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<ul><li>Ad &amp; Media Insider’s latest property Storyline, brought to you in association with <keyword id="1959531" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Wattpad" source="Orion">Wattpad</keyword>, one of the world’s most loved <keyword id="282281" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="storytelling" source="Orion">storytelling</keyword> platforms, endeavors to decode what storytelling stands for today.</li><li>Today, we bring you highlights from our fourth and fifth episodes where we discuss the changing role of <keyword id="35666" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="advertising" source="Orion">advertising</keyword> creatives, how brands are choosing to communicate with GenZs innovatively and what role a platform like Wattpad is playing in this innovation.</li><li>Watch <keyword id="3844857" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="harshad-rajadhyaksha" source="Orion">Harshad Rajadhyaksha</keyword> and <keyword id="3844858" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kainaz-karmakar" source="Orion">Kainaz Karmakar</keyword>, Chief Creative Officers, <keyword id="531122" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ogilvy-India" source="Orion">Ogilvy India</keyword> and <keyword id="3747310" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="devashish-sharma" source="Orion">Devashish Sharma</keyword>, Country Head, Wattpad India talk about the evolution of creativity and storytelling and how they are evolving as storytellers to tell successful stories in today's world.</li></ul>Episode 4: Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officers, Ogilvy India Most of us have loved the work coming out of Ogilvy India in the last few years and the creative powerhouse between most of that work is Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Kainaz Karmakar, the Chief Creative Officers at the agency. The duo, along with Sukesh Nayak, Ogilvy India’s third CCO, have been at the forefront of crafting inimitable stories that have won our hearts while creating an impact. Be it the recent recreation of Cadbury Dairy Milk’s famous Cricket stadium ad, or its work for Hindustan Unilever titled ‘The Shower’ which won a National Award, Ogilvy has time and again proven the impact good storytelling can have in brand building and in making a brand a part of a consumer’s lives. In the 4th episode of Ad &amp; Media Insider’s Storyline, brought to you in association with Wattpad, one of the world’s most loved storytelling platforms, we spoke to Karmakar and Rajadhyaksha to understand their creative process and their thoughts on the evolution of storytelling and what the future holds. The evolution of storytelling We have seen the <keyword id="6354839" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="marketing" source="Orion">marketing</keyword> landscape transform at a fairly rapid pace in the last 5 years. With more and more platforms cropping up, consumers are finding more places to express themselves, and brands are having to reach out to them at different touchpoints. What kind of impact has that had on the way Ogilvy has been telling stories? “Storytelling is as timeless as love or friendship, so I don't think it's going out of fashion anytime soon, or even later. But there has been a rapid transformation, especially in the last five years. I would not call it a change, rather, I feel there has been an expansion. Something fantastic has happened, media has become more open and liberalised and our first encounter with this happened back in 2015, when we did a campaign on zero budget to end open acid sale. We worked with like-minded people and with a real acid attack survivor. We shot the film. Had this been 20 years back, we would have had no place to show the film because media needed to be bought. It still needs to be bought but now there is also freedom to put out your own content. We put the film on YouTube and Facebook, promoted it ourselves, and the trajectory of the campaign has been astounding. It has won everything there is to be won, and we could achieve our goals with zero budgets and it was made possible largely by the changing nature of media,” said Karmakar. But does having a plethora of platforms pose the problem of plenty? Do creatives now have to think of communications suited for individual platforms? “Between Kainaz and I, we have spent around 20-25 years in advertising and we have ourselves evolved from the era of Print to Television. Then somewhere in the second decade, we started getting used to the concept of smartphones and multiple apps and hence multiple screens. But if your story is engaging with the relevant connect, the medium becomes secondary. Technology has put the spotlight on people who could all become storytellers, and brands saw people enjoying this content and slowly realized its power and thought of latching on to it. So, in terms of the number of mediums, I feel the more the merrier because today you just have a width and variety of storytelling,” explained Rajadhyaksha. From advertisers to product managers to solution finders With the evolution of media and advancement of technology, many brands are now also open to experimenting where, as a pat of a campaign, they have ended up creating a completely new product. In an attempt to encourage the habit of washing hands with soap among children in rural India, Ogilvy helped Savlon create special chalk sticks infused with soap. In another campaign to promote a similar habit, Ogilvy created a heat stamp to put on roti at the Maha Kumbh Mela for Lifebuoy. The brand’s message-on-a-roti ended up reaching over 5 million people. In both these campaigns, the idea led to the creation of a completely new product. Both these campaigns won awards and hearts. Is it challenging for agencies to then have clients come up to them and say they want to create a completely new product and take the business to a new trajectory? “It's not a stress at all. What I really love about the times that we work in is that our clients are super excited about doing work that is new and innovative. And that is something we should grab with both hands and make the most. I would be very worried if our clients weren't pushing us. The fact that they want different solutions, to use different media and support us, is a great sign. Recently, one of our teams has come up with a karaoke technique to help people with early Alzheimer's, in collaboration with MTV. So, the fact that clients are asking us to do such work and they are excited about it, is not a pressure but a thing of joy. The truth of the m after is we are actually becoming solution finders above and beyond just communicating a message. People are interacting, touching and feeling things beyond your client’s products, these are products made by you. They're actually getting to experience technologies that have been just ideas in your head and now we’re seeing them out there actually helping someone. It has also brought clients and agencies closer than before. It's a great time to be in the creative business,” said Karmakar. A message for marketers With the advent of Web 3.0 and us looking at a world where a metaverse might soon become a reality, things are changing at a rapid pace. What are a few things marketers should keep in mind to be able to navigate these highly dynamic times? “I feel no matter how much technology you have, or whatever new media comes in, the absence of a great idea means your money is not well spent. In fact, it's money wasted. So, first find yourself a partner who can give you a great idea, and then use your media, technology, etc, as partners to that. Do not work the other way around because everything starts with an idea and that is not going to change,” said Karmakar. Sharing his tip for marketers, hought, Rajadhyaksha added, “Completely well-meaning clients and brand custodians, at times, have brand guidelines about what the brand’s personality should be. But when it comes to exploring certain new-age things, treat your brand DNA and the personality of your brand like your family name, but treat the new media like the grandkids of the family. While they will bear your family name, allow them to be a little different, to take a few more risks. That's how I would encourage all clients to look at the newer mediums. You might be an 80-year-old legacy brand who advertises and talks in a certain way in your storytelling on TV. We aren’t saying become someone with a completely different personality on the newer mediums, but be a little adventurous and bolder and allow the younger kids in your organization and the agency to deviate a bit. Let them live their lives their way, as long as they