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  • Abby Awards: Linen Lintas wins grand prix for Dabur Vatika campaign

    Abby Awards: Linen Lintas wins grand prix for Dabur Vatika campaign

    GOA: Lintas Group’s Linen Lintas won the grand prix at the Abby awards that were held at the 10th edition of Goafest. The agency won the metal in the Direct Campaign using any two form, for Dabur Vatika premium shampoo. 

     

    The tagline of the campaign was Brave and Beautiful. The award was handed over to Linen Lintas by ad man Prasoon Joshi. 

     

    TBWA Sri Lanka was the only international winner on the second day of the Abby awards. 

     

    The radio category saw Contract Advertising and Scarecrow Communications as dominants with 11 and 12 metals respectively. Jury head and Contract Advertising NCD Ashish Chakraborty said, “We had more entries this time, which is an encouraging sign but I must say that as a jury, we were underwhelmed as the surprise quotient was completely missing. The quality of writing was good, production quality was also there but we need to push ourselves more. Internationally there is much better quality of work and we also need to get inspired and improve ourselves.”

     

    The broadcast category jury was led by IBN 18 Network CEO Avinash Kaul. A total of 14 Golds, seven Silvers and five Bronze metals were given away in the category. With four Golds, Colors and Viacom 18 were the most prominent in the category. The quality of work in the category was very good as more Gold metals were bestowed than Bronze and Silver. Big Boss, Code Red and Udann Bindas Play were amongst the winners across various categories.

     

    Print Craft and PR were amongst the other categories for which awards were given to various winners.

     

    Click here for the list of winners

  • Kukunoor bags Grand Prix for children’s film at Berlinale

    Kukunoor bags Grand Prix for children’s film at Berlinale

    NEW DELHI: International award-winning filmmaker Nagesh Kukunoor’s Dhanak (Rainbow) has won the Grand Prix for Best Feature given by the International Jury in the Generation KPlus section for children, as well as a Special Mention of the Children’s Jury in the same section, at the Berlin Film Festival.

     

    Kukunoor has directed and written the film, which is a fable-like story of a young girl in Rajasthan who is determined to have vision restored to her blind brother before his ninth birthday.

     

    “This dynamically-directed film delivers joy and heartbreak in equal measure – the young brother and sister at its heart and the unbreakable love between them is irresistible… Filled with colour, magic, music, spontaneity and a plenty of emotion, this film lives up to its name and delivers a celebration of life to savor long after the end credits roll,” a statement from the International Jury said.

     

    Dhanak, produced by Manish Mundra, also won prize money of 7,500 euros that comes with the Grand Prix. 

     

    This is Kukunoor’s 14th film since Hyderabad Blues. He was on the red carpet at the Berlin Film Festival along with Mundra, co-producer Elahe Hiptoola, sound designer Vipin Bhati and music composer Tapas Relia.

     

    “Actually when I met Manish, I went to pitch a film about a boxer,” Kukunoor recalled. “In passing, I also mentioned a small, sweet film – as a filler – about a brother and sister set in Rajasthan, and he said let’s do this one.” 

     

    Mundra grew up in Jodhpur and for Kukunoor too, it is the third film in Rajasthan after Dor and Yeh Honsla. “I am repeatedly drawn to Rajasthan because I’m fascinated by how small and insignificant humans become in vast open spaces,” said the director. “The moment I had this image of a brother and sister against the desert landscape, I rushed to my computer and wrote the script right away. I couldn’t stop,” he added.

     

    Dhanak also conveys a message. “I wanted to say that life is good and there are good people too. When I was growing up in Hyderabad, you could trust people. You could go over to a stranger’s house and they would be kind to you. WithDhanak, I’m kind of returning to my childhood and a kinder world,” Kukunoor said.

     

    Kukunoor’s work reveals a lively keenness to experiment with genres and subjects, varying wildly from homegrown romance Hyderabad Blues to thrillers Teen Deewarein and 8×10 Tasveer, inspirational drama Iqbal, to Dhanak. “The process of filmmaking is what I live for, and the day the print comes out, my fun ends,” said the director. 

     

    One of the revelations of Dhanak is how confidently its young blind protagonist moves, unlike the cane-tapping, champion hobblers of Bollywood. Kukunoor says he knew he wanted to make it as a road movie, so he needed to know “how the kid moves.” 

     

    Kukunoor said, “I’m extremely impatient and immediately asked my assistant director Ranjeet Jha to bring me phone camera footage of blind children. He followed some blind kids in the slums of Ghatkopar. The blind kids moved so fast and confidently, not stumbling or even touching walls, I said, ‘Wow, what the hell is this?’ The characters, featuring Krrish Chhabria and Hetal Gada, were worked out accordingly.” 

