we would be able to reach out to a greater number of people towards the cause of Turtle conservation.”

    Expressing the thought behind the creation of yet another unique campaign to commemorate World Turtle Day, JWT executive creative director Arjun Mukherjee said, “To make the world at large see the plight of the turtles, we went to those who have never seen one before in their lives. The campaign was crafted to touch the heart and the purity of intent was the reason behind its success on social media. The thousands of likes and shares now actually getting converted into active interest in saving turtles prove the fact that the blindspot is slowly being removed.”

  • Turtle Limited unveils ‘Blindspot’ campaign to commemorate World Turtle Da

    Turtle Limited unveils ‘Blindspot’ campaign to commemorate World Turtle Da

    MUMBAI: To commemorate World Turtle Day, Turtle Limited, one of India’s finest men’s lifestyle brands, launched another heart touching unique effort, called The Blindspot campaign to support its on-going efforts to conserve the endangered species of Turtles. Turtle Limited has always been recognized as brand with high creative perception and to keep it synonymous this year they have associated with Premasree – a free residential home for blind and visually impaired children, aims to raise awareness about Turtle conservation through the creations of blind children who would be painting or creating models of turtles with colorpencils or clay dough. Set up as a Registered Trust, Premasree began its operation in December 2012 and is situated in Ghatakpukur, (Jagulgachi village 24 Parganas (S) West Bengal). Premasree currently houses 30 blind and visually impaired children.

    It is often said that outer beauty pleases the eye but inner beauty captivates the heart. Turtles have been around for 200 million years and knowing the kind of hurdles they face to survive still we have turned a blind eye towards turtles. This campaign is conceptualized to drive home this message through those who cannot see but express their feelings through profound creativity. ‘The Blindspot’ campaign involved Turtle Limited arranging a workshop with blind children at Premasree, where they were given drawing sheets, pencils and play dough to create Turtle’s. This was followed by an engaging 360 degree communication campaign, where these unique pieces of art were displayed on social media alongside a photo of their little artists who created them. The campaign was an eye opener towards the cause of conservation of this special reptile. Posts on this campaign were liked, shared, and points were donated to spread the message across all social media platforms. Based on the number of these likes shores and donated points, Turtle Limited provided a monetary donation to the Turtle Surveillance Alliance, who are their partners in this ongoing fight to save turtles. The campaign also displayed a limited line of T- Shirts imprinted with these paintings. To inspire and educate more people towards Turtle conservation, this unique initiative has been filmed; with every step on this journey captured poignantly in a film that will be released online and will be spread virally.

    Commenting on this initiative, Turtle Limited director Shitanshu Jhunjhunwala said, “Turtles have been around for 200 million years, yet they are rapidly disappearing as a result of smuggling, the exotic food industry, habitat destruction, global warming and the cruel pet trade. Keeping in mind this sad state of turtle globally, we thought of launching a campaign that would try to raise awareness towards this case, with these gifted young children at Premasree. We hope that through this unique vision of filming this beautiful journey, we would be able to reach out to a greater number of people towards the cause of Turtle conservation.”

    Expressing the thought behind the creation of yet another unique campaign to commemorate World Turtle Day, JWT executive creative director Arjun Mukherjee said, “To make the world at large see the plight of the turtles, we went to those who have never seen one before in their lives. The campaign was crafted to touch the heart and the purity of intent was the reason behind its success on social media. The thousands of likes and shares now actually getting converted into active interest in saving turtles prove the fact that the blindspot is slowly being removed.”

  • Inshorts attempts to create awareness about app through first TVC

    Inshorts attempts to create awareness about app through first TVC

    NEW DELHI: Inshorts, the news app which attempts to give news briefly, has for the first time launched a video commercial to boost awareness about its short form content value proposition.

    The brand campaign on YouTube has been executed by Cheil India and the ad targets urban news consumers in the age group of 18 to 35 who value brevity and time.

    Carrying the tagline – ‘Short mein jaano’, the campaign captures real life situations where the protagonists get frustrated from people around them who waste time in beating around the bush instead of communicating to the point.

    The video commercial revolves around a bomb squad commando stuck in a situation of urgency, awaiting instructions from his senior, to take necessary action. It is only after a series of unimportant information that the commando is guided about the course of action he was looking for all along.