still bear your family surname.” Watch the full episode here: <div type="twitter" handle="admediainsider" handlename="Advertising and Media Insider India" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1281482517443305472/8RPcjmow_normal.jpg" favoritecount="1" retweetcount="1" status="LIVE | Join Kainaz Karmarkar (@spalifekainaz) and Harshad Rajadhyaksha (@Harsh_Words), CCOs, @Ogilvy_India as they… https://t.co/63l7yYar9K" createdat="1645702223000" id="1496809730655748100"></div> Episode 5: Devashish Sharma, Country Head, Wattpad India The art of storytelling has changed and new-age mediums like Wattpad are at the heart of this change. To understand the role Wattpad has been playing in this evolution of storytelling, we caught up with Devashish Sharma, Country Head, Wattpad India, who told us how consumers are using the platform, how that is helping brands connect with an engaged set of audience and what the future of storytelling could look like. From one-way communications to interactivity The biggest way in which storytelling has transformed in today’s digital era is by opening it up to consumers. In the TV and Radio era, a brand would come up with a one-way communication, which has undergone a complete transformation now. Explaining this evolution, Sharma said, “About 15-20 years back, a lot of brand building was one-way messaging. Brands would create something and then push it down to millions of Indians, predominantly TV or billboard. However, in the Internet era where the target audience has become younger, the focus of brands have shifted to digital platforms. And recently, it is also about interactive content. Today, brands don't just want to push their messaging, they want the audiences to create their viewpoint about the messaging and have a discussion with the brand about it. In lieu, it creates more awareness in a very interesting and exciting manner.” Communicating with GenZ With the younger generation which is difficult to please and said to have reduced attention spans, brands now have the task of finding innovative ways of engaging with them. Explaining how Wattpad has been building its communication to engage with this audience Sharma said, “If I were to look at it from a Wattpad lens, we are a very democratic platform where anybody can write on a topic they love, and at the same time, consume stories on a specific niche topic that might interest them. However, what differentiates us is the fact that the experience you get on our platform is not just of reading a book, it is also about connecting with other readers, leading to social engagement. Beyond this, the stories that become really popular and are highly engaging are taken on by production houses and top studios to turn into movies, TV shows, web series or other forms of digital entertainment. As a platform, being at the epicenter of ideas directly coming in from Gen Z storytellers allow us to really capture the right stories which we amplify.” Why long-form content works While there has been a debate for a long time around decreasing attention spans, Wattpad has been able to make long-form content, and has held its audiences captive with engaging stories on its platform. So what is it that Wattpad has gotten right? “Personally, I feel that the idea that people have less attention span is a bit of a misnomer. It might be true in certain contexts, but given the right content in the right format, people definitely make time to consume it. If a certain content captures your interest group and the experience of consuming it is something that you really enjoy, people will definitely prefer long- form content because it adds meaning and gives you much more than just snacking on punchlines,” explained Sharma. There has also been an ongoing debate about whether the younger population reads at all. However, the fact that Wattpad has a community of about 94 million readers and writers on its platform proves that given the right content and right amount of social engagement, people will stay on the platform and consume content, added Sharma. “The entire social element really elevates the user experience because we are able to give our audiences the liberty of connecting with the creator of the content and also other readers who love the same content as you. This bonding evokes a strong emotional response which is something that brands really like because when they work with us, they know that the content they're getting already has a built-in audience that did not just skim through it but actually interacted with it. So, the secret sauce is to have a platform that enriches the experience of consuming content and provides more democracy in terms of capturing diverse voices.” How brands are using Wattpad Today, more and more brands are open to experimenting with mediums and formats that is giving them highly innovative ways of engaging with their target audiences. So how has a platform like Wattpad helped brands create engaging stories and build enduring relationships with their audiences? “At Wattpad, our focus is on figuring out how our community can bring value to brands in the form of stories. And that's the real value that brands get. So, when brands have a brief, they come to us, we work with them to figure out how to engage the community from day one, where we invite all our users on the platform to write their version of stories on the messaging that the brand wants to create awareness on. So, instead one story, you get maybe thousands of stories from all over the world from your target audience that really connects with your brand messaging. Once the stories come, we pick the top stories and promote them for more readership because we realize that readers around the world who may not have written content still want to connect with the brand on the messaging that other users on Wattpad have written. And since we also have a studios division, we are able to adapt these stories into video and other formats that can traverse the messaging of the brand beyond Wattpad into more video-focused channels,” he explained. Earlier this year, Wattpad worked with Maybelline on a campaign for raising awareness on the impact the pandemic had on the mental health of Gen Zs around the world under the hashtag Brave Together. Wattpad invited everybody to write a short story or a personal experience around the topic and for every story that came in, the platform partnered with an NGO to donate a certain amount to raise awareness around mental health. “A campaign like this made the community feel that the brand cares about its voice and is not pushing its messaging on them. Secondly, the involvement of the nonprofit increased the connection with the brand, making the entire initiative more genuine. And this sort of brand positioning really benefits the brand in the long-term because they are able to create fans instead of just consumers,” he shared. So are there a few factors that can help brands success on Wattpad? Sharma said, “The key to being successful as a brand on Wattpad is to support a messaging for your brand that Gen Z users really care about. And secondly, be open to their interpretation of the message that you want to create awareness on. For example, we did a campaign with Puma in India where they launched a clothing and shoe line with Mary Kom and the hashtag was Born to Provoke. I really liked the way they used Wattpad. They invited our community members in India to write a story, a personal experience, a song or poetry to celebrate women breaking barriers. We got stories from different parts of the country that spoke about women from different age groups and backgrounds breaking societal norms. This was a very successful campaign and I think I use it as a benchmark because the brand here took a backseat, letting its target audience do all the work, whether its creation or consumption of the content. And a lot of users, on finding a story or song that they resonated with, shared it on their social network. So, the voice of the whole campaign went beyond just Wattpad.” With a community of more than 94 million people on its platform from across the world, Wattpad is witnessing an increasingly growing community of highly engaged audiences, opening up opportunities for brands to drive their brand messaging to a highly targeted audience. Watch the full episode here: <div type="twitter" handle="admediainsider" handlename="Advertising and Media Insider India" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1281482517443305472/8RPcjmow_normal.jpg" favoritecount="4" retweetcount="2" status="LIVE | Join Devashish Sharma (@devunofficial), Country Head, Wattpad in conversation with Ashwin Raghunath as they… https://t.co/zqsgEg6zo0" createdat="1646047811000" id="1498259230859542530"></div>

