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  • Gatorade launches ‘Sweat Makes You Shine’ campaign with Hardik Pandya

    Gatorade launches ‘Sweat Makes You Shine’ campaign with Hardik Pandya

    Mumbai: Gatorade, PepsiCo India’s iconic hydration brand, has made a marquee announcement to launch its first television commercial in a decade in India. This eagerly awaited campaign, titled ‘Sweat Makes You Shine,’ features youth icon, Hardik Pandya.

    The ‘Sweat Makes You Shine’ campaign is set to captivate audiences nationwide with its powerful message on the significance of hydration in contributing to achieving great performance. The campaign emphasizes Gatorade’s commitment to inspire young individuals to lead active lifestyles and reinstates the important role hydration plays in helping them unlock their full potential.

    In the compelling film, we witness the inspiring journey of Hardik Pandya illustrating that true success only comes when your talent is amplified with sweat and hard work.  As he’s hailed ‘Man of the Match’ for his extraordinary talent, a bead of sweat on his forehead takes us back to the scenes of his tireless training – each moment a testament to his persistent commitment and sweating it out to achieve his goals, bringing out the fact that it is his hard work and sweat that makes his talent shine. Throughout, Gatorade stands as his unwavering companion, helping him hydrate and propelling him forward. Hardik accepts his honor and acknowledges that it’s his sweat and hard work that magnifies his talent, echoing the importance of preparation and Gatorade’s role in keeping him hydrated.

    Speaking on the campaign, PepsiCo India associate director – energy & hydration Ankit Agarwal said, “Backed by GSSI (Gatorade Sports Science Institute), Gatorade has consistently been at the forefront of hydration, delivering athletes and people with active lifestyles the essential means to enhance their performance through consistent replenishment. With our latest campaign, we hope to inspire professional athletes or anyone who enjoys an active lifestyle to keep pushing the limits and stay hydrated in their fitness journey with Gatorade.”

    Commenting on the campaign, cricketer Hardik Pandya, who is exclusively managed by RISE Worldwide, said, “I strongly believe in the transformative potential of hard work, unwavering determination, and putting in the effort.  With this campaign alongside Gatorade, I aim to emphasize the importance of these principles to my fans, reinforcing the value of dedicating oneself to working harder and, in turn, maintaining peak performance through consistent hydration.”

    “As an athlete, there is no short cut to success – it takes dedication, hard work and discipline to outshine. Our campaign spotlights Gatorade as the perfect partner to help you keep pushing your limits in this journey to success. And who better than Hardik Pandya one of the most successful and iconic sports personalities to bring home this message.” said Leo Burnett CEO and chief creative officer – South Asia Raj Deepak Das.

    Gatorade’s new campaign will be amplified through a 360-degree campaign across television, digital, outdoor, and social media. Gatorade is available in three variants – Blue Bolt, Orange, and Lemon at 250 ml @Rs 20 and 500 ml @Rs 50 – both in traditional and modern stores and through leading e-commerce sites/ apps.

  • ‘Nothing has changed’ at McDonald’s in 20 years

    ‘Nothing has changed’ at McDonald’s in 20 years

    MUMBAI: It’s new-age fast food, known by a brand, a meeting place. India’s most beloved food brand, McDonald’s, is celebrating its 20th year in India. To commemorate the occasion, the brand is all set to celebrate the milestone in style with the launch of a thematic brand campaign called, ‘A lot has changed. Nothing has changed’. The campaign focuses on the brand by chronicling a life-cycle of a couple with McDonald’s over the years in India through this TVC. The new TVC will take you through McDonald’s astonishing journey in the emerging QSR industry established in 1996 in India and how it has transitioned to stay relevant today with its presence of over 400+ restaurants across India and serve over 320 million people annually. 

