Flashback: A decade ago with Dan Wieden
Campaign India caught up with the co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in 2012
Campaign India caught up with the co-founder of Wieden+Kennedy during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in 2012
The Indian adlanders in Cannes for the festival were in full attendance at the party hosted by the Times of India.
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Watch the making of the ad film in our new video segment 'First Cut' and the film as well
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WATCH the TVC 'The Other End' created by BBDO India
WATCH the TV ad created by JWT India; Rs 10 crore integrated campaign planned
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WATCH the TVC created by McCann Worldgroup
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The campaign is created by Saatchi & Saatchi
WATCH the TV ad created by Ogilvy & Mather
Watch the TV ads created by IBD Brands (a division of Percept)
Watch the music video which features John Abraham
Watch the TV commercial created by Dentsu Marcom
We also caught up with some of the big winners post the show
Watch the online spots and TV campaign featuring Priyanka Chopra, created by JWT India
WATCH the TV commercials created by JWT India
WATCH the TV commercials created by Lowe Lintas
WATCH the full length video created by Happy Creative Services, of which shorter edits will go on TV
Watch the TVC for Nivea Fresh Active created by Interface
WATCH the TV commercial created by Ogilvy & Mather
WATCH the ‘Commitment is Everything’ spots created by Hungry & Foolish
Tim Love, vice chairman, Omnicom Group, and chief executive officer, Omnicom APIMA, talks about Omnicom's current strategy in India, among other things
Social media campaign to launch the 'No Mom No You Foundation' goes live today; FB users urged to add mothers' names to their user names
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WATCH the TVCs for the fruit juice range created by DDB Mudra Bangalore
WATCH the new TVC created by Leo Burnett
WATCH the reveal TVC and teaser TV campaign created by Lowe Lintas
Watch the TVC created by Interface Communications
WATCH the TVCs created by Taproot India
WATCH the TVC created by Origin Beanstalk
Watch the first TVC created by Creativeland Asia
Watch the TVCs created by JWT India
Watch the TVC created by JWT India
WATCH the ‘Chanting Lighter’ video
WATCH the TVC created by JWT India and with a Hindi voice-over by Piyush Pandey
Watch the TVC created by JWT India
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Watch the TVCs created by Creativeland Asia
Campaign India caught up with Paris and Nair for Integer's official launch in India
Watch the TVCs created by JWT India
WATCH the TVC created by JWT India
WATCH the call for entries TVC created by Law & Kenneth
We asked the director marketing, Intel South Asia, about the brand’s association with Jab Tak Hai Jaan and the new Ultrabook Convertible campaign
As the competition heats up in the café space , Arati Rao poses the question to branding and marketing experts
Q&A: Landor’s Lulu Raghavan and Ektaa Aggarwal
Debraj Tripathy, MD, MediaCom India, recounts his early days - and nights - in the media business. By Arati Rao
Q&A with Mark Tutssel, Arvind Sharma and KV Sridhar
The platform is web-based
The focus is on building the Delhi operations, and integrating the Lovemarks philosophy among the team and clients at the moment, we found
Their first print ad appeared on Friday
Rahul Johri talks about the growth of Discovery Science in India since its launch in 2010
In conversation with Nisa Godrej and Sunil Kataria (Godrej Consumer Products), and creative partner Creativeland Asia’s Sajan Raj Kurup
We asked Sony Pix’s Himmat Butalia about the marketing strategy the channel has employed for their ‘Movie of the year’
Arati Rao goes behind the marketing strategy of the popular show
Bobby Pawar, chief creative officer and managing partner, JWT India, chats with Arati Rao, on h is two-decade long journey in advertising, and about the highlights of the JWT adventure so far
In the wake of the 18 Again storm, Arati Rao wonders what's the best creative approach for such products
Old Spice unveils 'Muscle Music'; Ranbir gets into fun mode for 'Barfi'
He was executive director, organisation development
Thakurta, managing director, India, explains the growth in the publication's circulation over the last five years, and the strategy behind it
Jasmin Sohrabji walks Arati Rao through her career, stints in ‘non-established’ places, and the OMD India journey
Prasoon Joshi, the multi-faceted president of McCann Worldgroup, South Asia, tells Arati Rao why moments of confusion in one's career choices are significant, and why clients have to help bring the fun back into advertising
Lodestar UM will continue to handle the Santoor brand from the stable
He will continue as national director - creative and strategy
The agency’s Mumbai office will handle the business
The agency will handle creative across ATL, BTL and digital for the two Hamilton Houseware brands
Rana Barua joins as COO - West and South; Samir Datar as SVP - strategic planning; and Amardeep Singh as CCO - North and East
'We are a competitive industry, but the spirit of competitiveness is sometimes taken to an illogical extreme': Uday Shankar
Q&A with Paritosh Joshi, independent media and communications consultant, and head of technical committee, RSCI, on the NDTV lawsuit against Nielsen, number of people meters, and issues related to viewership.
