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  • Hakuhodo Percept creates TVC to launch Line’s new brand ambassador Katrina Kaif

    Hakuhodo Percept creates TVC to launch Line’s new brand ambassador Katrina Kaif

    MUMBAI: Hakuhodo Percept has created a TVC featuring Katrina Kaif- the new brand ambassador for social messaging app ‘Line’. The TVC showcases Katrina talking to a host of people over the phone with a catchy soundtrack which says ‘Wish one, wish all – Line free call’.

    Released this festive season, the TVC reiterates its ‘free calls’ proposition. The list of people she calls from her phone book includes her best friend, neighbour, aunt, school teacher, gym instructor, the director she wants to work with, and more. The film ends with a super that reads, “These festivals, wish all – Line free calls.”

    Hakuhodo Percept managing director Taro Muto said, “During the festive season, wishing your loved ones is a very important part of the celebrations. Line with its free call service lets people wish one and all. They no longer have to think whom to wish and whom not to.”

    “The idea was to drive home a simple proposition that you can wish all your loved ones with ‘Line’ free call, but do it in a way that people remember and register it. So we decided to literally show the phonebook of our country’s biggest actress in a way that’s never been done before. This festive season, the ad will make the world repeat – Wish one and all, with Line free call,” Hakuhodo Percept executive creative director Sabuj Sen Gupta.

    Line Corporation executive, chief strategy and marketing officer Jun Masuda on Katrina’s appointment said, “Katrina is a youth icon and we wanted a person with that kind of an image. Katrina is perfect for this role.”

  • Hakuhodo Percept creates TVC to launch Lines new brand ambassador Katrina Kaif

    Hakuhodo Percept creates TVC to launch Lines new brand ambassador Katrina Kaif

    MUMBAI: Hakuhodo Percept has created a TVC featuring Katrina Kaif- the new brand ambassador for social messaging app ‘Line’. The TVC showcases Katrina talking to a host of people over the phone with a catchy soundtrack which says ‘Wish one, wish all – Line free call’.

     

    Released this festive season, the TVC reiterates its ‘free calls’ proposition. The list of people she calls from her phone book includes her best friend, neighbour, aunt, school teacher, gym instructor, the director she wants to work with, and more. The film ends with a super that reads, “These festivals, wish all – Line free calls.”

     

    Hakuhodo Percept managing director Taro Muto said, “During the festive season, wishing your loved ones is a very important part of the celebrations. Line with its free call service lets people wish one and all. They no longer have to think whom to wish and whom not to.”

     

    “The idea was to drive home a simple proposition that you can wish all your loved ones with ‘Line’ free call, but do it in a way that people remember and register it. So we decided to literally show the phonebook of our country’s biggest actress in a way that’s never been done before. This festive season, the ad will make the world repeat – Wish one and all, with Line free call,” Hakuhodo Percept executive creative director Sabuj Sen Gupta.

     

    Line Corporation executive, chief strategy and marketing officer Jun Masuda on Katrina’s appointment said, “Katrina is a youth icon and we wanted a person with that kind of an image. Katrina is perfect for this role.”

  • Tanishqs new campaign by Lowe Lintas celebrates remarriage

    Tanishqs new campaign by Lowe Lintas celebrates remarriage

        
    MUMBAI: Jewellery adds to your celebrations, isn’t it? That is the mantra on which Tanishq is cashing on this wedding season with its new campaign conceptualised by Lowe Lintas.

     

    Tanishq had launched its wedding collection in 2010, and though it has a range of wedding jewellery, it’s not the preferred choice of wedding specific customers. To deal with this setback that it is facing, the brand has introduced a range of wedding jewellery that is a fusion of new age and contemporary design set in age-old Kundan polki, which makes it unique.

     

    The brief given to the creative agency was to establish Tanishq as the ‘differentiated wedding jeweller’.

     

    “Everything about the ad has to reflect the brand as the new-age product. Hence, we came up with a subject like this to make a bold statement talking about the brand which hasn’t been tapped in the past, says Lowe Lintas’ NCD Arun Iyer about the TVC.