    Inshorts, through its 60-word shorts, provides users a unique content discovery experience that allows them to read a lot of news items in short, in very little time. With just a few swipes, at a time and place of their convenience, consumers can keep abreast with all the important news of the day.

    Inshorts CEO and co-founder Azhar Iqubal said, “Being an internet company, we are launching our campaign online first and intend to go all out with ATL and BTL campaigns later. Through this TVC, we hope to highlight the Inshorts value proposition of keeping its users updated with simple, factual and to-the-point content which can be consumed in minimum time.”

    The commercial has been directed by Gajraj Rao, produced by Code Red Films and conceptualized by Cheil India. The four-week long campaign will go live on digital and social platforms like Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

    Cheil India executive creative director Aneesh Jaisinghani said: “When you have a great product like the Inshorts app, a veteran director like Gajaraj Rao, super talented actors like Rajesh Sharma, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi and Sumit Gulati, a few things are guaranteed, a ball of a shoot and a couple of awesome TV commercials. Hope the viewers enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed making them”

  • Inshorts attempts to create awareness about app through first TVC

    Inshorts attempts to create awareness about app through first TVC

    NEW DELHI: Inshorts, the news app which attempts to give news briefly, has for the first time launched a video commercial to boost awareness about its short form content value proposition.

    The brand campaign on YouTube has been executed by Cheil India and the ad targets urban news consumers in the age group of 18 to 35 who value brevity and time.

    Carrying the tagline – ‘Short mein jaano’, the campaign captures real life situations where the protagonists get frustrated from people around them who waste time in beating around the bush instead of communicating to the point.

    The video commercial revolves around a bomb squad commando stuck in a situation of urgency, awaiting instructions from his senior, to take necessary action. It is only after a series of unimportant information that the commando is guided about the course of action he was looking for all along.

    Inshorts, through its 60-word shorts, provides users a unique content discovery experience that allows them to read a lot of news items in short, in very little time. With just a few swipes, at a time and place of their convenience, consumers can keep abreast with all the important news of the day.

    Inshorts CEO and co-founder Azhar Iqubal said, “Being an internet company, we are launching our campaign online first and intend to go all out with ATL and BTL campaigns later. Through this TVC, we hope to highlight the Inshorts value proposition of keeping its users updated with simple, factual and to-the-point content which can be consumed in minimum time.”

    The commercial has been directed by Gajraj Rao, produced by Code Red Films and conceptualized by Cheil India. The four-week long campaign will go live on digital and social platforms like Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

    Cheil India executive creative director Aneesh Jaisinghani said: “When you have a great product like the Inshorts app, a veteran director like Gajaraj Rao, super talented actors like Rajesh Sharma, Nikhil Ratnaparkhi and Sumit Gulati, a few things are guaranteed, a ball of a shoot and a couple of awesome TV commercials. Hope the viewers enjoy watching them as much as we enjoyed making them”

  • Marriott India partners Rising Pune Supergiants for IPL Season 2016

    Marriott India partners Rising Pune Supergiants for IPL Season 2016

    MUMBAI: The digital campaign #MarriottForRPSG, conceptualized in partnership with MindShift Interactive amplifies the Rising Pune Supergiants and Marriott India association for IPL 2016.

    With the #MarriottForRPSG campaign, the agency wanted to highlight the association of Marriott India as the official hospitality partner of Rising Pune Supergiants. The campaign began with over 40 Marriott India properties – Marriott, JW Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield Inn by Marriott and Renaissance. They came together for a holistic campaign to cheer for the first season of the Rising Pune Supergiants. The month long campaign focused on the common ground between cricket and Marriott – passion. Building on that idea, the campaign started off with profiling the team members – MS Dhoni, Steven Smith, Ajinkya Rahane, Kevin Peterson, Faf Du Plessis amongst others whilst highlighting JW Marriott Pune being the official hosts to the team throughout the series.