    The campaign thrives on the idea that every day, millions of people visit McDonald’s and it has not just been about grabbing a quick bite. In fact, a lot has happened in the last 20 years at McDonald’s where the brand has noticed its customers’ evolved lifestyle and preferences, traversed through their various emotions, ups and downs in life. McDonald’s has been there constantly witnessing these changes and evolving itself by introducing digital platforms and brand extensions to ensure convenience and broaden accessibility, refreshed interiors of the restaurants to offer a modernized experience to consumers.

    McDonald’s director marketing and digital, Kedar Teny says, “McDonald’s through its marketing communication has always strived to create differentiation and strike a chord with its ever evolving consumers and their needs. While creating ‘A lot has changed. Nothing has changed’ brand campaign, we were inspired by real life experiences between a beautiful and steady relationship, there are some things that haven’t changed when it comes to McDonald’s and its consumers. The fight over the last fries, the feeling of mayo oozing out of the burger while taking a bite, the ‘softy’ moustache, taking pictures with Ronald McDonald, both, as a child and as an adult – some moments remain the same no matter what. The campaign takes this same paradoxical proposition forward, through the story of a couple, who has seen some of their most important life-changing moments at McDonald’s.”

    He added, “Over the years, McDonald’s gave people an opportunity to bond with their family and friends and create those special moments which have lasted with them forever. We hope after seeing this ad, our customers will remember and cherish the memories built at our restaurants.”

    The campaign has been conceptualised by Leo Burnett India and the film, directed by renowned ad film Director Ram Madhvani of Equinox Films, opens to a teenaged boy and girl at McDonald’s first outlet in Bandra, Mumbai. The boy opens his Happy Meal box with sheer excitement, but the girl next to him can’t find her toy. The boy hands over her toy from the floor, and thereon begins the friendship that blossoms into a companionship over the years. The film captures various phases of life and the different moments of joy, sadness, celebrations, responsibilities shared between the couple at their favourite destination, McDonald’s, which has become a part of their life.

    Leo Burnett, South Asia chief creative officer Raj Deepak Das said, “The campaign ‘A lot has changed. Nothing has changed’ articulates how the small, but important joys have remained the same, despite so much else changing. Even 20 years later, a child opening a Happy Meal box will have the same unparalleled joy on his face, like children did 20 years ago. While executing the campaign, we tried recreating the details from the past 20 years for the story to come alive – right from the staff’s uniforms, the events that happened around the time, the whole hog.”

  • ‘Nothing has changed’ at McDonald’s in 20 years

    ‘Nothing has changed’ at McDonald’s in 20 years

    MUMBAI: It’s new-age fast food, known by a brand, a meeting place. India’s most beloved food brand, McDonald’s, is celebrating its 20th year in India. To commemorate the occasion, the brand is all set to celebrate the milestone in style with the launch of a thematic brand campaign called, ‘A lot has changed. Nothing has changed’. The campaign focuses on the brand by chronicling a life-cycle of a couple with McDonald’s over the years in India through this TVC. The new TVC will take you through McDonald’s astonishing journey in the emerging QSR industry established in 1996 in India and how it has transitioned to stay relevant today with its presence of over 400+ restaurants across India and serve over 320 million people annually. 

    The campaign thrives on the idea that every day, millions of people visit McDonald’s and it has not just been about grabbing a quick bite. In fact, a lot has happened in the last 20 years at McDonald’s where the brand has noticed its customers’ evolved lifestyle and preferences, traversed through their various emotions, ups and downs in life. McDonald’s has been there constantly witnessing these changes and evolving itself by introducing digital platforms and brand extensions to ensure convenience and broaden accessibility, refreshed interiors of the restaurants to offer a modernized experience to consumers.

