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  • Devendra Deshpande joins Friday Filmworks as head of digital content, IP

    Devendra Deshpande joins Friday Filmworks as head of digital content, IP

    MUMBAI: The head of Content Plus at Mindshare Devendra Deshpande has moved on and joined renowned multi-media production house, Friday Filmworks as head of digital content and IP.

    In his new role, Deshpande will create and monetise sustainable and scalable IPs for the ever growing digital/OTT space for domestic and international markets. He will also create new monetisation models around content, including franchising and l&M for Friday Filmworks.

    Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia's collaborative venture Friday Filmworks has completed a glorious decade in Indian Cinema. Having being set up in the year 2008, Friday Filmworks has believed in both content and cinematic experience. The journey began with A Wednesday, a film which became a sleeper hit back then and has set trend of content driven films in showbiz. Over the years Friday Filmworks has garnered immense love and appreciation from audience and critics alike. Neeraj Pandey and Shital Bhatia's Friday Filmworks has been a trendsetter in Bollywood. Over the decade it has delivered films like A Wednesday (2008), Special 26 (2013), Total Siyapaa (2014), Rustom (2016), Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017). 

    Devendra  has been a part of GroupM for over eight years, and has served as the head of Mindshare Content Plus for the last three and a half years.

    Devendra has 16 plus years of experience in developing long term strategic partnerships through a deep understanding of advertising, social, integrated marketing, consumer insights, and media. 

    Over the course of his tenure at GroupM, he has worked closely with several top tier brands such as Unilever, Pepsi, GSK, Diageo, Kellogg's amongst others.

  • Pepsi launches ‘How We Do It’ live in Mumbai

    Pepsi launches ‘How We Do It’ live in Mumbai

    MUMBAI: Rapper Badshah and global pop group Now United’s new single, ‘How We Do It’, presented by Pepsi was launched during a love concert at High Street Phoenix in Mumbai recently. The collaboration is a result of Pepsi’s commitment towards discovering and supporting emerging artists, reveals a press statement.

    PepsiCo India director – marketing, hydration and cola Tarun Bhagat said, “Pepsi has always anticipated the pulse of today’s generation ahead of the curve. Music has been one of our biggest platforms globally, and continuing this intrinsic commitment, Pepsi is excited to bring together the incredible musical talent of Indian rapper Badshah and global pop group Now United to provide a new experience for fans. ‘How We Do It’ is an amazing track and we are hopeful that music fans on the lookout for a newer, cooler sounds in India and beyond will love it.”

    Badshah shared with audiences his experience of collaborating with Now United. He said, “Pepsi has always enabled young, upcoming talent and through them, I am getting this fantastic chance to collaborate with 14 young people from across the globe. As an artist, I strongly believe that it is good to collaborate as it helps broaden your horizon. Through ‘How We Do It,’ Now United and I have been able to learn from each other, share experiences and encourage each other to create better art; and we are very excited to share this with all our fans.”

    Badshah and Now United’s new song, ‘How We Do It’, presented by Pepsi and distributed by One Digital Entertainment will premiere on Saavn and Radio One on 29 November, followed by a video premier on MTV Beats and VH1.

  • Pepsi introduces simon fuller’s new group now united to india

    Pepsi introduces simon fuller’s new group now united to india

    MUMBAI: For generations, PEPSI has had an intrinsic connection with music, working with legendary artists and discovering and supporting emerging talents. The iconic brand today announced a partnership between Simon Fuller’s new project, global pop group NOW UNITED, and BADSHAH, one of India’s favorite rappers. Badshah, managed by Sony Music India and the group comprised of 14 singers and dancers from all across the globe will record a song titled “[ How We Do It]” that will be released [November 29th.] Pepsi will also support Now United’s first trip to India beginning November 26th. The group will visit Mumbai, Delhi, Agra and Jaipur, sharing their experiences with their fans in India and around the world as they go.

    With pop-culture at its heart and a finger on the pulse of trends, Pepsi has always created experiences that connect with consumers in the most relevant ways. For decades, Pepsi has harnessed the power of music to connect with generations of fans and elevate rising artists. The collaboration between Badshah and Now United for a new song is part of this aim to provide emerging artists with a powerful stage to promote their stories, share their art and connect with new and existing fans.

    The collaboration has been curated by One Digital Entertainment, India’s leading creator and video network that also manages Badshah’s digital ventures and is also enabling the distribution of the song across various digital, TV and radio platforms.

