Tag: Pragyan Kumar

  • Madison BMB creates TVC for Asian Paints’ Sleek

    Madison BMB creates TVC for Asian Paints’ Sleek

    MUMBAI:  Madison BMB has just announced the release of its latest commercial for modern kitchens brand Sleek. Sleek from the house of Asian Paints, is one of India’s largest modular kitchens brands. Sleek products known for their innovative and efficient designs, world-class quality and excellent craftsmanship are customised to ease customers’ lives and enhance living in every way possible.

    The agency evolved the concept of the campaign, including its tagline ‘Modern Kitchens for Modern Minds’, from an extensive consumer research where respondents equated modular kitchens with openness and modernity. Sleek Kitchens bring a high level of sophistication and functionality to spaces making them more efficient and thus modern. Products like the pull-out organiser and the step-ladder that fit in a fraction of the space a small stool would otherwise occupy, make it so much easier to reach items stored at a higher level. The optimum utilisation of space makes Sleek products the ultimate building blocks of a Modern Kitchen.

    This is the first advertising campaign for Sleek since becoming a part of the Asian Paints family. 

    The TVC is a slice from the everyday life of a truly modern couple. The story takes place in an urban Sleek kitchen in the home of a progressive couple. The father-son duo is seen navigating and working in the kitchen with ease and finesse, thus indicating that it isn’t their first time in the kitchen. 

    The father breezes through kitchen tasks while also teaching his son not only kitchen skills but also valuable life lessons through them. This is their own quality time in the absence of his wife at home. The wife returns home to see her son helping his dad set the table with a fresh meal. The son, on seeing his mom back from work in the doorway, immediately proceeds to take her bag – a gesture of help that no one taught him per se, but something he has learned along the way. 

    Regarding the campaign, Asian Paints Ltd vice president, home improvement Pragyan Kumar said, “At Sleek Kitchens, we strongly believe in being in sync with the times, and that design can play a vital role in supporting the demands of our new lifestyles. The ethos of ‘Modern Kitchens, Modern Minds’ drives our innovation effort, and that’s the value we bring to our consumers: well-designed kitchens that are not just beautiful, but also makes things simpler and easy to use for all. Right from the concealed step ladder that provides easy access to those difficult to reach areas, smart chimneys and other appliances that make cooking a breeze or the overall kitchen design itself, every aspect and detail is thought through to ensure you get your dream kitchen. The joys of the modern family enhanced by a modern thoughtfully designed kitchen – that’s been the essence of Sleek and this TVC.”

    Asian Paints Ltd chief operating officer Amit Syngle said, “Asian Paints’ foray into home improvement segment has been able to help us strengthen our vision of partnering people in creating beautiful homes. The kitchen as a space has transformed from a purely functional area to a place showcased with pride. Sleek’s ability to understand each customer’s requirement and build their dream kitchens fits in well with the overall Asian Paints vision.”

    Madison BMB CEO and chief creative officer Raj Nair said, “This is the relaunch of Sleek Kitchens, India’s most well-known Modular Kitchens brand, since becoming part of Asian Paints. The modernity in the design, the openness of the layout of the kitchen, the contemporariness in the aesthetics, the attention to detail, all thoughtfully combine to create a truly distinctive offering. Take for instance the mid-way organiser that makes for convenient stacking at arm’s length. Or indeed the extremely convenient and unobtrusive step ladder. Just a couple of ultra – thoughtful features designed to dazzle. Matched with the most modern appliances like the hobs, the exhaust, the oven, even a concealed fridge! When presented by a leader like Asian Paints, the modernity of design transfers to modernity of thought that appeals to the modern minds of today. Therefore, very simply, who says a man cannot rule a kitchen? And along the way impart a few important life lessons to his son? We look forward to the communication involving film/print/outdoor/point of sale material cooking up very positive feelings among consumers, considering the package was already a hit at the dealer launch.”

    Madison BMB COO Kim Solomon said, “To create communication for Sleek, we had a choice to do the most obvious – elaborate showcasing of the product only, or to also go a few steps ahead and create interesting storytelling as well. In this day and age, it is also important for the Brand to have a larger point of view and express it. This is the stance of a true leader. What resulted is something that makes us truly proud to work for the Brand.” 

    Madison BMB is the advertising unit of Madison World and currently works with clients like Bathsense and Royale Bathrooms by Asian Paint, Kolte Patil, Aditya Birla Health Insurance, IIFL Wealth, Indian Oil, Giza Marketing and several other reputed brands.  

  • Bathsense launches new campaign with Rajkumar Rao

    Bathsense launches new campaign with Rajkumar Rao

    MUMBAI: Bathsense is a creation from Asian Paints, and represents the brand’s first complete bathrooms offering in the bath category.

    Bathsense is a collection of exemplary bath fittings and sanitaryware products that aims to simplify the user’s bathroom life with a host of truly unique features. Coming with the experience and legacy of Asian Paints, Bathsense presents unmatched aesthetics in design, quality, functionality and durability.

    To introduce India to Bathsense, Asian Paints has launched a 360 degree campaign, centred on a series of TVCs for North India. The TVCs were supported by an outdoor, print, digital and radio campaign, various activations and other point-of-sale elements for dealers, plumbers and customers. The entire campaign was conceptualised and created by Madison BMB, a unit of Madison World.

    The concept of the campaign, including its tagline ‘Bathrooms that understand you’, came from a powerful insight: today, bathroom products come in endless shapes and designs, but what one wants is a bathroom that smartly understands his/her bathroom expectations, including qualities like hygiene and durability.

    Bathsense backed this with impactful features like abundant flow even at low pressures, self-cleaning showers, water-saving faucets and many, many more. The TVCs aimed to not only introduce these product features in a memorable way, but also showcase a unique, humorous story that could easily stand out amidst the plethora of invisible bath ads today.

    The story essentially takes place in a Bathsense bathroom that understands its main user so well, he has chosen to live in it. By existing completely in a beautiful bathroom space, the story uses both quirkiness and simplicity to talk about how Bathsense products understand the user, even if the outside world might not. The repeated use of the phrase ‘Isse pata hai’ (this understands me) makes the film even more quotable and memorable. The phrase is also utilised in other elements of the campaign to provide continuity with the films. The story called for a main character who could be charming, easy-going, funny and yet classy, sometimes at the same time. Rajkumar Rao, a highly-respected Indian actor who has garnered critical acclaim for providing thoughtful performances in memorable films, was chosen for the North Indian (Hindi) film.

    Asian Paints Home Improvement vice president Pragyan Kumar says, “Apart from having great designs that look beautiful, Bathsense is committed to provide innovative solutions to problems that have remained unanswered for long. We strongly believe that the campaign will help us seed brand Bathsense in the market and establish clearly to our customers that we are here to offer solutions that truly understand them.”

    Madison BMB CEO and chief creative officer Raj Nair adds, “In today’s day and age, it seems almost old fashioned to find a brand’s virtue in the brand’s features themselves. Having said that, when we realised the features of brand Bathsense were as distinctive as they were, we thought why not build the proposition around the features themselves. Then came the added bonus of Rajkumar Rao who with his performance has made the campaign more memorable. Plus the music in the films is extremely quirky and catchy as well. In fact, seeing the instantaneous positive response of the dealers at the launch was an incredibly satisfying conclusion that should resonate well with consumers too.”