Storyline: Decoding the art of storytelling in today's highly dynamic world

<ul><li> As we come to the end of 2021, most of us are entering 2022 with a lot of hope and positivity. </li><li>Despite the challenges, 2021 turned out to be a good year in terms of the campaigns our creative agencies churned out. We saw many heartwarming, thought-provoking, quirky campaigns that won our hearts through the year.</li><li>In today's edition of our year-ender series, we talk to the best storytellers from the Indian advertising world and they tell us their expectations from 2022.</li></ul>2020 was one of the most difficult years we have faced in recent times which brought with it massive challenges. With people stuck at their homes, many of the traditional mediums witnessed a huge drop in spending. 2021, therefore has been a year of slow recovery. While the first half of the year was, in some ways, even more challenging, owing to the havoc the second wave of Covid-19 wreaked, things have been steadying slowly. The second half of the year has seen consumer sentiments slowly moving towards positive and it has been a good festive season. GroupM in its recently published report gave some positive news, that the industry is recovering much faster than earlier anticipated. And there have been signs of the green shoots too with different mediums recording good growth. BARC recently revealed that the November ad volumes for Television stood at 156 million seconds, 3% higher than 2020 and 31% higher than 2019. Meanwhile, Digital has been witnessing steady growth. Magna’s recently released report noted that digital ad formats grew by +20% (APAC average: +23%) to Rs 21,400 crore, while traditional media rose +12% to Rs 44,300 crore. The report also predicted a good recovery for traditional mediums like Print that were impacted due to the pandemic. For mediums like OOH and Experiential, the recovery is slower but again, the hope is 2022 will bring some cheer. With consumer sentiments turning positive and brands’ increasing willingness to spend more on advertising, things seem to be on the mend for now. However, even in a year when AdEx had been impacted, our creative agencies came up with some beautiful campaigns to make the year just a little better for us. From CRED’s Indiranagar ka Gunda to Mondelez’s reimagining of its iconic cricket stadium ad for Cadbury Dairy Milk, we have seen some heartwarming ads that made the year just a little more bearable. Meanwhile, a lot of brands also moved towards purpose-driven marketing. We also saw agencies come up with wonderful ideas to solve consumer problems. So, there was a shift from hard-selling to storytellers also becoming problem-solvers and this is a trend we hope stays. It will all be about going that extra mile, doing some good for the society. We will continue to see a lot of these trends in 2022 as well, but there is more in store. While the industry is moving towards the next year with cautious optimism, we spoke to a few experts from the advertising industry to understand what we can expect from 2022, and here is what they had to say: <keyword id="269997" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="amer-jaleel" source="Orion">Amer Jaleel</keyword>, Group CCO &amp; Chairman, MullenLowe Lintas Group The Rise of Regionalism in Advertising At one level, people are becoming more like each other. But look closer and you’ll see more alike, yes but also differently alike. Regionalism undoubtedly will be one of the dominant themes in the coming years, and this does not mean the archaic translations or redubbing of Hindi work that we used to churn out as a matter of course. As people receive more culturally relevant content to where they hail from or reside, we will see them shift towards themes and propositions that appeal to them. We see a confidence among people to claim their cultural territory and ask for entertainment that is more skewed towards them. And because you are viewing, not reading anymore, you can enjoy or be entertained or educated or moved in the nuances and the fine differences of the community you belong to, rather than be part of a generic mass. What that’ll mean to the creative process and production process you can only imagine in a country such as ours. Per piece, per project budgets will keep getting squeezed but overall outlays will go through the roof and marketing costs are bound to explode. It’s interesting times for a creative partner to both strategise in depth and create a plethora of gloriously unique work for the same brand over differentiated audiences. The more the frenzier, ha ha.” <keyword id="3844858" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kainaz-karmakar" source="Orion">Kainaz Karmakar</keyword> &amp; Harshad Rajadhyaksha, CCOs, <keyword id="138018" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ogilvy" source="Orion">Ogilvy</keyword> India Seniors will learn from juniors The pace with which new media and technology are integrating themselves into advertising, we can either up-skill or pack up our egos and leave. This is the truth. The faster we internalise it, the clearer we will be about our future. If this clarity leads us to acquiring new skills, then the best teachers are the youngest people in our offices. They were almost born with a smart phone in their hands. We had to learn to live with devices and apps. They can’t imagine living without them. Technology is blood to them. Add to that the immortal enthusiasm of their youth. An hour in their company is like reading an entire issue of The Wire. We should invest in these kids. Not just money but also our time. Learning something new from them is much more fun than whatever administrative meeting we are missing to do this. The fabric of advertising as we know it is changing. It’s terrific to be a part of this change, even if it means going back to being a student. Most of us had the best time of our lives when we were students. Only this time, our teachers are younger and cooler than us. <keyword id="1106781" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rahul-mathew" source="Orion">Rahul Mathew</keyword>, Chief Creative Officer, <keyword id="910338" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="DDB-Mudra-Group" source="Orion">DDB Mudra Group</keyword> Valuing, Supporting and Protecting Talent This actually isn’t a new trend, it’s going back to what this business was built on – talented people. I can’t remember who said ‘Advertising is the only business where our biggest asset leaves out of our front door every day’. But it’s the most important truth of our business. One we’ve been guilty of forgetting, often. And with work-from-home, while our talent may not be walking in and out everyday, they are getting woo-ed everyday - by in-house agencies, other creative pursuits, start-ups with more money or just by the promise of a better work-life balance. So, if we do not double down on our efforts to make our talent feel valued, supported and protected; we will not have the talent to call ourselves a creative industry. <keyword id="3616322" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="arun-raman" source="Orion">Arun Raman</keyword>, Chief Intelligence Officer, GREY Group India 2022: Happy Brave Year The last 2 years were all about ‘Safety First’. Any action perceived as risky, was quickly branded as irresponsible by all and sundry. And we were all forced to put our heads down and keep our distance from the unknown. Covid, particularly the Delta variant, made marketing prudent too. At a time when there were tectonic shifts happening in consumer behavior, in cultural markers and even in business models, prudence was the operative word. Protection of market shares and protection of bottom-lines were the extension of protection at home. After all, aren’t marketers human first, consumers next and sellers lastly! I predict 2022 to break these self-imposed protectionist mindset by my marketing counterparts. Most have adeptly adapted to the new business models and the new way of consumer behavior. We are already seeing green shoots of big ideas re-surfacing. Big Bold Heroic Brand Ideas. That always are by-products of brave adventurous marketers. I think 2022 will be the Return of Bravery in our industry and the beginning of the end of the pandemic infused risk-aversion. <keyword id="2932117" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="amit-wadhwa" source="Orion">Amit Wadhwa</keyword>, CEO India, dentsu Creative Amalgamation of Creative with Data, Technology and Digital 2021 has been a year that has had possibly the most ups and downs. Right from starting the year on a bullish note to seeing the biggest challenge with the second wave both from a business and people wellness front to finally coming out of it and closing the year on a high. The one thing that 2021 taught us was that it’s good to be ambitious but ‘cautiously ambitious’ rather than ‘bullishly ambitious’. So I guess we enter 2022 with this wisdom but there is so much more that we would need to focus on. One thing that I feel extremely passionate about is that we are in the business of creativity and our core is and will always be ‘creative’. And while I say this, we are living in an extremely dynamic world where right from methods of mining insights, ideas reaching consumers to consumers experiencing brands are all changing. 2022 will be a landmark year where creative agencies will see an even bigger transformation of the amalgamation of creative with data, technology and digital as the boundaries will vanish much faster this year. And agencies that are not ready for this change or are reluctant will face the heat while the ones who are better prepared and want to embrace the changing world will prosper. With our investments in data, tech and digital, I am all excited to embrace 2022. <keyword id="1505615" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ashish-Khazanchi" source="Orion">Ashish Khazanchi</keyword>, Managing Partner, Enormous 2022: The year of getting back to normal The pandemic was a true test of character of people, teams and organisations. While there certainly was a big drop in businesses and toplines, what was at stake was organisations' humanity. People in organisations everywhere dealt with the kind of uncertainty they never were faced before. Uncertainty of livelihoods, careers and sanity amidst surmounting work pressures. The better organisations, in my opinion, made sure that their people were taken care of at least as much as their businesses. When the specter of lockdowns was a little bit behind us, we saw a simple trend both in terms of people and companies. The ones with initiative thrived even in the midst of a terrible external situation. Anyone who did not take easy ways out, like the typical bottomline managers do, by cutting costs rather than working on newer avenues of organisational growth, are going to be the true hero companies of tomorrow. They've tasted success and now when the tides are turning, they're going to be unputdownable. 2022 will see business return to near normal, I would predict the number of pitches to go through the roof from about March. The ones with the best people and processes and creative products, will win 2022 by a mile. <keyword id="1970421" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="emmanuel-upputuru" source="Orion">Emmanuel Upputuru</keyword>, Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Entering a year of new adventures While the novel Covid-19 virus visited our planet last year, we bore the brunt of it this year. But as we come to the end of 2021, we can only look forward to the coming year, with lessons, hope and confidence. I believe the biggest positive is that so many possibilities have opened up suddenly for talent, companies and brands. We have entered an era where we have to deal with not just uncertainty, but with the unknown. There is a sense that anything and everything is possible today. Some can face it with fear, others with hope and a belief. But as the virus, the human race is also adapting, mutating if I may say so. So many exciting things are happening around us. Metaverse, Blockchain, NFTs, DAOs. Big brands have already entered these spaces. It looks so exciting, like an adventure. I am reminded of the song that my daughter loves and (hates it when I sing), “Don't you know there's part of me That longs to go Into the unknown? Into the unknown Into the unknown