     

    The TVC opens with a bride getting ready for her wedding, when a little girl walks up to her and starts interacting with her. The bride and the little girl walk together to the wedding mandap where the little girl goes and sits next to an elderly couple and the pheras start. Alongside, the little girl is shown telling the elderly couple to be a part of the pheras too but is denied. Finally, the little girl calls out to the bride and says “Mama, I also want to go round and round”. The bride shushes her, but the groom, on seeing how sad the little girl is, calls out to the girl and carries her. The couple completes the rest of the pheras with the little girl.

     

    What is catching everyone’s attention is the concept. Another talking point is the ‘dusky’ woman who features in the TVC. “Yes, we know everyone is talking about it, but nothing was done intentionally. The girl suited the role so we got her onboard,” clarifies Iyer.

     

    About the expectations from the campaign, Tanishq senior VP sales and marketing Sandeep Kulahalli says, “We wanted to do something different this time and do something which is usually not done by this category. And maybe, that’s why the camapign has been well recieved by people.”

     

    He adds, “Tanishq as a brand has evolved over the years and this showcases that we arent a ‘traditional’ brand. We show the progressiveness in people’s mind.”

     

    The campaign will be executed on TV, print and OOH.

  • Intex campaign becomes bigger, better for Aqua i7

    Intex campaign becomes bigger, better for Aqua i7

    Mumbai: As the smartphone market continues to grow at a brisk pace, the manufactures are coming up with better and bigger campaigns to promote their products.

    The multi-crore TVC was shot in Mumbai and Malaysia while the VFX and editing had been done out of Singapore, says Keshav Bansal

    This time, Intex has launched a new campaign for its latest smartphone, Aqua i7. The insight for the campaign came from a research highlighting Intex’s hold across major tier 2 and tier 3 cities. The TVC is done by an in-house team.

    Keeping in mind the target consumers for Aqua i7, the focus was to devise a TVC that will help in its aggressive marketing of the product in Tier 1 cities, majorly in the metros like Delhi, Mumbai and others.

    The phone comes with features packed at an aggressive price range of Rs 22,000 which is a huge leap from the 12,000 price range of its previous flagship smartphone. “The phone caters to a niche segment, therefore the richness and the elegance of the phone needs to be communicated to the audience through TVC. Thus, the objective was to communicate these features to the consumer in an engrossing manner,” said Intex Technologies director – marketing (mobile) Keshav Bansal.

    Talking about the key issues kept in mind while executing the TVC, Bansal says, “We wanted the TVC to focus on the remarkable features of Aqua i7 and hence the TVC was crafted in a way that it is able to etch these features in the mind of consumers with its visual grandeur. The multi-crore TVC was shot in Mumbai and Malaysia while the VFX and editing had been done in Singapore to give it an unmatched appearance. Since we are coming out with a quality product for a niche segment, we left no stones unturned in terms of execution, visual effects or editing to bring out a one of its kind TVC in the fastest possible time.”

    The TVC features the brand ambassador Frahan Akhtar and an action packed fight sequence between a Samurai and Ninja.

    The major media vehicles chosen are TV, print, outdoor hoardings and digital. “Intex is giving extra importance to social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter and is aggressively engaging with its customer base on these platforms,” emphasises Bansal.

  • Lowe Lintas dabs on emotions for Alto

    Lowe Lintas dabs on emotions for Alto

    MUMBAI:  Lowe Lintas has conceptualised a new campaign for Alto 800. The car from Maruti Suzuki went through significant changes to make it contemporary and stay relevant.

    The ‘Let’s Go’ campaign symbolises younger attitude but also has dabs of emotion.  The company wanted to capture the essence of festivals In India and the insight it got was that the festivals are celebrated by travelling; people go out shopping, meeting friends, relatives. Hence, Alto 800 wanted to integrate its promise of offering the best mileage in its class to the spirit of festivals in order to drive brand’s consideration.

    Commentating on the campaign, Lowe Lintas Delhi president Naveen Gaur says, “In India, festivals are celebrated by travelling. People go out shopping, meeting friends, relatives. Families get together to jointly celebrate. In such times a car with exceptional mileage is an ideal car to own. With the new Alto 800 commercial, Maruti Suzuki and Lowe Lintas wanted to integrate this insight, with the festival led car buying season and the brand promise of ‘Let’s go’. Additionally it was an opportunity for us to infuse a sense of festivity into the market.”