    An flash mob conducted by the JW Marriott Pune staff was created and captured through a video that received high outreach digital platforms. Keeping the insight behind video content being a key to leveraging engagements, a fair share of videos were created around the associates of Marriott and the teams. A cricket playoff between key players from RPS and students from the Mahindra Pride School, a cause dear to Marriott India was conducted capturing the true essence of two worlds colliding, shared through all the Marriott properties across India. The entire campaign was aptly led by content focusing on the cricket fever through the hashtag #CricketOnMyMind, in the form of rich media such as GIFs and videos presenting the subtle ways cricket  is seen .

    The month long campaign had an overall outreach of 60,00,000 organically, owing an outreach of over 5,00,000 on Facebook and more than 55,00,000 on Twitter. Instagram was leveraged as a secondary platform for properties that were present too.

    MindShift Interactive CEO  Zafar Rais commented, “This was an exciting opportunity for MindShift to partner with not just a few Marriott India properties but with each and every one of them to leverage their association with Rising Pune Super Giants, making it the first of its kind. Leveraging the association on social media was the apt route to take given the level of engagement IPL receives digitally.”

     

  • Marriott India partners Rising Pune Supergiants for IPL Season 2016

    Marriott India partners Rising Pune Supergiants for IPL Season 2016

    MUMBAI: The digital campaign #MarriottForRPSG, conceptualized in partnership with MindShift Interactive amplifies the Rising Pune Supergiants and Marriott India association for IPL 2016.

    With the #MarriottForRPSG campaign, the agency wanted to highlight the association of Marriott India as the official hospitality partner of Rising Pune Supergiants. The campaign began with over 40 Marriott India properties – Marriott, JW Marriott, Courtyard by Marriott, Fairfield Inn by Marriott and Renaissance. They came together for a holistic campaign to cheer for the first season of the Rising Pune Supergiants. The month long campaign focused on the common ground between cricket and Marriott – passion. Building on that idea, the campaign started off with profiling the team members – MS Dhoni, Steven Smith, Ajinkya Rahane, Kevin Peterson, Faf Du Plessis amongst others whilst highlighting JW Marriott Pune being the official hosts to the team throughout the series.

    An flash mob conducted by the JW Marriott Pune staff was created and captured through a video that received high outreach digital platforms. Keeping the insight behind video content being a key to leveraging engagements, a fair share of videos were created around the associates of Marriott and the teams. A cricket playoff between key players from RPS and students from the Mahindra Pride School, a cause dear to Marriott India was conducted capturing the true essence of two worlds colliding, shared through all the Marriott properties across India. The entire campaign was aptly led by content focusing on the cricket fever through the hashtag #CricketOnMyMind, in the form of rich media such as GIFs and videos presenting the subtle ways cricket  is seen .

    The month long campaign had an overall outreach of 60,00,000 organically, owing an outreach of over 5,00,000 on Facebook and more than 55,00,000 on Twitter. Instagram was leveraged as a secondary platform for properties that were present too.

    MindShift Interactive CEO  Zafar Rais commented, “This was an exciting opportunity for MindShift to partner with not just a few Marriott India properties but with each and every one of them to leverage their association with Rising Pune Super Giants, making it the first of its kind. Leveraging the association on social media was the apt route to take given the level of engagement IPL receives digitally.”

     

  • Banjara’s latest ad calls out on racist mindset in advertising

    Banjara’s latest ad calls out on racist mindset in advertising

    MUMBAI: Indian’s obsession with fairer skin dates back to immigrants, conquerors and rulers from the west with fairer skin lauding it over the `local’ or native Indians which later got defined into a caste system where dalits or ‘untouchables’ often had much darker skin than the upper castes. The innate implication is that if you have fair skin, you are somewhat superior to others around you. Most of the well-known FMCG companies are encashing upon this paranoia which is deep-rooted in our culture. Such advertisements encourage the notion that a fair girl is the definition of a beautiful girl, and that this skin color would ensure that she goes through a hassle free marriage and fulfill her every dream.

    To enhance it’s positioning of being known for its natural range of hair and skin care products, Banjara’s supports a movement against colour bias in India called ‘#proud of my colour.’

    Commenting on the communication objective behind the new campaign, Banjara’s  MD Ramesh Vishwanathan said, “We wanted to change the perception that fair skin does not mean beauty. A woman should feel gorgeous in her natural skin color. The focus of skin products should be on healthy skin and not skin lightening. The highlight of this short film will be to educate people to get over their unhealthy obsession about fairness.”