Trends 2022: Where advertising is headed in the year to come

<ul><li>Our series, Lets Get Candid is us raising a toast to some enviable friendships in the ad industry today.</li><li>We talk to <keyword id="913434" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Soumitra-Karnik">Soumitra Karnik</keyword>, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Impact, <keyword id="9652925" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="mcgarrybowen-india">mcgarrybowen India</keyword>, Dentsu India and <keyword id="2881697" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narayan-Devanathan">Narayan Devanathan</keyword>, CEO, DAN Solutions, India, <keyword id="3844857" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Harshad-Rajadhyaksha">Harshad Rajadhyaksha</keyword> and <keyword id="3844858" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kainaz-Karmakar">Kainaz Karmakar</keyword>, Chief Creative Officers at Ogilvy India and <keyword id="2289556" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajdeepak-Das">Rajdeepak Das</keyword>, Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer, <keyword id="4520265" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Leo-Burnett-South-Asia">Leo Burnett South Asia</keyword> and <keyword id="265558" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sachin-Kamble">Sachin Kamble</keyword>, National Creative Director, Leo Burnett who tell us what makes them click.</li></ul> <keyword id="98987" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mark-Twain">Mark Twain</keyword> had famously written, ‘Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.’ I guess most of us would agree that in today’s context, this adage can easily be modified to, ‘Find a job you enjoy and a colleague you enjoy doing it with, and you will never have to work a day in your life.’ So for this <keyword id="6736220" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Friendship-Day">Friendship Day</keyword>, we thought we will reach out to some really close friends from the ad world, and talk to them about their relationships, what makes it work, and what they have learnt from each other. The result was three conversations where we got really candid with these six really brilliant people. Watch our series, Lets Get Candid, for some hilarious conversations between Soumitra Karnik, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Impact, mcgarrybowen India, Dentsu India and Narayan Devanathan, CEO, DAN Solutions, India, Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officers at Ogilvy India and Rajdeepak Das, Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett South Asia and Sachin Kamble, National Creative Director, Leo Burnett. Here’s raising a toast to friendship, Happy Friendship Day! 1. Soumitra Karnik, Chief Creative Officer, Dentsu Impact, mcgarrybowen India, Dentsu India and Narayan Devanathan, CEO, DAN Solutions, India <div type="javascript" title="Instagram" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[ ]]></cdata></div> 2. Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officers at Ogilvy India <div type="javascript" title="Instagram" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[ ]]></cdata></div> 3. Rajdeepak Das, Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett South Asia and Sachin Kamble, National Creative Director, Leo Burnett <div type="javascript" title="Instagram" contenttype="Video"><cdata><![CDATA[ ]]></cdata></div>

On Friendship Day, here are some of adland’s best friends talking about their friendships

<ul><li><keyword id="4668903" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="itc-savlon" source="Orion">ITC Savlon</keyword> onboards <keyword id="1476559" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="tara-sutaria" source="Orion">Tara Sutaria</keyword> as brand ambassador for <keyword id="12884562" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="savlon-glycerin" source="Orion">Savlon Glycerin</keyword> Soap; launches a new TVC.</li><li>The TVC pillars on “softness” as a key benefit by <keyword id="12884561" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="savlon-glycerin-soap" source="Orion">Savlon Glycerin Soap</keyword> with effective germ protection.</li></ul>ITC Savlon has roped in youth icon, actor Tara Sutaria as the brand ambassador for Savlon Glycerine Soap, a unique offering from ITC Savlon that addresses the dual need of soft skin along with germ protection. The soaps segment in the health space has witnessed an influx of new consumers over the past two years who were looking for efficacious germ protection. This has led to a significant increase in consumption of health soaps and at the same time, has brought about a change in consumer expectations. Consumers today aren’t satisfied with just germ protection, but also expect their soap to provide effective care for their skin. A new film has been launched featuring brand ambassador Tara Sutaria which depicts a humorous competition between the actor and her dog on who is the real ‘Softy’. The TVC represents a slice of life narrative of a relaxed day for Tara Sutaria, which brings alive the intangible nuance of touch as one of the senses. The film draws a parallel using creative visuals to depict softness of skin in everyday life. The soap is positioned as an all-round solution for hygiene, skincare and protection, that comes with the trusted equity of ITC Savlon. Glycerine, the hero ingredient of the product, is known to be a skin conditioner and has inherent skin moisturizing properties. <div type="Youtube" id="yY6PumWw-pk" title="Savlon Glycerin Soap | Soft skin with Savlon Protection | Hindi" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yY6PumWw-pk/mqdefault.jpg"></div> The film with its creative narration and visuals communicates product characteristics from a functional and lifestyle perspective, in a spirited manner. Speaking on the new film, Sameer Satpathy, Chief Executive, Personal Care Products Business Division, ITC Limited said, “Savlon has been the front runner in addressing evolving consumer needs through innovation. The health soap category has seen a robust growth over the past two years. While hygiene has become a way of life for all, with consumer needs evolving, personal hygiene has progressed from providing protection only to ensuring value-added skin care benefits as well. Tara’s partnership with the brand brings with her a vibrant &amp; fresh feel to the category that the Savlon soap encompasses.” Expressing her thoughts, actress Tara Sutaria comments on the launch, “I feel privileged to be associated with Savlon, a brand that is consumer focused and solution oriented with its innovative product offerings. I am a great proponent of using a trusted name for protection against germs for the safety of my family and myself. Like many of us, I have also struggled to choose between effective protection and skin care. It came as a pleasant surprise, with Savlon Glycerin soap, which makes my skin feel soft with a germ protection trust of over 50 yrs. The Savlon soap has become my go to.” The soap is available across retail outlets &amp; e-commerce platforms. Kainaz Karmakar &amp; Harshad Rajadhyaksha, Chief Creative Officers, <keyword id="531122" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ogilvy-india" source="Orion">Ogilvy India</keyword>, commented on the film, “the concept of ‘Softy’ is a light, endearing way to establish the beauty credentials of this soap. The film is a product demo but told as a story. It makes a sharp point about what the soap can do for your skin and this will not be missed. The interaction between Tara and the dog is what will make the film memorable and we believe the audience will enjoy watching it again and again.”

