Tag: Kishore Tadepalli

  • Wunderman Thompson gets Anushka and Virat & Lux

    By Our Staff

     

    Unilever brand Lux has roped in power couple Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli for its latest film, as part of its ‘Chand Sa Roshan Chehra’ campaign series. Conceptualised by Wunderman Thompson South Asia, the campaign continues to build on the proposition of ‘skin glow’, from a modern and socially relevant standpoint.

     

    Said Sagar Mahabaleshwarkar, Chief Creative Officer, Contract India: “The idea here was to bring the magic back to the brand by giving a sneak into celebrities lives. The constant effort is to make the story real to the celeb’s life and bring out the chemistry between a man and a woman. The story is simple where the man is mesmerised by her glow which is possible because of Lux soap.”

     

    Added Severine Vauleon, Global Vice President, Lux: “The challenge given to the team was to relaunch Lux and communicate the benefit of moonlit glow by giving the brand a fresh perspective which is modern and culturally relevant. Whilst there was a brand story to be told, we wanted to narrate it in an engaging manner. And to do so for audiences across regions, nothing better than leveraging popular culture with multiple language songs which depict ‘moonlit glow’ that’s compared a woman’s beauty to the moon.”

     

    Said Kishore Tadepalli,  Managing Partner and Senior VP, Wunderman Thompson, Mumbai: “This film is part of the campaign conceptualized by Wunderman Thompson South Asia, where the agency explored the thought of creating a locally tailored campaign for multiple regions within the country with multilingual songs, that brought alive the brand’s proposition of comparing a woman’s beauty to the moon, an oft used metaphor in Indian cinema.”

     

  • JWT announces senior leadership changes

    By A Correspondent

     

    J Walter Thompson India has announced senior leadership changes. Kishore Tadepalli takes over as the head of JWT Mumbai ith Rajesh Gangwani, head of JWT Mumbai moving out to explore other avenues.

     

    Tarun Rai

    Commenting on Gangwani, Tarun Rai, CEO J. Walter Thompson said, “Rajesh has been a ‘lifer’ at JWT, having started his career with us in 1991 at our Mumbai office. He grew through the ranks and got the opportunity to head our Bengaluru office in 2008 and was given the additional responsibility of Chennai in 2011. He came to head Mumbai in 2014. Under his leadership, JWT Mumbai has diversified its capabilities and built a very strong team. The office has shown strong growth since he took over. Rajesh has had an excellent career with us and I thank him for his contribution to the agency over the years and wish him the very best for the future.”

     

    Kishore Tadepalli

    Tadepalli has around three decades of experience in advertising and marketing communications and is currently the Senior Vice President & Managing Partner of JWT Bengaluru. Having worked in JWT Mumbai in an earlier role, he has a deep understanding of the market, clients and their business challenges.

     

     

    Kundan Joshee

    Meanwhile Kundan Joshee takes over from Kishore as the head of JWT Bengaluru. In his long career he has worked on brands like Samsung, Pepsi, Slice, Tropicana, Aquafina, Zee TV, Vodafone, Maruti Suzuki, Whirlpool, Sony, National Geographic, Fox Life, Apollo Munich to name a few. He joins from Cheil Worldwide.

     

    The changes come into effect from October 15, 2018.

     

     

  • Kingfisher banks on humour for the Indian Prank League

    By A Correspondent

     

    Kingfisher has introduced the Indian Prank League as part of its IPL campaign “Divided by teams, united by Kingfisher”. The Indian Pranks League comes with a series of video commercials featuring players from Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians, Rajasthan Royals, Kolkata Knight Riders, Kings XI Punjab and Royal Challengers Bangalore, who are seen pulling pranks off at their teammates.

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Samar Singh Sheikhawat, Chief Marketing Officer, United Breweries Limited, said: “For years, Kingfisher has been a catalyst in bringing rival teams together with a fun element off the fields to establish the brands campaign line for the IPL, “Divided by teams, united by Kingfisher”.

     

    Added Kishore Tadepalli, SVP & Managing Partner, J Walter Thompson Bangalore: “Despite the rivalry between teams, the players are thick friends with each other. They constantly pull each other’s legs, crack jokes and have a laugh off the field. Kingfisher brings the camaraderie alive for the sports fans and gives them a sneak peak to their lives beyond Cricket.”