    Introduced in 2017 by Simon Fuller, the creator of the popular American Idol series, pop group Now United is comprised of 14 rising singers and dancers from across the world, including India, Brazil, Philippines, Finland, Senegal and the United States of America, amongst others. 17-year-old sensation Shivani, who hails from Udaipur, represents India in the pop group.

    Speaking about the collaboration, Tarun Bhagat, Director-Marketing, Hydration and Cola, PepsiCo India

    said, “Pepsi has always strived to create experiences which resonate strongly with consumers, and music is such a tremendous platform to do that.  We are committed to identifying new and upcoming talent; and giving them a stage to showcase their art. Through the platform provided to them by Pepsi, Badshah and Now United will explore new ways of giving their fans a one-of-a-kind experience.”

    Echoing his thoughts, rapper Badshah said, “Over the years, Pepsi has created powerful platforms which allow artists to connect with their fans in unique ways. By collaborating with Now United, I am getting a chance to perform in a different way than I ever have before. They are an incredibly talented group of artists and I am really excited about the chance to perform with them. They’re going to be in Mumbai soon and we have some exciting things planned. I cannot wait for my fans to see what we have in store. ”

    Simon Fuller said, “I first worked with Pepsi with the then unknown group, Spice Girls. Here I am, many years later, working with Pepsi again continuing to push the boundaries with my new global pop group, Now United. Thanks to Pepsi we have been introduced to the extraordinary Badshah, an artist with huge respect and popularity. His collaboration with Now United on the song ‘How We Do It' is an incredible combination.  I can’t wait for our Indian journey together to begin!”

    Gurpreet Singh, COO & Co-founder of One Digital Entertainment said, “One Digital Entertainment is glad to associate with Pepsi and Simon Fuller's XIX Entertainment to enable this unique collaboration. We are very excited to bring two different kinds of artists such as Badshah and Now United together for the first time. We are confident that the new song will strike the right chords with music aficionados across the globe.”

  • PepsiCo launches Cheetos Ocean Safari in line with global nutrition guidelines

    PepsiCo launches Cheetos Ocean Safari in line with global nutrition guidelines

    MUMBAI: In line with its global sustainability agenda of Performance with Purpose 2025, PepsiCo India has launched Cheetos Ocean Safari that meets its global nutrition guidelines to encourage the consumption of healthier food and beverage products for children.

    Cheetos Ocean Safari with the goodness of three grains – whole wheat flour, corn, rice and with the benefits of rice bran oil having lower saturated fat, will cater to the growing need of consumers for healthier snacking option for kids. It provides approximately 15 per cent of daily wholegrain requirement per serving.

    This is as part of PepsiCo’s commitment on a global basis to advertise to children under 12 only those products that meets PepsiCo’s Global Nutrition Criteria for advertising to children.

    PepsiCo India vice president of snacks category Jagrut Kotecha says, “The new Cheetos – Ocean Safari, made with the goodness of wholegrain and less than 10 per cent RDA for sodium and energy, driven from saturated fat for kids is in line with our global Performance with Purpose (PwP) goals 2025 for reducing sodium and saturated fat levels in our snacks products. Till date we have been successful in reducing 5 per cent to 25 per cent sodium across various variants of our snacks master brands, Lay’s and Kurkure and reduced 15 per cent saturated fat in the entire Lay’s potato chips range.”

    Cheetos, the puffed snack brand is available in Cheetos Cheese Puffs, Masala Balls and the newly launched variant Ocean Safari variants. Cheetos Ocean Safari will be available in four exciting 3D animation shapes of Dolphin, Shark, Starfish & Octopus, a first in the puffed snacks category. It will be available in Rs 5 and Rs 10 packs distributed through traditional trade in the cities across South and West India.

    PepsiCo entered India in 1989 and has grown to become one of the largest MNC food and beverage businesses in India. PepsiCo India has been consistently investing in the country and has built an expansive beverage and snack food business supported by 62 plants across the country. PepsiCo India’s diverse portfolio includes iconic brands like Pepsi, Lay’s, Kurkure, Tropicana, Gatorade and Quaker.

  • Pepsi gives the ‘kyun sookhe sookhe hi?’ campaign a new twist

    Pepsi gives the ‘kyun sookhe sookhe hi?’ campaign a new twist

    MUMBAI: Beverage brand Pepsi has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to communicating with consumers. The brand has always innovated and developed campaigns that connect with consumers in the most relevant ways. Continuing this trend, this year too, Pepsi is reaching out to millions with its message of ‘Kyun Sookhe Sookhe Hi’ by giving a twist to typical YouTube advertising with Google’s dynamic advertising tool Director Mix. This tool creates custom video ads from one core creative, turning consumer’s attention into action.