Tara Sutaria to be the face of Savlon Glycerin Soap

<ul><li>In 1994, confectionery giant <keyword id="570619" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cadbury-dairy-milk" source="Orion">Cadbury Dairy Milk</keyword> launched an iconic commercial featuring model <keyword id="12112850" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shimona-rashi" source="Orion">Shimona Rashi</keyword> dancing unabashedly in a cricket stadium full of people.</li><li>As a tribute to women athletes, the chocolate brand has recreated its iconic advertisement.</li><li>It aims to celebrate and cheer women and girls who are making spectacular success stories and emerging as powerful role models for the youth.</li></ul>Confectionary giant’s Cadbury Dairy Milk iconic advertisement from 1994 featuring model Shimona Rashi dancing unabashedly in a cricket stadium full of people is still so fresh in our minds like it was launched just yesterday. That advertisement came at a time when all women in ads were prim, proper and petite. They were either scantily dressed or playing the role of a mother, taking care of a joint family -- just existing in the background. And here she was, Shimona in Cadbury’s ad, dressed in a regular blue floral dress, munching on a Cadbury chocolate bar on the sidelines of a cricket match like nobody is watching. We still haven’t been able to get over her running past security onto the field and breaking into an adorable victory dance with the “asli swaad zindagi ka” jingle, made unforgettable by singer Shankar Mahadevan, playing in the background. It was also a critical moment for Cadbury as it was trying to reposition the brand into the market. Its purpose was to change the perception that chocolates are only for children. With this iconic advertisement, Cadbury Dairy Milk changed the chocolate industry completely and expanded its reach. At that time, when all advertisements sold the products directly with an in-your-face approach, Piyush Pandey’s one advertisement challenged common perception and had a revolutionary impact on how ads were made as the commercial barely had a few glimpses of the chocolate itself. <div type="Youtube" id="bcijcpbOpzA" title="Cadbury - Cricket-Stadium" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bcijcpbOpzA/mqdefault.jpg"></div> It’s 2021 and the brand and <keyword id="531122" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ogilvy-india" source="Orion">Ogilvy India</keyword> have brought back the time, this time with a fun twist. The giant has reversed the advertisement and this time, a man performs a candid, adorable celebratory dance to cheer his friend/partner. It reminds us how there’s a little child inside every adult. It aims to celebrate and cheer women and girls who are making spectacular success stories and emerging as powerful role models for the youth. Commenting on the campaign, Anil Viswanathan, Senior Director – Marketing, <keyword id="2200852" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mondelez-india" source="Orion">Mondelez India</keyword>, said, “From acing in the corporate world to winning Olympic medals, women are at the forefront of creating new milestones, every single day and our film is an ode to each one of them. As a brand that has always promoted gender inclusivity, contemporizing an iconic campaign is our way of recognizing the changing times and extending support to all the women trailblazers. An extension of our ongoing generosity narrative, the film also lands the message of how taking small yet significant steps to acknowledge the achievements of women would make the world a better place to live in. We hope this film brings back a gush of nostalgia and are confident that this refreshed version will find as much love as the original one." <div type="Youtube" id="z_OtC06ndUE" title="Cadbury Dairy Milk wishes #GoodLuckGirls to all those hitting it out of the park." thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/z_OtC06ndUE/mqdefault.jpg"></div> The film conceptualized by Ogilvy India, for Mondelez India, shows a young woman cricketer scoring a winning run and her male friend running towards the field dancing with unabashed glee, celebrating her smashing performance, as the crowd cheers on. The film ends with the powerful message of #GoodLuckGirls in recognition of today’s equal world where women are breaking barriers and pursuing all their dreams. Brains behind the first ad and second, Piyush Pandey, Chairman of Global Creative &amp; Executive Chairman, India, said, “It needed a brave client back in 1993 to go ahead with the original Cadbury Cricket film that became so popular. It needed an even braver client to attempt something with an iconic film and make magic out of it. I am delighted that the team at Mondelez India and at Ogilvy India has done this magic, made it relevant, exciting, and so Cadbury, in its bold and front foot fashion.” Sukesh Nayak, Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officers, Ogilvy India, added, “The excitement and the stress in our heads were competing with each other. To recreate such a big hit is like setting yourself up for a million opinions. The only reason we went ahead was it felt right, and it felt awesome. We loved the idea from our gut. Luckily, so did the client. Hats off to the all girls’ team who thought of it and hats off to Bob from Good Morning Films for making it so well.” The advertisement won over a million hearts with simple yet appealing storytelling in the ’90s and it is back to win our hearts yet again.

Cadbury Dairy Milk recreates its iconic stadium advertisement, with a wonderful twist