     

    For the success of Dhanak, Kukunoor duly credits co-producer Elahe Hiptoola. “Elahe is always invaluable. I had hired her as an actress two days before we shot Hyderabad Blues, but her skills were so good, she was an assistant director on Hyderabad Blues, and then we formed SIC Productions, and she has been my creative producer since. She totally gets my back, above and beyond the call of duty.”

  • Kan Khajura Tesan wins Grand Prix WARC Prize for Asian Strategy

    Kan Khajura Tesan wins Grand Prix WARC Prize for Asian Strategy

    MUMBAI: About a month ago, Lowe Lintas + Partners had achieved an incredible feat of India’s best performance yet at the zenith of strategy awards in the world – the 4A’s Jay Chiat Awards in Chicago, with a silver and a bronze. The recognition goes further now with the agency bagging the top honour at another platform that recognises strategic excellence just as widely in Asia – The WARC Prize for Asian Strategy 2014.

    The fourth edition of The WARC Prize for Asian Strategy that was held in Singapore last night, saw the agency’s work on ‘KKT – From the ‘dark’ to connectivity’ bag the all-important Grand Prix for Best Strategy. KKT is an initiative for Hindustan Unilever developed by Lowe Lintas + Partners with media partner PHD.

    In another first for WARC, KKT was also conferred with the ‘Asia First Special Award’, for insight the rest of the world can learn from.

     As an awards platform, WARC Prize for Asian Strategy easily is a class apart from the others on numerous counts. Some of these include:

    –          Run by the World Advertising and Research Council, it is Asia’s leading platform that recognises great strategic thinking in marketing

    –          The award is open for all countries across the Asia Pacific region

    –          This year, it received over 180 entries, a record high for the competition

    –          The 40 that made the shortlist came from 11 countries, and from a mix of major networks and local independents

    –          The judging panel comprised of senior client-side marketers and agency experts that gave away a total of 19 awards

     Sharing his excitement on the news, Joseph George, CEO, Lowe Lintas + Partners India said, “KKT is a true innovation where a business problem was addressed with a platformic solution. The recognition it continues to amass at a global scale is a great testament to Lowe Lintas’ culture of creative effectiveness. The first Grand Prix for India at WARC makes it a little more sweeter.”

     For Anaheeta Goenka and Deepa Geethakrishnan, the team from Lowe Lintas + Partners that led the KKT initiative, the awards are a reiteration of the fact that no matter how small or simple an idea be, the true measure of its success is the change it brings about in the marketplace. Sharing their thoughts, they said, “This win is a crucial milestone of the global journey of creative effectiveness for Kan Khajura Tesan. From Europe to the US to now Asia. The WARC win further demonstrates that ‘solving real problems for real people’ is what the industry celebrates, in any part of the world. We are humbled and delighted by the honour conferred on us, by some of the best in the world.”

     With over 30 wins so far including World Mobile Congress, Cannes Lions, Jay Chiat and Spikes Asia so far, KKT is already among the most awarded ideas in the world on creativity and effectiveness this year.

     KKT is a ‘mobile radio’, that provides free entertainment to people in the ‘media dark’ regions of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Jharkhand, India’s Hindi- and Bhojpuri-speaking belt. The content is provided to the mobile user for FREE when (s)he gives a “missed call” to a designated number. The content is interspersed with ads for several brands of HUL.

     After the initial success in these regions, KKT continues to grow and expand to more regions of the country and is on its way to becoming the largest company-owned medium in the country.

     

  • Rahul Mathew quits McCann

    Rahul Mathew quits McCann

    MUMBAI: Rahul Mathew, the executive creative director at McCann Erickson has put in his papers.

     

    Speaking about his association with the company, Mathew says, “McCann is more than just another agency for me. My two stints here account for eight years of my advertising career. It has also helped me shape a lot of my craft. It has not been an easy move to make. It became even more difficult because of the fact that I will also have to leave behind a great art partner in Akshay Kapnadak.”

     

    Mathew has been in the advertising industry for about 15 years. He has been a part of many award winning campaigns that have received acclaim at both domestic and international levels. At McCann, he along with his team has won three Cannes Lions, four One Show pencils, over a dozen Adfest metals and many metals and honours at International award shows.

     

    “But the pride of place on the very crowded mantelpiece belongs to the Grand Prix that the Mumbai office won at the recently concluded Spikes. Even at Goafest 2013, McCann Mumbai was one of the most awarded offices, accounting for a lion’s share of McCann’s metals including a Grand Prix. We also tasted similar success at effectiveness awards, both nationally and internationally,” he says proudly.

     

    Talking about his work at the agency, he adds, “We’ve had great fun creating work on brands like Parachute, ACC, Pears, Western Union and many others. And have managed to fill the creative pool with some rare talent. And thus, there is reassurance that I’m leaving after making a positive impact at the place. And that I leave it in a good place.”