    Elaborating more on it, Gaur adds, “Mileage is something that can become very functional and manufactures’ speak, however this TVC captures the benefit unequivocally in a very warm and emotional storyline. It also captures a progressive attitude among today’s couples who are increasingly equal partners in their relationship.”

    The commercial signs off by saying ‘Agar khusiyaan baatney se badhti hain, toh rukna kyon?’ An Alto ad has always been known for its music, the latest TVC is no different, the lyrics are penned by Gulzar, sung by Shilpa Rao and composed by Rajat Dholokia.

    On the campaign, Maruti Suzuki India chief general manager Manohar Bhat says, “Alto is an iconic car. It is the largest selling car in India and is known for its fuel efficiency. Keeping the festival season in mind, we wanted to make sure that it also builds a relationship through the campaign.”

    The campaign led by TV and supported through digital and radio along with POS and outdoor presence.

  • Azva launches campaign on seven vows

    Azva launches campaign on seven vows

    MUMBAI: Azva, the bridal jewellery collection from World Gold Council, has launched its latest campaign on the idea of seven vows / saat pheras of a wedding ritual.

     

    The insight for the campaign is that Indian marriages and gold go hand-in-hand. The last decade or so has witnessed a sea-change in the way marriages are solemnised in India. When the location, attire, mandap, sangeet and even décor have seen dramatic influences from other cultures and countries, the modern Indian couple was seen as moving forward. But gold bridal jewellery remained stuck in tradition and in the traditional idea of marriage.

     

    The challenge was to bring gold back into modern marriage conversation. The brief given to BBH India was to contemporise gold in the modern marriage context. The campaign aims to contemporise the modern seven vows and in turn builds relate-ability with the modern day couple. The creative idea “every relationship has the magic of seven” is translated in the creatives.

     

    The nationwide roll-out across 46 cities comprises of TVC as the lead medium supported by OOH and ads in leading magazines. There is a strong digital plan engaging the audience on social networking site and promoting the brand across leading online portals.  

     

    The TVC is directed by Prakash Varma of Nirvana Films. Media buying is handled by Maxus

     

  • Himalaya new campaign created by Soho Square

    Himalaya new campaign created by Soho Square

    MUMBAI: Himalaya, a herbal health and personal care company, is set to release its latest campaign conceptualised by Soho Square to showcase its entire range of face care products.

    On the campaign, Himalaya drug company business head – consumer products division Rajesh Krishnamurthy, “Brand ‘Himalaya’ has evolved over the years to become a preferred brand among young consumers in the face care category. The success story started with Purifying Neem Face Wash and today we have a vast portfolio of over 15 face care products including face washes, packs and scrubs providing unique solutions to different skin problems. We wanted to build awareness on the complete range and bring out the problem-solution USP of our products. We also wanted to communicate to our consumers that their trusted Face Wash brand is now in a new avatar.”

    The TVC highlights the new packaging of the face care range. He added, “The brief to the agency was to come up with a simple, compelling creative that highlighted this news while building the brand values of trust and credibility. The TVC takes a different approach to storytelling and the music accompanying it is also catchy and appealing.”

    Reiterating this, Soho Square head of office Shenaz Bapooji said, “We had great fun while creating this advertisement especially because it was another 1st for brand Himalaya!”

    The commercial will debut on the popular GECs and will go live on Himalaya’s official Facebook page post the on-air release.

  • Lowe Lintas creates campaign for Fastrack

    Lowe Lintas creates campaign for Fastrack

    MUMBAI: Keeping with the brand’s fun, bold and irreverent image, Fastrack has launched its latest campaign for its watch collection.

     

    The TVC conceputalised by Lowe Lintas features finger break dancing choreographed by Lilach Chen. The youth brand wanted to draw attention to the product category using finger break dancing as a major player as its core thought has always been about the mating game and it wanted the TVC to have a twist on it.

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Lowe Lintas’ national creative director Arun Iyer says, “We had to showcase a new collection of watches in a quick, snappy manner while being true to the brand essence. Hooking-up is no big deal and the commercial conveys exactly that. And that to us is very Fastrack.”

     

    The campaign will be showcased on television and digital medium.

     

    On the association, Fastrack marketing head Simeran Bhasin says, “We wanted to do something different to introduce our new line of watches. The finger break dancing in the ad is a unique way to showcase the watches and also plays on the irreverence of the brand.”