<ul><li>Rin has launched a new campaign to celebrate Olympic fencer C.A. Bhavani Devi. </li><li>It is a story of grit, determination and hard work. </li></ul>Rin detergent from the house of <keyword id="6365619" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="hindustan-unilever">Hindustan Unilever</keyword> has launched its latest campaign celebrating the inspiring story of C.A. Bhavani Devi, India’s first woman fencing champion to qualify for Tokyo Olympics 2021. From a humble background having chosen a relatively lesser-known sport of fencing, Bhavani had to overcome not just financial obstacles but also patriarchy led stereotypes. The TVC focuses on the heart-warming journey of Bhavani Devi and her struggle to keep her sporting dreams alive. <div type="Youtube" id="pqvIXQPaOQU" title="RIN - Ab Waqt Hai Chamakne Ka | Hindi" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pqvIXQPaOQU/mqdefault.jpg"></div> Bhavani with her determination and hard work perfected her skills in a relatively lesser-known sport while refusing to cede to the societal challenges levied upon her. Rin’s #AbWaqtHaiChamakneKa campaign demonstrates Bhavani’s tale of grit and gumption and the unflinching belief of a mother who supported her in this pursuit. The brand, which has always stood for ordinary people whose extraordinary actions have made the world stand up to take note, shares Bhavani’s story hoping to inspire several others on their journey to success. The minute-long TVC opens with a shot of Bhavani practicing fencing as a child and recalls the journey of her struggle against patriarchal notions, right from childhood to that of a successful fencer. Her first fencing kit was expensive in a household of limited means. Her mother financed her training by pawning her gold and encouraging her to never stop dreaming. Every day was a challenge, she went home exhausted with training gear dirty and soiled from the day but she never gave up and always showed up resolutely the next day. Finally, she goes ahead to win gold at the Commonwealth games and she holds up her gold medal as a fitting tribute to her mother’s faith and unrelenting support when says, ‘Dekho maa main sona vapis le aae.” The brand, through its core purpose-led narrative of lending brightness not only to clothes but to people with the inner passion, to better their lives and stubborn confidence in themselves &amp; their ability to make it big, despite starting without privileges. Commenting on the launch of the campaign, Prabha Narasimhan, Executive Director &amp; VP – Home Care, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, says, "Rin has been an integral part of Indian households for over five decades now and has stood for people who are unwilling to be defined by preset roles and have the courage to pursue their dreams, undeterred by their socio-economic backgrounds. The brand stands for supporting and celebrating the progress seeker, individuals who pursue their dreams and demonstrate courage to rescript their destiny. Through our latest campaign, 'Ab Waqt hai chamakne ka', we endeavoured to showcase the glorious journey of Bhavani Devi, her mother's sacrifices and their collective success and in the process inspire millions of others to keep persevering in their dreams, despite the odds. The essence of our brand aligns beautifully with such extraordinary stars who have risen from ordinary lives. We salute Bhavani for her dedication and wish her good luck as she prepares to represent India in Olympics 2021.” Brand Team: Prabha Narasimhan: Executive Director &amp; VP – Home Care, Hindustan Unilever Nitish Bhalotia – General Manager, Fabric Solutions Apala Sen – Marketing Manager, Rin Sonam Doshi – Assistant Brand Manager, Rin Gaurav Mehta – Assistant Brand Manager, Rin Agency Credits: CCOs : Harshad Rajadhyaksha, Kainaz Karmakar, Sukesh Nayak Vice Chairperson &amp; Chief Client Officer: Hephzibah Pathak Chief Strategy Officer: Prem Narayan Senior VP, Planning: Russel John Planning Director : Sanketa Kapse Managing Partner (Creative - West): Anurag Agnihotri Group CD and Copywriter: Saurabh Dikshit Group CD: Shahrukh Irani Senior VP : Nikhil Mohan Client Services Director: Chandni Butta Account Supervisors : Savni Kenkre &amp; Aouj Naqvi Production House: Little Lamb Films Director: Bauddhayan Mukherji (Buddy) Executive Producer: Monalisa Mukherji Producer &amp; Editor: Avishek Ghosh

Rin celebrates India's Olympic fencer C.A. Bhavani Devi's story of grit, determination and hard work in its latest TVC

<ul><li>The new digital campaign highlights the newly launched ‘Cal Scan’ (calorie scan) feature in its IL TakeCare App, designed to track one’s calorie intake and recommend healthy calorie count and tips. </li><li>It is conceptualised by <keyword id="2806649" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ogilvy-mumbai" source="Orion">Ogilvy Mumbai</keyword>. </li></ul>2021 saw a sea shift of people changing their lifestyles and adopting healthy life choices due to the ongoing pandemic. This has given birth to a new cohort of consumers who are proactive in staying healthy through wellness-oriented products and apps. These include demand for regular engagement regimes to monitor their physical and mental health, choosing technology-powered apps and wellness coaches in virtual or physical forms to guide them. Keeping the spirit of a healthy lifestyle alive, this <keyword id="51518" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="world-heart-day" source="Orion">World Heart Day</keyword>, <keyword id="6437381" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ICICI-Lombard" source="Orion">ICICI Lombard</keyword> introduced a new campaign to unveil its new feature ‘Cal Scan’ on their signature health and wellness app ‘IL TakeCare’. Through this unique campaign, the company brings to life World Heart Federation’s theme for 2021, which focuses on harnessing the power of digital health to improve awareness, prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases. The campaign, containing two ad films, encapsulates the significance of eating the right amount of calories on the backdrop of a busy lifestyle characterised by faulty food habits, high-calorie intake and a sedentary lifestyle, partially aggravated by the pandemic lockdown. <div type="Youtube" id="3h7r9h9aUIM" title="ICICI Lombard | World Heart Day - 2021" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3h7r9h9aUIM/mqdefault.jpg"></div> In its bid to get the audience fit and healthy through this campaign, the first ad film opens with a scene from a typical halwai shop where a person is buying samosas. Upon packing the samosas, the shopkeeper tells the customer the calorie count instead of the price of the food items. He then goes on to suggest making the calorie count a round figure by adding two more samosas. To this, the customer declared a specific calorie count, took the samosa and walked away happily. The second ad shows a food delivery guy delivering food and affirming the accurate calorie score to the customer according to his food order. Both the ad films end with the thought that our food vendors will not be able to tell us the exact calorie count of the food consumed, hence with the IL TakeCare app’s new feature 'Calorie Scan', consumers can now get a personalised recommendation of their calorie intake and the tips to burn those extra calories. Through these films, the insurer guides the audience towards a behavioural change wherein they see the value of the food not in terms of money, but also the number of calories consumed. <div type="Youtube" id="PASv3BPIhWY" title="ICICI Lombard | World Heart Day - 2021" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PASv3BPIhWY/mqdefault.jpg"></div> Sanjeev Mantri, Executive Director at <keyword id="42456" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="icici" source="Orion">ICICI</keyword> Lombard General Insurance: "While the pandemic has turned people towards a holistically healthy lifestyle, it is equally important to add the element of measurement to all our health endeavours. Considering the significant increase in the usage of wellness and health-oriented apps recently, we have introduced this new feature of ‘Calorie Scan’, which will act as a counter and encourage the user to stick to their recommended calorie budget. ICICI Lombard aims to offer not only comprehensive coverage to our consumers but also innovative solutions to them, thereby serving as a partner in the customer’s wellness journey.” The insurer launched the IL TakeCare App in accordance with their resolve to bring about a positive and long-lasting change in the way people view their health. So far, the app has benefited over 8.5 lakh customers and facilitates support on services like IL Hello doctor, online medicines delivery, buy policy, virtual doctor (for corporates) and so on. The company has always strived to provide the best offering on its health and wellness front, and with this new feature, the insurer is encouraging its customers to take charge of their health. This year, as people showcased a new consciousness towards fitness and overall wellness, ICICI Lombard addressed the severe subject of cardiovascular diseases through light-hearted films. The ad films are being promoted on the company’s social media channels. Conceptualised by Ogilvy, ICICI Lombard’s Creative agency, the ad films are being promoted across ICICI Lombard’s social media assets and digital platforms. Talha Bin Mohsin &amp; Mahesh Parab, Executive Creative Directors, Ogilvy Mumbai: “The ICICI Lombard World Heart Day campaign has had a long history of great work aimed at making people conscious of the challenges to their good health. This year, we sought to open a new chapter by going a step further and joining them in their journey towards holistic wellness. Not just by helping them count their calories, but giving them tips on how to burn them and stay fit on a regular basis too.” Client: ICICI Lombard Agency: Ogilvy Chief Creative Officers Ogilvy India: Kainaz Karmakar, Harshad Rajadhyaksha, Sukesh Nayak Ogilvy Mumbai Creative Team: Executive Creative Director: Talha Bin Mohsin, Mahesh Parab Group Creative Director: Vilsen Gonsalves Creative Team: Arnab Choudhury, Ajit Sahoo, Hari Rawat Account Management Executive Vice President – Harsh Bhatt Client Servicing Director – Amritesh Kumar Bakshi Account Director – Swati Agnihotri Senior Account Executive – Shreyoshee Gupta Production House: Chrome Pictures Director: Debanjolie Producer: Abhishek Notani