     

    Prior to joining McCann, Mathew was with Rediffusion, Young & Rubicam, Ogilvy (Healthcare), Leo Burnett, JWT, Enterprise Nexus. He has been ranked among the top five creative professionals in India in 2009 by Campaign Brief Asia and was ranked the 8th most awarded copywriter in Asia (as per Haymarket Publications and Campaign Asia) in 2012.

     

    Rahul finds the building and reinventing process a lot more exciting and challenging. And thus, he will look for an opportunity that allows him to do that all over again.

  • OgilvyOne wins 5 metals at DMA Echo

    OgilvyOne wins 5 metals at DMA Echo

    Mumbai: OgilvyOne Mumbai helped India achieve its best ever year at the DMA Echo awards which were held in Chicago on 15 October.

     

    Of the total haul of nine metals, OgilvyOne bagged five at the DMA Echo awards which is ranked among the oldest and most revered effectiveness awards on the calendar.

     

     Elevated Ogilvy South Asia executive chairman & creative director Piyush Pandey said excitedly, “I am delighted with yet another stellar performance by OgilvyOne at the worldwide Echo awards. This reinforces our digital leadership, not just in India but at an international level.”

     

    Adding on to it, OgilvyOne Worldwide president & country head Vikram Menon commented on agency’s performance, “Never before has an Indian agency won five ECHO Awards in a single year. This is a huge triumph for OgilvyOne India and a significant win for Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific. This clearly endorses OgilvyOne’s leadership position and stature in this industry.”

     

    The digital agency had earlier dominated the DMA Echo India awards by bagging several awards including Agency of the Year and the Grand Prix.

     

    Speaking on the occasion, OgilvyOne, Mumbai senior creative director Burzin Mehta said, “These awards mean a lot because they are awarded by an international jury comprising clients, planners and creative people. If anyone needed proof that great work works great, I suppose this is it. This award belongs to lots of people, so congratulations to everyone!”

  • Marussia F1 team partners with Monster India

    Marussia F1 team partners with Monster India

    MUMBAI: With the Indian F1 racing season coming closer, online career and recruitment solutions provider Monster India has announced a global partnership with the Marussia F1 Team.

    To create excitement in the upcoming Indian Grand Prix, Monster India and the Marussia F1 Team have launched ‘Marussia F1 Team Social Media Speedster Contest‘. This is an opportunity for a winner to have fun and be associated with the Marussia F1 Team. The Speedster needs to display his/her social media prowess and win an opportunity to shadow the Marussia F1 Team during the three day sporting extravaganza in Delhi next week.

    The Speedster will not only experience the race track excitement by watching the races from the Grandstand but also get the chance to participate in behind-the-scenes action by interacting with the Team drivers, management and/or other team members.

    The Speedster also gets exclusive access to off-track Marussia F1 Team events. While enjoying all this sporting action, the Social Media Speedster will capture all the action through videos, photos, tweets and share it with the online world. To enter the contest, seekers are encouraged to visit http://apps.facebook.com/socialmediaspeedster.

    Alun Hindle, from the Marussia F1 Team‘s commercial team said: “This is a unique opportunity to win a behind-the-scenes experience at the Indian Grand Prix. We‘re looking for someone with stand-out social media skills – their tweets, posts, pictures and videos are going to be seen by people all over the world. At Marussia F1 Team we are constantly talking to and engaging with our fans and we‘re looking for someone to be at the forefront of this when all eyes are on us during the incredible weekend of racing.”

    “With the contest, Monster India will give fans a chance to join the Marussia F1 Team and experience the exhilaration first hand.”

    The Marussia F1 Team is also leveraging Monster‘s technology and global job seeker reach to help ensure that the Marussia F1 Team receives the most qualified applicants from all over the world. The Marussia F1 Team has successfully hired an Aerodynamicist through Monster to play a vital role in the development of the Marussia F1 Team‘s next generation F1 race car. The team has also closed positions for a Design Engineer and a Composite Technician both based at the team‘s Technology Centre in Banbury by using Monster‘s technology.

    Currently, the Marussia F1 Team is working with Monster to find the right candidate to fill the sought after ‘Partnership Manager‘ role. Based in Banbury, UK, the Partnership Manager will be at the heart of the action, working with world-class brands in devising creative programs that leverage the excitement and vast global audience offered by Formula One.

    The successful candidate will also be expected to travel internationally to Grand Prix events to ensure executional excellence. The company says this is an opportunity to impact the commercial success of a young team focused on moving up the grid. The position is open for candidates across the globe.

    As part of the partnership with Monster, the Marussia F1 Team will also leverage Monster‘s Talent Management Suite to optimize efficiency throughout the recruitment lifecycle, and to help the organisation quickly hone in on top talent.

    Monster.com MD (India/Middle East/ Southeast Asia) Sanjay Modi said, “With this partnership we have assured that ‘better‘ is within the reach of seekers and Monster‘s innovative technology makes it easier to Find Better. Marussia F1 Team has successfully closed a few key positions by leveraging Monster‘s global footprint.”