New logo by Umbrella Design. Campaign India Q&A with Gilles Moutounet, CEO, Holii India
Mindshare leads the India billings chart, followed by Madison
Q&A with Nikhil Rungta, country head marketing, Google India
Arati Rao caught up with Dan Wieden, co-founder and global executive creative director, Wieden + Kennedy, and recipient of the Lion of St Mark award at Cannes Lions 2012; and Dave Luhr, chief operating officer of the independent. Edited excerpts:
We spoke with the general manager - marketing, History TV18, on marketing the property, focus on social media and sustaining the momentum
Marc Mathieu, senior vice president, marketing, Unilever, discussed the global FMCG behemoth’s ‘Crafting brands for life’ philosophy, ‘more magic, less logic’ belief, and more with Arati Rao. Edited excerpts.
Takeaways from the ‘Global India’ seminar by Lowe + Partners at Cannes Lions 2012, and India-spotting on day three of the advertising festival
Takeaways from the '30 Years Of Creative Chaos, with Sir John Hegarty and Dan Wieden' seminar, and India-spotting on day six of Cannes Lions 2012
Bits and pieces from the sessions, and India spotting on day one of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2012
Takeaways from the BBDO session on day five of Cannes Lions 2012, and India-spotting
Takeaways from the Deutsch LA session, and India-spotting on Day 2 of Cannes Lions 2012
Takeaways from Dick Costolo’s seminar, and India-spotting on day four of Cannes Lions 2012
The mandate is to revamp the brand
Rao picks the Budweiser 'Whassup' campaign that won Grand Prix in 2000, and talks about the Honda 'Cog' commercial that won Gold in Film Lions (2003)
Seddon picks the Honda 'Grrr' campaign that won the Grand Prix in Film Lions in 2005
Dabral picks the Nissin Cup Noodles 'Hungry' campaign that won the Grand Prix in Film Lions way back in 1993
Arati Rao quizzes a marketer and an event specialist on what brands get from associating with live music events, and whether such platforms are being used well
Arati Rao gets the lowdown on the strategy of the Group
Saluja's pick is the popular 'Whassup' campaign of Budweiser that won in 2000
Sinha selects Microsoft's Halo 3 campaign 'Believe' that won in 2008
Senthil picks Nike Livestrong Foundation's 'Chalkbot' campaign by Wieden + Kennedy that won in 2010
Agencies are looking outside the frontiers of the state and country for business, and therein could lie the opportunity
Parameswaran picks Apple's '1984' spot that won the Grand Prix at Cannes in 1984
Paul picks the 'American Rom' campaign by McCann Erickson Bucharest, which won in 2011. Here's why.