    Through Director Mix, Pepsi is showing its consumers content which is most relevant to them, in its trademark witty and humorous style. The brand has turned a limited set of creative assets for its ‘Kyun Sookhe Sookhe Hi’ campaign, including images, voiceovers, texts, fonts and colors into multiple unique messages catering to different audiences in a contextual and engaging manner.

    Pepsi has fashioned over 100 customized creatives for Director Mix in a bid to stand out in the consumers’ mind. Each pre-roll ad will place the ‘Kyun Sookhe Sookhe Hi’ philosophy customized to the context of one’s search; and will reinstate the idea that food is incomplete without Pepsi. The unique marketing initiative has resulted in 96 million impressions, 84 million unique users and 87 million completed views, over the last few weeks.

    Speaking about the Director Mix and success of the campaign, Raj Rishi Singh, Director Marketing, Pepsi, PepsiCo India, “Pepsi has always created campaigns and experiences which resonate strongly with consumers. In fact, we are constantly experimenting with different marketing tools and techniques and Director Mix, with its customized creatives, has helped us strike a chord with our consumers better. We have been able to reach our audiences with content which is most relevant for them. By leveraging Director Mix, Pepsi has been able to cut through the clutter in the digital space.”

    Elaborating on Director Mix, Vikas Agnihotri, Industry Director, Google India said, “People are drawn to the contextual creatives as they’re highly engaging and they drive higher awareness for the brands. It’s great to see Pepsi take the approach of personalizing their campaign at scale on YouTube with our latest tool called Director Mix.  Using the tool, Pepsi has turned its video campaign, into many highly relevant and shareable video’s that genuinely connects with their consumers at scale without having to worry about producing multiple video campaigns.”

    Pepsi is leveraging Director Mix as part of the ‘Kyun Sookhe Sookhe Hi’ campaign, which kick started last month with a TVC featuring Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma and Manjot Singh, stars of the popular Fukrey movie franchise. The three actors will make their appearance in all Pepsi Director Mix ads as well. The 360-degree campaign also celebrates Pepsi’s strongest asset, its packaging through the introduction of new Pepsi Foodicon bottles. These bottles will feature different interpretations of age old street food favourites such as dosas, burgers and noodles, amongst others.

    ‘Kyun Sookhe Sookhe Hi’ will also be supported by massive outdoor & digital surround. There will also be exclusive promotions with partners like KFC, Pizza Hut & Subway.

  • Pepsi celebrates food and friendship in latest campaign

    Pepsi celebrates food and friendship in latest campaign

    MUMBAI: What’s life without a few good friends? What’s friendship without gossip over good food? And what’s good food without a chilled glass of Pepsi?

    Pepsi knows that mixing friendship, food and fun is the perfect recipe. And when you add in a chilled glass of the beverage to the mix, you get an unbeatable combo. With pop-culture at its heart and a finger on the pulse of trends, Pepsi is all set to unleash a new campaign, which pivots on the simple belief that just like life is incomplete without friends, food is incomplete without Pepsi.

    Pepsi reinstates this position in the hearts of consumers in its latest campaign through the idea of ‘Kyun Sookhe Sookhe Hi?’. 

    The campaign celebrates the three musketeers — friendship, food and Pepsi –  in a never seen before way. The unique proposition of the brand spans all consumer touch points including its packaging. College campuses, retail stores, social media, no matter where today’s consumers get together to chill this summer, they will be compelled to answer the question ‘Kyun Sookhe Sookhe Hi’. 

    The 360-degree campaign kicks off with a TVC featuring Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma and Manjot Singh, stars of the popular Fukrey movie franchise. The fun film brings alive Pepsi’s cool quotient and its inherent association with food. It shows Pulkit and Manjot, aka Hunny and Lali bidding farewell to Varun, or as he’s better known, Choocha, at a crowded railway station. The fond goodbye is interrupted by a wish to indulge in samosas, which results in a high adrenaline chase sequence. Pulkit dodges myriad obstacles before he successfully boards the train to ensure his best friend enjoys the samosas with a chilled Pepsi.

    The campaign also celebrates Pepsi’s strongest asset, its packaging. The new Pepsi foodicon bottles will feature different interpretations of age-old street food favourites and will stand out on the retail shelves. These foodicons will take over retail shelves and show consumers’ different interpretations of age-old street food favourites. The distinct visuals on each were interpreted in origami and crafted by Spain’s Raya Sader Bujana as well as celebrated design firm Cocktail Art. They created origami versions of foods such as Bombay’s preferred vada pavs, Delhi’s beloved samosas and Chennai’s favoured dosas.  