    The campaign comprises a film that focuses on how most often the pressure to be “fairer” really begins at home. It captures the concerns and apprehensions that older family members have about skin colour, especially when it comes to their daughters and marriage. Many things both desirable and not so desirable start at home says Prabhakar of India/2 who scripted and directed the film meant for a largely internet audience.

    A second film that captures the affinity of advertisers both large and small to only portray “fair girls” in their advertising is next on the cards. It will take on the need to look beyond colour at talent and achievement, and for that matter at the need to see beauty itself beyond color.

    Sharing his views on the creative thought process, Krishna Mohan, India/2 said, “We learnt a lot from the movement against colour bias that we launched #proudofmycolour. We built a community of almost 2 Lakhs in a period of just 4 months. And the support we got from our “mavens of colour” be it the girl next door (in their hundreds) or celebrities like Padma Lakshmi, Radhika Nair, Nidhi Sunil has been astonishing”. Many of the insights from the #proudofmycolor campaign went into making of the film for Banjara’s Skin +ive. Perhaps this explains why the Ad has resonated with audiences across the country and has recorded more than 3 million hits in under a week.

    The music composed by Dr. Divakar Subramaniam is built around the theme; you can’t judge beauty by colour, and specially created to enhance the desired message. The film has been shot by INDIA/2 Productions and will play on prominent online mediums and cinemas as part of its outreach plans. The strategic promotion of the film on the internet has been crafted by Manish Sinha and Arvind Jha of ParikshaLabs.

  • Banjara’s latest ad calls out on racist mindset in advertising

    Banjara’s latest ad calls out on racist mindset in advertising

    MUMBAI: Indian’s obsession with fairer skin dates back to immigrants, conquerors and rulers from the west with fairer skin lauding it over the `local’ or native Indians which later got defined into a caste system where dalits or ‘untouchables’ often had much darker skin than the upper castes. The innate implication is that if you have fair skin, you are somewhat superior to others around you. Most of the well-known FMCG companies are encashing upon this paranoia which is deep-rooted in our culture. Such advertisements encourage the notion that a fair girl is the definition of a beautiful girl, and that this skin color would ensure that she goes through a hassle free marriage and fulfill her every dream.

    To enhance it’s positioning of being known for its natural range of hair and skin care products, Banjara’s supports a movement against colour bias in India called ‘#proud of my colour.’

    Commenting on the communication objective behind the new campaign, Banjara’s  MD Ramesh Vishwanathan said, “We wanted to change the perception that fair skin does not mean beauty. A woman should feel gorgeous in her natural skin color. The focus of skin products should be on healthy skin and not skin lightening. The highlight of this short film will be to educate people to get over their unhealthy obsession about fairness.”

    The campaign comprises a film that focuses on how most often the pressure to be “fairer” really begins at home. It captures the concerns and apprehensions that older family members have about skin colour, especially when it comes to their daughters and marriage. Many things both desirable and not so desirable start at home says Prabhakar of India/2 who scripted and directed the film meant for a largely internet audience.

    A second film that captures the affinity of advertisers both large and small to only portray “fair girls” in their advertising is next on the cards. It will take on the need to look beyond colour at talent and achievement, and for that matter at the need to see beauty itself beyond color.

    Sharing his views on the creative thought process, Krishna Mohan, India/2 said, “We learnt a lot from the movement against colour bias that we launched #proudofmycolour. We built a community of almost 2 Lakhs in a period of just 4 months. And the support we got from our “mavens of colour” be it the girl next door (in their hundreds) or celebrities like Padma Lakshmi, Radhika Nair, Nidhi Sunil has been astonishing”. Many of the insights from the #proudofmycolor campaign went into making of the film for Banjara’s Skin +ive. Perhaps this explains why the Ad has resonated with audiences across the country and has recorded more than 3 million hits in under a week.

    The music composed by Dr. Divakar Subramaniam is built around the theme; you can’t judge beauty by colour, and specially created to enhance the desired message. The film has been shot by INDIA/2 Productions and will play on prominent online mediums and cinemas as part of its outreach plans. The strategic promotion of the film on the internet has been crafted by Manish Sinha and Arvind Jha of ParikshaLabs.