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  • Aims to spread awareness about Life Insurance as a tool to provide adequately for certainties and life goals

    Because life is full of certainties, says IndiaFirst Life

    By A Correspondent

     

    IndiaFirst Life Insurance, a joint venture between the Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Legal and General, UK, has an advertising campaign titled, “Because Life is Full of Certainties”.

     

    Said Rushabh Gandhi, Director, Sales and Marketing, IndiaFirst Life Insurance: “It was imperative for us to get our brand positioning aligned to our customers first philosophy. From here stemmed the idea of ‘Because Life is Full of Certainties’, a proposition born out of the understanding that life isn’t full of accidents waiting to happen. In fact, it is full of certainties like getting married, having children, getting them married and retiring. So instead of worrying about things that most likely won’t happen, why not prepare for those that certainly will.”

     

    Added Prakash Nair, Executive Vice President, Ogilvy & Mather: “One of the biggest barrier to insurance in India is the Superman Syndrome- the “I don’t need it. Nothing will happen to me” attitude. And the best way to convince these folks is straight talk – no jargon and no emotional overdose! The best way to get them to sit up and take a second look at us would be to tell them what will happen versus what could, maybe, happen. Thus was born the thought ‘Life is full of certainties’. It’s a simple and refreshing view of life insurance, one that will create a distinct identity for the brand”.

     

     

  • The TVC has been created by JWT, Kolkata

    Dalmia DSP Cement unveils first ever brand campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    DSP Cement, the premium offering from Dalmia Bharat Cement stable, has unveiled a TVC to reinstate its positioning as ‘The Dhalai Expert’.The TVC has been created by JWT, Kolkata.

     

    Speaking on the campaign, B K Singh, Senior Executive Director – Group Marketing, Dalmia Bharat Cement, stated: “Dalmia DSP is the coming together of the best technological innovation and highest product quality to deliver durability for generations. Dalmia DSP plays a critical role in the lives of people and will continue to provide progressive ideas and thought leadership for the industry. We are here to stay and build the new world.’’

     

    Added Arjun Mukherjee, VP & ECD of J Walter Thompson, Kolkata: “To justify the superiority of Dalmia DSP Cement we decided to build on the futuristic platform. However, the challenge was also to give an emotional hook to a technology product. We took extreme care to play up the softer attributes of the robot, so that he exudes certain warmth and makes the entire proposition a lot more believable.”

     

     

  • The ad features actor Ranveer Singh in a 'Never Give Up Ever' attitude

    Thums Up Charged inspires you to #TakeCharge with its new campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    Thums Up has unveiled its new #TakeCharge adfilm with actor and Thums Up brand ambassador – Ranveer Singh.

     

    Commenting on the launch of the new campaign, Ajay Bathija, Director, Colas Marketing, Coca-Cola India & South West Asia said: “Thums Up TVCs are all about seeking thrill, adventure, exhilaration and excitement and Ranveer Singh as a brand ambassador embodies all of that perfectly. The ‘#TakeCharge’ campaign is about taking the controls of life in one’s hands and overcoming adversities by not giving up hope. Our TVC captures this attitude and we are confident that the campaign will resonate well with all Thums Up lovers.”

     

    Speaking on the TVC, Sainath Saraban, Creative Head, Leo Burnett, said: “Thums Up Charged is Thums Up with extra thunder in it – just the kind of push that somebody needs to take his or her achievement to the next level. Even though the story is set in a massive car race that makes for grand theatre, it is an intensely personal journey about how a huge victory starts within your own self. When I wrote this film, I wanted to leave the viewer with a message that worked at a product level and was inspirational as well. If there’s one thing we want people to do after being exposed to this communication, it is to – #TakeCharge.”

     

     

  • Developed by creative agency Wieden and Kennedy, is a 45-second film that captures the brand philosophy and asks the youth to express their true self through music

    Budweiser launches first ever TVC in India

    By A Correspondent

     

    Budweiser has unveiled its first ever TVC in India titled ‘Let Your Sound be Seen’.

     

    The TVC marks the brand’s music-led campaign under Budweiser Experiences. The TVC, developed by creative agency Wieden and Kennedy, is a 45-second film that captures the brand philosophy and asks the youth to express their true self through music.

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Kartikeya Sharma, Marketing Director, ABInBev, India, said: “2017 has been a fantastic year for Budweiser Experiences, as we brought to life never-seen before music and cultural experiences like Halloween and BUDx in India. Our first Made-in-India TVC captures how music provides real freedom to today’s millennials and inspires them to live life on their own terms. Budweiser Experiences will continue its agenda of effective storytelling and impactful story-doing in the coming year as well.”