    Speaking about the campaign, PepsiCo India director marketing for Pepsi Raj Rishi Singh says, “We believe that with the new campaign we will be able to bring Pepsi to the forefront of all fun consumption occasions. The campaign celebrates friends, food and Pepsi in a unique way, by elevating the fun & food occasions. We are confident that our consumers will love the campaign.” 

    The 360-degree campaign will also be supported by massive outdoor and digital surround. There will also be exclusive promotions with partners like KFC, Pizza Hut and Subway. The new PET bottles featuring the different food inspired visuals, will be available to consumers across all modern and traditional outlets across the country.

    J Walter Thompson India chief creative officer Senthil Kumar adds, “Brand Pepsi has always created popular culture and echoed the current youth trends and aims to connect with BFFs everywhere. This summer Pepsi takes a friendly dig at friendship. You can ask your friends for anything and they will go to unreasonable lengths to get it for you. Don’t you feel grateful? Of course not. The real, raw friendship of the Fukrey gang gave us an amazing casting opportunity. The chemistry between these bright, young, goofy characters fit the script like it was written for them.”

    Director of the film, Prasoon Pandey, echoes his thoughts, “I found it to be a really charming script about great friendships. That inexplicable bond includes a myriad of shades all at the same time-like an emotional family member, friends go to receive and see off each other, like true competitors they do not let go of any chance to pull each other’s leg, almost like spouses they begin to expect the earth from each other and like only a true friend would, they are also happily willing to move the earth for each other like it is no big deal.”

  • BCCI invites bids for IPL title sponsorship

    MUMBAI: A few brands have been associated with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and its money-spinning Indian Premier League as its title sponsor. Among them: real estate giant, DLF, Pepsi and finally Vivo which paid Rs 100 crore annually for it (2016 to 2018).

    Now the cricket body has begun the process of finding a new title sponsor. It placed an ad in the newspapers, saying that it was starting the invitation to tender (ITT) process from 1 June to 21 June.

    The ITT document is available at a non-refundable fee of Rs 300,000 and the bids have to be submitted by 12 noon 27 June 2017 at a specified place mentioned in it or any other place that the board decides. The BCCI has also reserved the right at its discretion to cancel or amend the entire bidding process at any stage.

    The new title sponsorship deal will be for the next five seasons starting from August 2018 to July 2022.

  • McCann appoints Sabyasachi Sengupta as national chief of films and content

    McCann appoints Sabyasachi Sengupta as national chief of films and content

    MUMBAI: Sabyasachi Sengupta popularly known as Zap has joined McCann Worldgroup India as National Chief of Films and Content effective from July 2016. Working from McCann Delhi he will have a national responsibility.

    On the appointment McCann India CCO and CEO and Asia Pacific chairman Prasoon Joshi commented, “Zap is from a rare breed of professionals who have integrity and unmatchable work ethic. He’s an exceptional creative mind and has also explored multiple disciplines of Advertising. He will add another dimension to McCann’s client offerings especially in today’s complex media world where he need for such layered talent is high.”

    Zap is a highly respected name in the Indian creative Industry. He began his career in Delhi two decades back, working at agencies like JWT and O&M and created some of the most famous work of the times- Pepsi- Nothing official about it, Adidas, Kit Kat- Have a break, Seagram’s -100 Pipers etc.

    Zap expressed his excitement for this new chapter “Films are the most powerful narratives of the contemporary world, and McCann has acquired a creative edge with its own unique signature. I look forward to further stimulating, synchronizing and streamlining the whole process within an expanded McCann framework.”

    He has been “Copywriter of the year” and won many other accolades. Zap in his second avatar became an Advertising Film maker and launched Gingerwater Films. He went on to direct some of highly significant work for brands like Nescafe, Saffola, Vaseline, Maggi, Bajaj, Carat lane, Stayfree etc.

  • McCann appoints Sabyasachi Sengupta as national chief of films and content

    McCann appoints Sabyasachi Sengupta as national chief of films and content

    MUMBAI: Sabyasachi Sengupta popularly known as Zap has joined McCann Worldgroup India as National Chief of Films and Content effective from July 2016. Working from McCann Delhi he will have a national responsibility.

    On the appointment McCann India CCO and CEO and Asia Pacific chairman Prasoon Joshi commented, “Zap is from a rare breed of professionals who have integrity and unmatchable work ethic. He’s an exceptional creative mind and has also explored multiple disciplines of Advertising. He will add another dimension to McCann’s client offerings especially in today’s complex media world where he need for such layered talent is high.”