Abhishek Grover and Ashish Bajaj from Maxus Gurgaon head to Cannes
He will continue as executive creative director and creative head of Delhi operations
Emami Limited’s CEO for sales, supply chain and human capital, Krishna Mohan, in conversation with Arati Rao
The heads of five agencies in Kolkata offer their perspectives to Arati Rao about the situation in the city
Harshvardhan Tanwar and Vasanth Clement Ebenezer head to Cannes
She will report to Abanti Sankaranarayanan, deputy managing director
Arati Rao analyses the rebranding of the MCCS news channels
He was formerly chief content officer for Turner International India
A chat with VivaKi’s chief strategy and innovation officer, about the network and what’s hot and happening in the social space
A conversation with the senior director, marketing & media, of Masterworks, about how music labels are engaging fans
A conversation with the senior vice president at Rovio, about the phenomenon that is 'Angry Birds'
Sarkar will report to Kunal Jamuar and will be responsible for managing the planning function across all brands based in Mumbai
MTV’s Aditya Swamy talks about some of the key findings of the study, which will be officially released today at the MTV Youth Forum
The vice president - marketing at UTV channels, talks about how social media is being used to communicate the new positioning of Bindass
He was chief executive officer of Star CJ Alive
BBDO picks up Gold, Silver, Bronze for Gillette; W+K Delhi a Gold for IndiGo; O&M comes home with a Silver and two Bronzes
Campaign India spoke to Leo Burnett's Sharma about the agency's acquisition of Indigo Consulting
Lucas Watson, vice president of global sales and industry marketing, YouTube, had the first knowledge seminar at Goafest 2012
The national creative director of Leo Burnett spoke about 'How will ads look in a world of censorship’
A report from the panel discussion on ‘Ideas that impact the full circle’ at Goafest Advertising Conclave 2012
Tim Love and Jean-Yves Naouri talk about the 'Ideas that impact the full circle'
A conversation with Richman, president – digital, MediaVest Worldwide and digital lead for emerging markets, Starcom MediaVest Group, and Arnab Mitra, national director, SMG digital
A conversation with Boschma and Keith Alphonso, business head, UTV Bindass, about the book that will release at the end of April 2012
A conversation with Z3’s Karan Shetty, Talenthouse’s Arun Mehra and Draftfcb Ulka’s Haresh Moorjani about the creative challenge
Jyothy Laboratories’ recent move drives Arati Rao to pose the question to the experts, and if it’s the way of the future
Skoda India account was previously handled by Saatchi & Saatchi
WATCH the latest episode from the Youtube channel of the brand
Watch the Youtube video that explains how Israeli agency Smoyz Creative used the hot-social-network-of-the-moment Pinterest in an innovative way
Highlights from a presentation by Roberts to the Saatchi & Saatchi India team, clients and media
The new Fa brand assignment was awarded without a pitch
Jayanarayanan Kakkara, creative director, McCann Worldgroup (Bangalore), shares his plans for the weekend
LMG will handle media buying and DDB Mudra Max will handle media planning
We asked Rajeev Raja, Prabhakar Mundkur and Subhash Kamath about their band, which plays at Blue Frog Mumbai tomorrow night
Come September 2012, Euro RSCG will be rebranded as Havas Worldwide; new umbrella digital brand created
Frampton, global CEO, Interbrand, explains the new arrangement and how it came about
Sonal Dabral, chairman and chief creative officer, DDB Mudra Group, joins his new mandate today, and answers our questions about his creative agenda for the Group
The last date for submission of entries is 9 March 2012
A conversation with Mala Sekhri, chief operating officer of the lifestyle division of India Today Group, on Cosmopolitan’s 15 years in India, and plans for the other titles for the year (the Group will launch Women’s Health in April)
In conversation with John Zeigler, chairman and CEO, DDB APAC, Japan and India, on the new developments in India and China
Along with new brand and organisation structure, the Group announces Water’s joining the Interbrand network, and the launch of international shopper marketing unit Tracy Locke
A conversation with Edelman’s Richard Edelman and Robert Holdheim on some of the findings of the report
She will be based in Gurgaon and will report to Prema Sagar
The new architecture and identity of the DDB Mudra Group will be revealed on 28 February 2012
We met Niteen Bhagwat, executive director and CEO of the new division, and Paula Fedoris, EVP and chief analytics officer of DraftFCB who had come to Mumbai for the launch
JWT India was the incumbent agency
A report from the panel discussion "PR - Interface or Interference" at the Global PR Conclave 2012, hosted by PRCI
With many brands opting for QR codes in India, Arati Rao questions Mindshare’s Ashok Lalla, and Webchutney’s Sidharth Rao about the trend
A conversation with Ratan Batliboi, Shanoo Bhatia and HS Grewal about what they do and the design and brand consultancy space today