    McDonald’s director marketing and digital, Kedar Teny says, “McDonald’s through its marketing communication has always strived to create differentiation and strike a chord with its ever evolving consumers and their needs. While creating ‘A lot has changed. Nothing has changed’ brand campaign, we were inspired by real life experiences between a beautiful and steady relationship, there are some things that haven’t changed when it comes to McDonald’s and its consumers. The fight over the last fries, the feeling of mayo oozing out of the burger while taking a bite, the ‘softy’ moustache, taking pictures with Ronald McDonald, both, as a child and as an adult – some moments remain the same no matter what. The campaign takes this same paradoxical proposition forward, through the story of a couple, who has seen some of their most important life-changing moments at McDonald’s.”

    He added, “Over the years, McDonald’s gave people an opportunity to bond with their family and friends and create those special moments which have lasted with them forever. We hope after seeing this ad, our customers will remember and cherish the memories built at our restaurants.”

    The campaign has been conceptualised by Leo Burnett India and the film, directed by renowned ad film Director Ram Madhvani of Equinox Films, opens to a teenaged boy and girl at McDonald’s first outlet in Bandra, Mumbai. The boy opens his Happy Meal box with sheer excitement, but the girl next to him can’t find her toy. The boy hands over her toy from the floor, and thereon begins the friendship that blossoms into a companionship over the years. The film captures various phases of life and the different moments of joy, sadness, celebrations, responsibilities shared between the couple at their favourite destination, McDonald’s, which has become a part of their life.

    Leo Burnett, South Asia chief creative officer Raj Deepak Das said, “The campaign ‘A lot has changed. Nothing has changed’ articulates how the small, but important joys have remained the same, despite so much else changing. Even 20 years later, a child opening a Happy Meal box will have the same unparalleled joy on his face, like children did 20 years ago. While executing the campaign, we tried recreating the details from the past 20 years for the story to come alive – right from the staff’s uniforms, the events that happened around the time, the whole hog.”

  • Leo Burnett partners with Bajaj Auto to create ‘V’

    Leo Burnett partners with Bajaj Auto to create ‘V’

    MUMBAI: It was a leap of faith of sorts when Bajaj Auto took to Leo Burnett’s idea of carving a bike out INS Vikrant’s metal scraps, and from a mere prototype gave shape to Bajaj V, whose launch has  set social media ablaze .

    Amidst tweets, photos, Facebook status updates and insta-shares,  the latest commuter segment bike offering from Bajaj Auto  titled ‘V’ launched with much pomp and show in Delhi today.

    The bike was already making headlines since a video with a preview of it went viral online almost a week ago. Conceptualised by Leo Burnett India, the video shows documented footage of the aircraft carrier in all its glory and its subsequent dismantling in 2012 which is sure to set pangs across several patriots in the country who grew up with the name Vikrant.

    And the subsequent shot of the new bike born from the ashes of the war ship’s scrap sends across a sense of awe.

    While it is of common knowledge that Leo Burnett India are behind the creative campaign for the new bike, very few are aware that the original idea for the bike actually came from the agency as well.

    The idea for  Bajaj V, came from a prototype that Leo Burnett had conceptualised for their long term client.

    “We had to come up with a way to deliver on the idea if ‘Hamara Bajaj’. We didn’t want to go with the old song and dance formula and deliver something more participative. It was around the time Vikrant was going through its decommissioning and was being scrapped. Seeing the unanimous dismay over the scrapping, the team felt what if there was an iconic bike that carried the symbol of vikrant and every Indian could own it ? What better way to communicate hamara Bajaj?” asks Leo Burnett CEO Saurabh Verma.

    “Even in its nascent stage we only had a limited edition launch in mind and built the entire prototype on the back of that. It elaborated on how people will connect to it and engagement and campaign ideas for it.” Verma adds. Little did he know that automobile brand will take the idea to the next level. Bajaj Auto bought away the Vikrant metal; enough to process it to be a part of gas tanks of a lac of V motorcycles.

    This is not the first time the agency had lend their creative mettle in experimenting  with new ways to engage with brands they cater to. Their consumer engagement activity they built around OLX Mad ads was well loved and appreciated by the industry. What does it say about the  changing role of agencies and their significance to the clients?