     

    Speaking about their inspiration behind the campaign, Jonathan George, Creative Director, Wieden and Kennedy, Delhi added: “Our task was to make an international brand feel approachable to the Indian millennial via the passion point of music – so we showed a house party that makes you wish you were there, combining a modern vibe with the spontaneity of the Indian scene. We wanted to give a message that through music, anyone and everyone can show their true selves. Getting the music right was equally crucial, and Jungle’s ‘Busy Earnin’ gave us the perfect texture of old-school synth and energetic dance music.”

     

     

  • A new TVC, starring Salman Khan, is expected to go on air soon across all major channels

    Salman Khan to endorse edible oil brand for Emami

    By A Correspondent

     

    Actor Salman Khan has joined superstar Amitabh Bachchan in endorsing Emami’s edible oil brands. Emami has three brands in its edible oil business – Emami Healthy & Tasty, Himani Best Choice and Rasoi apart from Bake Magic – a speciality fat brand.  Salman Khan will endorse the brand Himani Best Choice.

     

    A new TVC, starring Salman Khan, is expected to go on air soon across all major channels. The TVC, produced by Opticus Inc., is conceptualised, written and directed by Nitesh Tiwari of ‘Dangal’ fame, whereas famed Cinematographer Setu of Kahani/Dangal fame is the cinematographer and Ivan Fernandez is the food stylist.

     

    Speaking on this occasion, Aditya Vardhan Agarwal, Director, Emami Group said: “After attaining the leadership position in the Eastern markets, we now have ambitious plans to take our edible oil brands on national platforms. To reach out to the consumer base nationally, what could have been a better idea than to have two heavy duty stars on board who enjoy a strong pan-India appeal that cuts across with both masses and classes. Salman Khan has a huge fan following which is evident from his slew of box office grossers like Sultan, Kick, Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Dabang and more recently Tiger Zinda Hai and we felt that he would be the right fit along with Big B to take our brands to a wider consumer base.”

     

     

  • Rich Feast and WYP team up for launching Yum Pie

    Yum Pie inculcates the value of sharing in latest campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    Rich Feast has launched Yum Pie, which is a mixture of cake, flavoured fruit and chocolate. This product offering is available for Rs 5. As parents are constantly juggling between work and spending time with kids, they prefer buying them toys. Hence, What’s Your Problem arrived at the insight that children have become demanding and selfish. This film is an attempt by WYP to inculcate the habit of sharing.

     

    Said Amit Akali, Managing Partner and Creative Head and Tejas Mehta, Director, Account Management and Strategy – What’s Your Problem: “We knew perfectly well that this is not about making a regular ad film. The insight is a great (positive) challenge for us. The unattended kids start demanding toys. We wanted to tackle that fact so that they begin sharing and not just stubbornly asking parents for toys.”

     

    Added Huzefa Roowala, Director, Content and Creative – What’s Your Problem: “We wanted to create a film that would seamlessly introduce a new product to children as well as their parents and instil the goodness of sharing.”

     

    Said Amit Kumat, MD and CEO- Yum Pie: “Our new brand ‘Rich Feast’ marks our entry into sweet snacks category where we see a lot of untapped growth opportunity. With this, we will now get into a bigger macro-snack category from only being a salty snacks player. We intend to grow the Rich Feast brand further with new launches in the coming time.

     

     

  • The campaign features a digital video commercial comprising footage captured by Toehold's own photography specialists on various expeditions across the world

    Toehold unveils its #TripToClick campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    Travel-and-photography company Toehold has launched its new digital campaign #TriptoClick, to showcase the combination of travel, photography, and natural beauty.

     

    The campaign features a digital video commercial comprising footage captured by Toehold’s own photography specialists on various expeditions across the world, to inspire budding shutterbugs to explore the world and hone their photography talent.

     

    Toehold’s Tours afford travellers destinations picked by their leadership duo of co-founder Jayanth Sharma and COO Sachin Rai.

     

    Toehold will be promoting the campaign across different social media platforms such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter on the company’s channels and handles.

     

     

  • India is one of the company’s largest markets outside China and the fastest growing among international markets

    Lowe Lintas bags mandate for Xiaomi

    By A Correspondent

     

    Xiaomi India has appointed Lowe Lintas Bangalore to handle the creative mandate for the brand. Xiaomi.

     

    Speaking on this new business win, Raj Gupta, CEO, Lowe Lintas commented: “It is a proud privilege for us at Lowe Lintas to be chosen by Xiaomi, a brand that has such a huge fan following. We will strive to reinforce this love and get more consumers to fall in love with Xiaomi”

     

    Added a Xiaomi spokesperson: “Xiaomi is the No 1 smartphone brand in India. And what has helped us reach there is the constant innovation that is at the core of the brand. In just under three years, Xiaomi has won immense love and innumerable fans in this country. We now aim to establish our vision of ‘Innovation for everyone’ firmly and bring relevance through our products to every Indian. In Lowe Lintas, with its irrefutable experience and expertise in building lasting brands, we have found a perfect partner for the task at hand.”