ICICI Lombard’s new campaign urges consumers to start tracking their calories to prevent cardiovascular diseases

<ul><li>India has clinched eight metals on Day 2.</li><li>Cannes Lions declared the results for Creative Data, Creative Strategy, Direct, Media, PR and Social &amp; Influencer categories today.</li></ul>It is only day two of Cannes Lions 2021 and India is already shining bright in Gold. Today, DDB Mudra Group’s ‘Project Free Period’ campaign for Stayfree has bagged India’s second Gold Lion at this year’s fest. The campaign won the metal in Creative Strategy category under the audience insight sub-category. DDB Mudra Group’s campaign showcases that women in the sex trade cherish periods as a time off work, which is contrary to the dismay women usually express towards periods. On bagging the Gold, Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group said, “Winning a gold at Cannes is always an incredible feeling. And the fact that we managed to win at Cannes 3 years in a row also makes us feel more confident of the direction in which we’re headed.” <div type="Youtube" id="yVjY-doL9n0" title="Stayfree India | Project Free Period- 2" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yVjY-doL9n0/mqdefault.jpg"></div> On the other hand, Dentsu Webchutney’s The 8-bit journo for Vice Media bagged two Silver Lions and one Bronze Lion in Direct Lions, Creative Strategy Lions and Direct Lions, respectively. This unique campaign is a testament to the dictum ‘necessity is the mother of invention.’ It combined technology from the 60s and the 90s and launched the world’s first teletext news portal: The 8-Bit Journo. Relevant news stories that Kashmiris had missed out during the internet shut down last year, were converted into teletext and dispatched to lakhs of Kashmiris through SMS. Rejoiced with the spree of metals coming in their way, Gautam Reghunath, CEO, Dentsu Webchutney said, “It’s been one of those weeks where we’ve all felt so proud and grateful for the creative culture we’ve been building together at Webchutney. I remember talking to A&amp;M Insider a year and something ago on how we’re hoping to keep the momentum that Webchutney seemed to have found for ourselves going. Well, we’re certainly thrilled with our consistency these last few years. Sure, every Cannes Lion we win is recognition for all the quality work that’s already gone in. But more importantly, it is a glittering reminder on our shelves to be better every year.” <div type="Youtube" id="g1jQXgfaLXE" title="8-Bit Journo" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g1jQXgfaLXE/mqdefault.jpg"></div> Continuing its win on day two, FCB India has made India proud yet again by bringing back a Silver Lion for Mumbai Police’s Punishing Signal in the PR category and Not-for-profit / Charity / Government subcategory. With the latest win, the agency is leading in India with six metals. Speaking on the win, Rohit Ohri, Chairman &amp; CEO, FCB Group India, said, “The Punishing Signal is poised to be India's most awarded campaign at Cannes Lions 2021. Really proud of the team at FCB Interface and thankful to the Mumbai Police for putting their faith in this idea.” Adding Robby Mathew, Vice Chairman &amp; CCO, FCB Interface, said, “Looks like the Punishing Signal is turning into a Rewarding Signal for FCB Interface!” <div type="Youtube" id="KIgKvUPXeq4" title="The Punishing Signal in collaboration with Mumbai Police - #HonkResponsibly" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KIgKvUPXeq4/mqdefault.jpg"></div> Ogilvy Mumbai bagged a Silver Lion for Dove #StopTheBeautyTest campaign in the Creative Strategy category under FMCG. <div type="Youtube" id="jEpTa2cMl_I" title="Dove | #StopTheBeautyTest (with English subtitles)" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jEpTa2cMl_I/mqdefault.jpg"></div> Ogilvy Mumbai’s another most-talked-about #NotJustACadburyAd campaign for Mondelez also won a Bronze Lion in Creative Data under Data-Driven targeting category. The 3 CCOs of Ogilvy India, Sukesh Nayak, Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Kainaz Karmakar shared their thoughts on their wins: “Winning Cannes Lions always feels terrific and these pieces are very close to our hearts. Both Mondelez and Unilever are clients who take great pride in meaningful work. They walk the journey with us from inception to execution. It took months to craft 'Not just a Cadbury Ad' and Dove #stopthebeautytest Tonight the teams deserve to put their feet up and celebrate.” <div type="Youtube" id="gBWLm6Sx1WI" title="Not Just A Cadbury Ad Campaign Video" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gBWLm6Sx1WI/mqdefault.jpg"></div> Lowe Lintas’ ‘H for Handwashing’ for HUL’s Lifebuoy also picked another Bronze Lion on Day 2 in Media, under Excellence in Media Execution sub-category. <div type="Youtube" id="fpuAC9VIRyc" title="#HforHandwashing" thumbUrl="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/fpuAC9VIRyc/mqdefault.jpg"></div> The Indian contingent has overall clinched eight metals in Creative Data, Creative Strategy, Direct, Media and PR categories on day two, bringing the country's total tally to 15. India didn’t get a metal in Social &amp; Influencer category. Here are a few other campaigns that were shortlisted in the Creative Data, Creative Strategy, Direct, Media, PR and Social &amp; Influencer categories: <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="83715133" title="Cannes Lions 2021: India secures 26 shortlists in Direct, PR, Social &amp; Influencer, Creative Data and Creative Strategy Lions" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

Cannes Lions 2021: India brings home a Gold, four Silver Lions and three Bronze Lions on Day 2