    “Bajaj V is not just a campaign mandate for us, it’s much much more. Bajaj team and Leo Burnett team are partners increating this iconic bike, therefore there is more accountability involved. With this unique partners we handle campaigns for Bajaj, we handle activation and shopper marketing for them as well. Not to mention their internal communication and Pr as well,. From conceptualising an  from its very production to rolling it across every medium –  there is definitely a lot more involvement and ownership that leads to accountability for the brand,” responds Verma, adding that they have several other projects in the pipeline where they have experimented with brands on different levels.

    Expanding on the concept of building a bike’s gas tank from the scraps of a warship, the brains behind the idea Leo Burnett CCO Raj Deepak Das adds, “ Growing up, the biggest warship that comes to our mind is INS Vikrant. Therefore when they decided to scrap it, it didn’t sit well with many, me included. So when someone from the team suggested if we could use those scraps, we decided what better way than a bike through which we can own a bit of history?”

    It’s been over a decade since India’s popular locomotor brand Bajaj has churned out a motorbike. Their last, Bajaj Pulsar was a huge hit, and now is almost a household name.

    “The Bajaj V shall usher a new era in commuter motorcycling. We believe the Indian customer buying a commuter motorcycle deserves something that is substantial, solid, and which moves with a sense of purpose,”said Bajaj Auto president–motorcycle Business,Eric Vas

    Expected to be priced between Rs 60000  to Rs 70,000, the bike will hit the roads by this March.

    “We will start with a capacity of 20,000 units month and should demand exceed that, there is no problem in enhancing the capacity further,” adds a confident Bajaj Auto managing director Rajiv Bajaj while signing off.

  • Leo Burnett partners with Bajaj Auto to create ‘V’

    Leo Burnett partners with Bajaj Auto to create ‘V’

    MUMBAI: It was a leap of faith of sorts when Bajaj Auto took to Leo Burnett’s idea of carving a bike out INS Vikrant’s metal scraps, and from a mere prototype gave shape to Bajaj V, whose launch has  set social media ablaze .

    Amidst tweets, photos, Facebook status updates and insta-shares,  the latest commuter segment bike offering from Bajaj Auto  titled ‘V’ launched with much pomp and show in Delhi today.

    The bike was already making headlines since a video with a preview of it went viral online almost a week ago. Conceptualised by Leo Burnett India, the video shows documented footage of the aircraft carrier in all its glory and its subsequent dismantling in 2012 which is sure to set pangs across several patriots in the country who grew up with the name Vikrant.

    And the subsequent shot of the new bike born from the ashes of the war ship’s scrap sends across a sense of awe.

    While it is of common knowledge that Leo Burnett India are behind the creative campaign for the new bike, very few are aware that the original idea for the bike actually came from the agency as well.

    The idea for  Bajaj V, came from a prototype that Leo Burnett had conceptualised for their long term client.

    “We had to come up with a way to deliver on the idea if ‘Hamara Bajaj’. We didn’t want to go with the old song and dance formula and deliver something more participative. It was around the time Vikrant was going through its decommissioning and was being scrapped. Seeing the unanimous dismay over the scrapping, the team felt what if there was an iconic bike that carried the symbol of vikrant and every Indian could own it ? What better way to communicate hamara Bajaj?” asks Leo Burnett CEO Saurabh Verma.

    “Even in its nascent stage we only had a limited edition launch in mind and built the entire prototype on the back of that. It elaborated on how people will connect to it and engagement and campaign ideas for it.” Verma adds. Little did he know that automobile brand will take the idea to the next level. Bajaj Auto bought away the Vikrant metal; enough to process it to be a part of gas tanks of a lac of V motorcycles.

    This is not the first time the agency had lend their creative mettle in experimenting  with new ways to engage with brands they cater to. Their consumer engagement activity they built around OLX Mad ads was well loved and appreciated by the industry. What does it say about the  changing role of agencies and their significance to the clients?

