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  • Britannia Milk Bikis & Talented launches new campaign

    Britannia Milk Bikis & Talented launches new campaign

    Mumbai: As part of their ongoing platform of equal parenting, Britannia Milk Bikis has launched a campaign speaking to the dads of Tamil Nadu. Conceptualised by Talented, ‘Adengappa Kadhaigal’ (loosely translated to wow! stories) is a Gen AI-powered storytelling resource that equips dads to be better storytellers for their kids.

    Stemming from the thought of ‘everything around you can tell a story’, this first-of-its-kind platform uses objects commonly found in households to aid storytime. Scan any Britannia Milk Bikis pack to generate stories, both in English and Tamil. Each story comes with prompts on how to use that object as a prop to narrate stories to kids.

    Britannia Milk Bikis launched the #GrowthNeedsBoth campaign last year with Prithi Ashwin and her husband R. Ashwin, alongside their two daughters, to highlight the importance of collaborative parenting. The campaign emphasises that the combined efforts of both parents as equal partners are important in ensuring the holistic growth and nourishment of the child.

    Touching upon the cultural nuances of the initiative, Britannia Industries CMO Amit Doshi said, “Britannia Milk Bikis has a deep-rooted relationship with the state of Tamil Nadu spanning decades. This campaign is a testament to our commitment to further the equal parenting discourse and play a part in enabling parents, aided by new-age technology. We’ve trained the AI model to recognise thousands of objects found in households to make stories more accessible.”

    Generate your stories here: https://milkbikisadengappa.com/

    Talented creative, brand strategy Samyu Murali and Balaji Padmanabhan added, “In a state where films are worshipped, they sometimes perpetuate a stereotypical image of moms – where dads are seen as the ‘fun’ parent and moms are relegated to the role of the disciplinarian. Advertising is trying to raise our children differently, starting with showing dads as equal parts storytellers.”

    With a refreshing take on storytelling, this campaign stands out from other ads in the category where a mom’s role is usually the primary caretaker, and makes you ponder ‘Why aren’t more brands speaking to dads?’

    Britannia Milk Bikis has always had a deep-rooted connection with Tamil Nadu. Campaigns like “Britannia Milk Bikis Anaivarukkum,” which celebrates Tamil Nadu’s rich linguistic diversity and regional pride, and “Britannia Milk Bikis Flashback Pack” campaign, which celebrates the unique and affectionate nicknames used in Tamil households, highlight this regional focus. 

  • Britannia launches ‘Har Pocket Ab Dustbin’ campaign

    Britannia launches ‘Har Pocket Ab Dustbin’ campaign

    Mumbai: It’s easy to justify tossing our wrappers when there’s no bin in sight. What’s harder is holding onto those wrappers till you find a dustbin! In their latest for Britannia, Talented.Agency celebrates a milestone for the legacy brand – two years of 100 per cent plastic neutrality with a film on adopting a simple habit. Their choice of protagonist? An eight-year-old. The earnestness of a child is a striking reminder to do better, develop a conscience for cleanliness and be responsible for your own waste, if not everybody’s.

    Har Pocket Ab Dustbin (Every Pocket, now a Dustbin) is an attempt to encourage millions of Britannia consumers to be cognizant of their surroundings and join the brand in its commitment towards efficient plastic collection and processing, leading to 100 per cent plastic neutrality. Everyone can also join the pledge with Britannia at https://www.britannia.co.in/do-not-litter

    Britannia has been actively working around various measures such as sustainable sourcing of ingredients & packaging, enriching the products with vitamins and minerals, natural resources efficiency to minimise environmental impact and much more. One of many steps the company has taken is processing over 43,000 metric tonnes of plastic in FY 22-23 alone and being 100% plastic neutral for over two years.

    Commenting about the initiative of #HarPocketAbDustbin, Britannia CMO Amit Doshi said, “Britannia is on a mission to be known as a responsible global total foods company. With the efforts of all our functions, we have been 100% plastic neutral for over two years, and on the occasion of World Earth Day – we wanted to bring light to our efforts. We wanted to extend the initiative to all our consumers because despite working at this scale, the individual efforts that you and I can make cannot be undermined. #HarPocketAbDustbin is an effort to tackle the plastic problem together with our consumers.”

    On the campaign, CodeRed director Gajraj Rao added, “This is the first time we’ve crafted an entire film for a brand without ever showing their product. We had more products on the snack tray of this shoot than in front of the camera. Kudos to team Britannia on their efforts to be sustainable. I look forward to watching them continue on their path of plastic neutrality, not just because I’d like to make them more films for future milestones!”

    #HarPocketAbDustbin is a simple yet impactful plea to take ownership of our own litter through a habit many of us are not unfamiliar with.

    Shedding light on how the insight came to be, the team from Talented, Sanket Audhi, Balaji Padmanabhan and Pearl Alex commented, “We noticed many of us were already performing the ‘fold it, hold it, wait, dispose it’ with our own litter. We also noticed we started it young. #HarPocketAbDustbin is our attempt at compounding the effect this habit had on us and our surroundings, by keeping it going through a movement that kids and India alike can follow! How we deal with today’s plastic problem will take small actions like this and larger systems like Britannia’s efforts. This was a first taste at zero waste, and we’re glad to play our part in it!”