<ul><li>Cadbury dropped a new ad last Friday and the internet went gaga over it. The ad went viral immediately and people still haven’t stopped talking about it.</li><li>Mondelez India and <keyword id="531122" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ogilvy-india" source="Orion">Ogilvy India</keyword> gave reimagined one of their popular ads from the ’90s, Cadbury Cricket 1993, and reversed the gender roles to celebrate women athletes.</li><li>And the internet is loving the much-needed plot twist. The giant has reversed the advertisement and this time, a man performs a candid, adorable celebratory dance to cheer his friend/partner.</li><li>We speak to experts to find out why a recreated ad has worked so well and how does it reflect on changing gender narratives in the advertising and marketing industry.</li></ul>I remember watching Cadbury’s iconic Stadium ad in the 90s. It was so liberating to see a woman dance in front of a packed stadium, unabashedly. It is 2021 and we women are still told how to speak, sit and talk and in the 90s, when women barely had any good, non-domestic leading roles in ads, Ogilvy and Mondelez’s ad was revolutionary. She forgets all these filters that are ingrained in our minds and just takes to the stadium to celebrate her friend’s victory, completely carefree. She was breaking the barriers metaphorically to simply express her joy and be herself. It was way ahead of its time. When I first got to know that the old Cadbury Cricket ad has been recreated, I was a little scared, to be honest. It is too iconic to be messed with (watch any Bollywood songs from the 90s which have been recreated recently, the result is disastrous). But again, it is Ogilvy and Cadbury. If someone can recreate an old ad without losing its magic, it is them. I opened the link to the ad and my worries melted away in a second, as a Dairy Milk Silk bar does on a hot day. I felt like a 10-year-old again and at the same time, I was extremely delighted to see a woman cricketer. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="86284608" title="Cadbury Dairy Milk recreates its iconic stadium advertisement, with a wonderful twist" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> This is the contemporary take that was long overdue. The film, conceptualized by Ogilvy India, for Mondelez India, shows a young woman cricketer scoring a winning boundary and her male friend running towards the field dancing with unabashed glee, celebrating her smashing performance, as the crowd cheers on. As he passes by the security team and the woman blushes, I had a huge smile on my face and goosebumps. This ad is definitely staying with me for a long, long time. The film ends with the powerful message of #GoodLuckGirls in recognition of today’s equal world where more women are breaking barriers and pursuing their dreams. And it is not just me. It has become a huge hit online and both millennials and GenZ haven’t stopped talking about it yet. Ogilvy India has beautifully retained the commercial’s soul by using the same background score by <keyword id="4457" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="shankar-mahadevan" source="Orion">Shankar Mahadevan</keyword> ‘Asli Swad Zindagi ka’ and keeping the dance unchoreographed. Internet users are, ergo, gushing about its nostalgia value and talking about how they have connected strongly with the ad like they did 28 years ago. Here are a few examples of how they reacted: <div type="twitter" handle="tahira_k" handlename="Tahira Kashyap Khurrana" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1313053660285345792/Fj8Kk_uF_normal.jpg" favoritecount="38" retweetcount="4" status="Love this🌈 https://t.co/8kukAes3ON" createdat="1631860372000" id="1438752798603046915"></div> <div type="twitter" handle="Rajyasree" handlename="Brown Sahiba" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1280013725617930240/lOqSTrkm_normal.jpg" favoritecount="3" retweetcount="1" status="The new Cadbury's dairy milk ad manages to be nostalgic and modern. Clever idea. Reinvent the wheel, but only sligh… https://t.co/WvP7KzddwR" createdat="1631854063000" id="1438726335984070656"></div> <div type="twitter" handle="beastoftraal" handlename="Karthik 🇮🇳" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1140493276316745734/WH-6N17h_normal.jpg" favoritecount="17137" retweetcount="4271" status="Oh wow!! Take a bow, Cadbury Dairy Milk and Ogilvy :) A simple, obvious twist that was long overdue, and staring ri… https://t.co/8rWdYMxf3L" createdat="1631853973000" id="1438725960354779143"></div> <div type="twitter" handle="bathamania" handlename="Vbatham" image="http://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1269631899523301381/0AQFq1lF_normal.jpg" favoritecount="0" retweetcount="0" status="@beastoftraal bang on. Brilliant gender reversal of the iconic Cadburys adv...instant reminder of my adolescent years" createdat="1631866588000" id="1438778870723796994"></div> Team Ogilvy was scared and excited to recreate this ad but they trusted the idea and stood up to the challenge. “It needed a brave client back in 1993 to go ahead with the original Cadbury Cricket film that became so popular. It needed an even braver client to attempt something with an iconic film and make magic out of it. I am delighted that the team at Mondelez India and at Ogilvy India has done this magic, made it relevant, exciting, and so Cadbury, in its bold and front foot fashion,” said <keyword id="6375200" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="piyush-pandey" source="Orion">Piyush Pandey</keyword>, Chairman of Global Creative &amp; Executive Chairman, India. Sukesh Nayak, Harshad Rajadhyaksha and Kainaz Karmakar, Chief Creative Officers, Ogilvy India said, “To recreate such a big hit is like setting yourself up for a million opinions. The only reason we went ahead was it felt right, and it felt awesome. We loved the idea from our gut. Luckily, so did the client.” We reached out to senior creative folks from the advertising industry to find out their opinion on this remake. Here’s what they had to say: <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Russell Barrett, CCO &amp; CEO, BBH India and Publicis Worldwide India:" text="Russell Barrett, CCO &amp; CEO, BBH India and Publicis Worldwide India:">Russell Barrett, CCO &amp; CEO, BBH India and Publicis Worldwide India:</cmsannotation> Firstly, let me start by saying that the original Cadbury’s ad was not just a lovely ad for its time, but the sheer infectious joy that ad captured ensured it also travelled well. Even through time. It was at that time already an ad that promoted a strong, confident female narrative. But remaking an old classic does not immediately guarantee that the remake will be successful. Many ads have been remade over the years and have not managed to gain this kind of traction. The ads detractors (yes, there are a few) feel it has been opportunistic, however, I believe that it has made a culturally relevant point at a time where we are seeing the emergence of a strong social narrative. Timing is eventually everything and the timing of this ad couldn’t have been better than today. Especially after the brilliant showing of our female athletes in Tokyo and of course at the onset of the women’s teams tour of Australia. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group:" text="Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group:">Rahul Mathew, Chief Creative Officer, DDB Mudra Group:</cmsannotation> Advertising’s relationship with the Cadbury girl goes way beyond the brand itself. We’ve shamelessly borrowed her for countless manifestoes, avs, references and moodboards to represent carefreeness or unbridled joy. Because in that inimitable jig, all of us saw a bold girl who crossed more than just the boundary rope. Today, that same jig has been used to salute our bold girls in blue. I’ve always believed that the true power of advertising lies in being able to have conversations with society. The girl did it then and the boy is doing it now. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Mukund Olety- Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&amp;R India:" text="Mukund Olety- Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&amp;R India:">Mukund Olety- Chief Creative Officer, VMLY&amp;R India:</cmsannotation> The original was the reason behind a lot of people joining advertising. It truly defined a generation. What an iconic it was! And to recreate this classic required some guts, conviction and brave clients. And thank God for that. Hitting straight out of the park, this recreated classic turns gender roles over its head and defines the new generation. As a standalone, it’s a lively ad with a clear message. It’s charming and memorable. Add a sprinkle of nostalgia for goosebumps. I really hope the ad industry does not jump on to the remaking bandwagon. Like Bollywood. The first couple of times, it’s fun but when you overdo it, it gets to you. The changing narrative around gender reflects the changing society and mindset. And I am glad more and more brands are saying the right things, even in their mainstream communication and not just as a one-off or an awards piece. <cmsannotation type="cmsannotation" annotationid="Ramanuj Shastry, Director and Co-founder, Infectious Advertising:" text="Ramanuj Shastry, Director and Co-founder, Infectious Advertising:">Ramanuj Shastry, Director and Co-founder, Infectious Advertising:</cmsannotation> Nostalgia is a powerful feeling and the new Cadbury’s Dairy Milk ad inspires that among the 45+ crowd who watched the original some 27 years back. Refreshing the ad by flipping the genders of the protagonists is a smart move. The ad confirms to the changing gender stereotypes in the A&amp;M Industry.

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