  • ixigo unveils its first integrated marketing campaign

    ixigo unveils its first integrated marketing campaign

    MUMBAI:  ixigo.com, a travel planning and search engine, has kicked off its first ever integrated marketing campaign across television, OOH, radio and social media.

     

    Speaking about the campaign, ixigo co-founder and CEO Aloke Bajpai said, “Since ixigo’s inception in 2006, it has been our goal to become the most trusted travel planning and research website in India. We strive to make travel an enjoyable and informed experience for our users with our apps, in-depth content and smart comparison of the best deals across travel sites.  We are optimistic that our first ever marketing campaign  will  help  us  reach  out  to  many  more  travellers  across  geographies  and  strengthen  our positioning of being the most trusted travel website in India.”

     

    The campaign, in line with the brand essence of “know & go”, aims to position the portal as the ‘go to’ destination for travel information and planning. This has been rendered in the form of a TVC which is the backbone of the campaign and highlights the pitfalls of unplanned travel.

     

    In addition to the TVC, ixigo has partnered with leading radio channels to engage listeners ‘on the go’ through contests and trivia based activities. Innovative ixigo branding using TVC motifs will also be seen across major airports and OOH media.  Along with a strong offline campaign,  ixigo  will  also  be promoting interesting ‘know & go’ facts, videos and contests across social media and online channels.

     

    Added, vice president marketing and product strategy Saurabh Srivastava, “Our marketing campaign is clearly aligned with our core brand message of “know & go”. With our first marketing campaign, we are confident that ixigo will find resonance and preference amongst users across the spectrum and through our innovative mobile apps and responsive website, we will be able to help people travel in the know.”

     

    The creative idea dramatises the pitfalls of travelling without knowing. The execution is built around one of the most famous travel destinations of the world – The Taj Mahal. It isdirected by E Suresh from Eeksaurus films and conceptualised by ixigo’s creative AOR From Here On.

     

    From Here On founder and MD Rajesh Aggarwal said, “In the crowded space of travel advertising, our cue was simple – demonstrate the peril of traveling without knowing, in a quirky manner, which breaks the clutter and creates a memorable and sticky visual metaphor for the brand.”
     

  • McCann takes forward Greenlam Laminates message of beauty

    McCann takes forward Greenlam Laminates message of beauty

    Mumbai: Greenlam Laminates has created a new campaign, taking forward the idea of “Zamaane ko Sajana hai”.

     

    The campaign – ‘Mahaul Sundar toh Khayal Sundar’ – plans to bring the message in a more interesting and engaging manner to the masses. In keeping with the brief given by the client, the TVC created by McCann depicts social evils and day to day happenings in a more positive manner.  

     

    MWG India CEO and chief creative officer Prasoon Joshi says, “This is a special client who allows space for such creative flights for the brand. This ad is a satire and creative take by the brand, which exaggerates how a product like Greenlam transforms not only your physical being but also transforms your state of mind and thinking. The script carefully takes care of striking a balance between cynicism and humour. Music enhances it to make you really think and question… And it was as usual enriching to work with Ram.”

     

    The cue for the creative was taken from the New York metro case study. A research done in New York highlighted the fact that keeping the surroundings and environment clean reduced the crime rates drastically as compared to unkempt and filthy environment.

     

    Hence, the agency took the social angle but by sticking to the brief of –‘When your environment is beautiful it results in getting positive thoughts.’

     

    On the campaign, Greenlam Laminates marketing and communications vice president Alex Joseph says, “Greenlam Laminates has taken a leap forward from its last year’s ‘Zamane ko Sajana hai’ campaign which goes on to evoke beautiful, positive and refreshing thoughts amongst the masses. Our belief that beautiful surroundings lead to happy thoughts has been highlighted in the TVC in a satire manner.  We intend to touch the human hearts with emotions of happiness and comfort, thus instilling the need of a beautiful ambience.”

     

    A complete 360 degree media campaign is planned for the campaign. The TVC was aired on 70 channels. Prior to the TVC, the teasers were used in print media where half page jackets in almost all leading publications informed the readers on ‘changing india’. RJ’s in various FM channels asked their listeners to be tuned in to their favorite channel to witness ‘changing india’. A complete online campaign also ran informing the surfers about the change.