    “Bajaj V is not just a campaign mandate for us, it’s much much more. Bajaj team and Leo Burnett team are partners increating this iconic bike, therefore there is more accountability involved. With this unique partners we handle campaigns for Bajaj, we handle activation and shopper marketing for them as well. Not to mention their internal communication and Pr as well,. From conceptualising an  from its very production to rolling it across every medium –  there is definitely a lot more involvement and ownership that leads to accountability for the brand,” responds Verma, adding that they have several other projects in the pipeline where they have experimented with brands on different levels.

    Expanding on the concept of building a bike’s gas tank from the scraps of a warship, the brains behind the idea Leo Burnett CCO Raj Deepak Das adds, “ Growing up, the biggest warship that comes to our mind is INS Vikrant. Therefore when they decided to scrap it, it didn’t sit well with many, me included. So when someone from the team suggested if we could use those scraps, we decided what better way than a bike through which we can own a bit of history?”

    It’s been over a decade since India’s popular locomotor brand Bajaj has churned out a motorbike. Their last, Bajaj Pulsar was a huge hit, and now is almost a household name.

    “The Bajaj V shall usher a new era in commuter motorcycling. We believe the Indian customer buying a commuter motorcycle deserves something that is substantial, solid, and which moves with a sense of purpose,”said Bajaj Auto president–motorcycle Business,Eric Vas

    Expected to be priced between Rs 60000  to Rs 70,000, the bike will hit the roads by this March.

    “We will start with a capacity of 20,000 units month and should demand exceed that, there is no problem in enhancing the capacity further,” adds a confident Bajaj Auto managing director Rajiv Bajaj while signing off.

  • Leo Burnett urges people to go offline in new McDonald’s campaign

    Leo Burnett urges people to go offline in new McDonald’s campaign

    MUMBAI: Leo Burnett has launched a new campaign inviting people to share some offline moments at McDonald’s. The campaign urges people to take a break from the online world and share “quality offline moments” at McDonald’s over its newly launched sharing packs for two, three and more, across stores in India.

     

    McDonald’s director, marketing and digital (West and South) Kedar Teny said, “With internet enabled smart-phones in our hands, it is a fact that most of us are distracted. Our new campaign takes this simple insight and urges people to take a small break from the online world to share happy moments in the real world. Simply put we want to start a conversation and a movement amongst our customers by nudging them to go #KuchPalOffline with a simple act of flip to share rather than click to share.”

     

    Leo Burnett chief creative officer Raj Deepak Das added, “With #KuchPalOffline, we are hoping to start a movement where we all would increasingly give due importance to sharing real life experiences offline. The idea is to stay away from the Internet and the world of technology for a while. It is something everyone thinks but fails to execute. #KuchPalOffline effectively addresses this issue and highlights how McDonald’s can deliver real life experiences with its new offering – the sharing packs for two, three and more, across stores in India.”

     

    “Through a simple and effective mnemonic like flipping the phone upside down, the campaign aims to remind people that the power of balancing the online and the offline worlds is in their own hands. This is a philosophy, which we have brought to life across mediums including in-store, through various real-time and engaging acts,” said Leo Burnett vice president planning Hitesh Mehta.

     

    CREDITS:

    Client: McDonald’s India

    Agency: Leo Burnett

    Chief Creative Officer: Raj Deepak Das

    ECDs: Sachin Kamble and Prajato Guha Thakurta

    Creative: Sujit Sawant, Qainat Mansoor, Manas Keer, Vaibhav Patil, Siddharth Kalro

    Planning: Hitesh Mehta (Vice President), Divya Agrawal

    Account Management:  Abhishek Jha (Brand Partner), Supriya Bhasin (Brand Director), Sayantan Bhattacharya, Aditya Atre, Pratik Adhikari

    Production House: Bubblewrap Films

    Director: Suresh Triveni

    Producer: Ketaki Guhagarkar