    Zap is a highly respected name in the Indian creative Industry. He began his career in Delhi two decades back, working at agencies like JWT and O&M and created some of the most famous work of the times- Pepsi- Nothing official about it, Adidas, Kit Kat- Have a break, Seagram’s -100 Pipers etc.

    Zap expressed his excitement for this new chapter “Films are the most powerful narratives of the contemporary world, and McCann has acquired a creative edge with its own unique signature. I look forward to further stimulating, synchronizing and streamlining the whole process within an expanded McCann framework.”

    He has been “Copywriter of the year” and won many other accolades. Zap in his second avatar became an Advertising Film maker and launched Gingerwater Films. He went on to direct some of highly significant work for brands like Nescafe, Saffola, Vaseline, Maggi, Bajaj, Carat lane, Stayfree etc.

  • IPL season 9 remains sponsor heavy despite earlier setbacks: Onspon.com study

    IPL season 9 remains sponsor heavy despite earlier setbacks: Onspon.com study

    Mumbai: IPL season nine has been the subject of many headlines – good and bad. The betting scandal leading to two popular teams  — Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals —   being banned; and its title sponsor Pepsi’s exit from the league didn’t help the tournaments reputation either.  Questions that rose on the tournaments fate and the sponsorship dilemma were soon answered when Chinese smart phone brand Vivo bagged the title sponsorship right for the next two seasons. Vivo plans to spend an additional Rs 200 crore on strengthening the brand association with IPL.

    Now, owing to India’s performance at the T20 World Cup, sentiments around IPL Season 9 are on the positive side. A week prior to the IPL season, sponsors such as FreeCharge  and Maruti Suzuki had confirmed their associations with the league. These central level sponsorships are each estimated around Rs 10 Crore and above as per a study conducted by Onspon.com.

    At a team level too, the teams are seeing an increased interest from brands, where team sponsorships are getting closed faster, whereas last year half the slots were available until about two to three days prior to the IPL. While commercials for team level sponsorship rights were expected to take a dip due to the betting fiasco surrounding IPL, teams have been in a position to bag sponsors at commercials similar to those of last years, the study revealed.

    These team level sponsorship rights range from Rs 1 crore to Rs 20 crores – dependent on the logo spot on the jersey and other rights such as player imagery, merchandise options etc. A number of sponsors have in-fact also continued their association with their respective teams.

    Coming to the two new IPL teams, Pune Super Giants and Gujarat Lions have also been successful in clinching lucrative sponsorship deals with each of these teams managing to rope in about 10 sponsors each. With the Pune franchise boasting of a star studded line-up, including the likes of M.S Dhoni, Faf du Plessis, Ajinkya Rahane, Kevin Pietersen etc – the Pune franchise has emerged as a strong IPL title contender and has managed to bag sponsor’s within the Rs 2 Crore to Rs 16 crore range.

    The Gujarat franchise, owned by smartphone manufacturer Intex has also bagged a number of high value sponsorships ranging from Rs 1.5 Crore to Rs 15 crores.

    As per Onspon.com  the reason for the increased sponsorship interests from brands in this season’s IPL can be attributed to the pre-event cricket warm-up from the multiple cricket series leading to IPL – making the brand continuity easier and effective.

    Faraaz Peerbhai who leads brand partnerships at Onspon.com said, “Additionally, the low event density in the non-sport space – with few high voltage movie releases or any other major music events, making sponsorship routing to IPL more effective. The advent of early summers have also lead to buoyancy in consumption categories such as FMCG, Air-conditioners – thereby leading to pre-allocation of marketing budgets, especially for categories such as drinks, consumer durables etc,” Peerbhai added.

    If one were to look into brand categpries in IPL, a number of FMCG brands such as Haldiram’s, Britannia, Mother Dairy – Deodorant brands such as Sparkle, Kama Sutra have partnered with various IPL teams. Air-conditioner brands such as Daikin, Lloyd and Sansui have also partnered with teams such as Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata respectively.

    The smartphone category as-well has taken to IPL Season 9 in a huge way – Three big smartphone manufactures entering (or re-structuring their entry) in India (Oppo, Vivo and LeEco) have allocated a significant budget to cricket and in particular IPL. They are seeking to leverage IPL to create awareness about their brand and reach out to the young audiences.

    Overall, after the pre-IPL ambiguity, IPL Season 9 is seeing a massive positive upswing from sponsors and audience alike.