     

     

  • The core objective of the campaign is to build awareness about the launch of this flagship product from the house of Adidas

    Posterscope executes innovative 3D face for Adidas

    By A Correspondent

     

    Posterscope India has rolled out an OOH campaign to announce the launch of ‘Adidas Predator’. The one-month campaign is aimed at reaching out to people who are enthusiastic about football – both players and fans – across various age groups.

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Sharad Singla, Senior Manager- Omni channel marketing brand communication, Adidas said: “As a brand we wanted to make a bold statement, that was also in line with our product relaunch. We identified a powerful execution for outdoor which had an element of innovation, it brought to life the predatory instincts through the Pogba 3D execution on few sites.”

     

    Added Aditya Goel, Senior Business Director, Posterscope said: “This was a brief where we had to think beyond the work that we had already executed for Adidas in the past. The creative, servicing and operation teams at Posterscope came together to execute a larger than life size 3D model. It is something which has not been tried so far in the country in the OOH space.”

     

     

  • McDonald's India, along with its creative agency Leo Burnett India, decided to bring Sunil Chawla’s story to the world

    New McDonald’s campaign features real-life toy collectors

    By A Correspondent

     

    McDonald’s India has unveiled a new digital campaign titled ‘Toys are for kids of all ages’ featuring the story of 35-year-old Bengalurian Sunil Chawla, who has collected 300 Happy Meal toys over the years. The ad shows Sunil speaking fondly about how his obsession with the Happy Meal toys began.

     

    Speaking about the initiative and campaign, Seema Arora Nambiar, Senior Vice President – Strategy, Innovation & Capability –McDonalds India said, “Since the launch of the iconic Happy Meals in India in 1997, it has grown in popularity. The toys that our customers have collected bring back the happy memories created over food. We wanted to celebrate the emotional connect that our customers have with the brand through their Happy Meal toys, which is why we have featured a real life Happy Meal toy collector and his story in this ad film!”

     

    Added Rajdeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett, South Asia: “There is a child in all of us, and we keep indulging this child with its favourite treats however old we may be. McDonald’s has just made it easier for everyone to embrace this child. We don’t stop liking toys, for instance, just because we grow up, do we? The joy of collecting toys knows no age. This simple idea got us to the story of Sunil, and we knew it was a story that our consumers would instantly resonate with.”

     

     

  • The TVC has been created by JWT, Kolkata

    Dalmia DSP Cement unveils inaugural brand campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    Dalmia Bharat has unveiled its new Dalmia DSP TVC to reinstate its positioning as ‘The Dhalai expert’. The TVC has been created by JWT, Kolkata.

     

    Speaking on the latest ad campaign of Dalmia DSP, BK. Singh, Senior Executive Director – Group Marketing, Dalmia Bharat Cement, said:“Dalmia DSP is the coming together of the best technological innovation and highest product quality to deliver durability for generations. Dalmia DSP plays a critical role in the lives of people and will continue to provide progressive ideas and thought leadership for the industry. We are here to stay and build the new world.’’ The new DSP ad showcases the robot, MrD who is the personification of the brand’s strong relationship with consumers through his life”

     

    Added Arjun Mukherjee, VP and ECD, J Walter Thompson, Kolkata: “To justify the superiority of Dalmia DSP Cement we decided to build on the futuristic platform. However, the challenge was also to give an emotional hook to a technology product. We took extreme care to play up the softer attributes of the robot, so that he exudes certain warmth and makes the entire proposition a lot more believable.”

     

     

  • The TVCs have been created by Ogilvy & Mather and is on air across various platforms

    Greenply takes a dig at cheap plywood offerings in latest brand campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    Greenply Industries Limited (GIL) has kicked off its Ask Greenply campaign with a TVC created by Ogilvy & Mather.

     

    Said Sujoy Roy, Managing Partner (Creative), Ogilvy & Mather, Kolkata:  “The aim of this campaign was to make our consumers aware of the perils of compromising on the quality of plywood. We wanted to arrest the customer’s attention with the help of facts and humour. I think we have done an excellent job!”.

     

    Added Kamal K Mishra, Associate Vice President and Head – Marketing at Greenply:“Plywood accounts for a small portion of the total investment in furniture. Yet if you look at consumer trends, you will see that they are willing to spend on veneers and polishes, but not so much on plywood- the most important component of furniture. The TVCs do a great job in bringing this fact to light. Greenply strives to make consumers aware of plywood’s importance, so that they can identify their needs and prioritise their investments. We have introduced the Ask Greenply platform to provide our customers with relevant information on plywood. All they need to do is ask Greenply. We hope that this TVC will do a great job in spreading the word,”