Arati Rao poses the question to the spokespersons of five different organisations to get their views on the job scene
Turab Lakdawala of Tempest Advertising, one of the founder agencies, answers all our questions about the new network
The production house has been started by Natashaa Selim and Shaun Moitra
An interview with the senior vice president, marketing, United Breweries Limited, in which he talks about the Kingfisher brands (including the new one Kingfisher Red), the upcoming IPL, the Heineken India campaign, and how the company looks at digital as a vertical by itself
The initiative will offer Hollywood fans a chance to appear in promos on Pix
We talk to Dalbir Singh about this year's calendar
Three key personnel, Himanka Das, Joydeep Raha and S Muthukumarasamy, confirmed to be leaving as well
A conversation with Jaideep Shergill, CEO, Hanmer MSL, and Glenn Osaki, president MSLGroup Asia on the findings of the report
The activation conducted in Delhi featured Neha Dhupia
Subhash Kamath, managing partner, BBH India, tells us about his weekend plans, and shares some memories about a past one
Keertan Adyanthaya, MD, NGC Network India and Fox International Channels in conversation with Arati Rao
BBH appointed the creative agency for the new channel; Vizeum is the media agency
The numbers are in, here's what people were watching in case they didn't have other plans
We analyse what worked for the top-rated episodes on TV in between January-November 2011
John Sheehy, president, global operations, Starcom MediaVest Group, on operations in India and emerging markets
Has been signed on as brand and creative agency
The account will be handled from the Thrissur office
A Q&A with Niret Alva and Nitin Vaidya on Survivor India
Simran Hoon, head of ad sales at Colors, discusses how brands are being worked into programming
The Orris account is estimated to be upwards of Rs 15 crores, the media spend on Vimal Paan Masala is estimated to be over Rs 10 crores
Prasoon Joshi elevated to president, South Asia; Charles Cadell to president, APAC
The new shows 'Humse Hai Liife' and 'Dil Dosti Dance' have propelled the channel’s fortunes
He was principal partner – Invention at Mindshare India
Sanjay Gupta, chief operating officer, Star India, answers all the questions we have on the channel refresh and what we can expect on Life OK
Avinash Kaul appointed CEO - ET Now and Zoom, Ajay Trigunayat is CEO - English Entertainment
Programmes on Star News and Aaj Tak dominated the morning news time band between January to November 2011
JWT in second place in final tally; Lowe Lintas and DDB Mudra in third place; Cadbury wins Client Of The Year; Taproot wins Grand Effie for Pepsi
Helios Media is positioned as an integrated ancillary service company for television broadcasters
The launch will take place by mid-December
She was the chief strategy planning officer for APAC
The mandate includes media strategy, media buying and planning across all digital and interactive channels
A conversation with Bodhisatwa Dasgupta, group head. O&M Delhi, the creator of two new Facebook groups 'Put Headline Here' and 'Legends of Advertising', and what fans think of them
MPG also added on the roster for the consumer lifestyle sector for specific regions of the Americas, France and Southern Europe
He will be leader, digital, South Asia
A catch-up with Fortune India’s president Pavan Varshnei, and editor Dibyendra Nath Mukerjea, on year one of the magazine (the first anniversary issue released this month)
Nooyi, chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, delivered the valedictory note at the end of AdAsia 2011, and offered her five thoughts on how to deal with uncertainty
A report on the session themed “Big Ideas In The Age Of Now”
A report from the session by Chris Thomas and Simon Bond at AdAsia 2011
A report and all the case study videos we could find from the Contagious presentation at AdAsia 2011
Michael Roth, chairman and chief executive officer, Interpublic, talks to Harish Manwani, chief operating officer, Unilever, and chairman, Hindustan Unilever Ltd in a session titled, “The Game Changers”
Stephen Kim, general manager, global creative solutions team, and Jason Scott, general manager Asia, discuss storytelling in digital and how it's faring in Asia in the last of our interviews from Spikes Asia 2011
Nirvik Singh, chairman and chief executive officer, Grey Asia Pacific, on Grey India, how to enter right for a Cannes Creative Effectiveness Lion and the indie agency wave
Leonardo O’Grady, integrated marketing and communication director, Coca-Cola ASEAN, talks about the eYeka contest that was open from November 2010 to March 2011, and their learning from the co-creation initiative
James Thompson, chief marketing officer, Asia Pacific chief marketing officer, Diageo, on the company’s India strategy and some interesting ideas being developed in China
Sunita Rajan, senior vice president – BBC Advertising, Asia, discusses the India operations, and how to go about branded content
In the first of our interviews from Spikes Asia 2011, here’s Michael Wall, CEO, Lowe + Partners, on what’s happening at the network in India, Asia, and the rest of the world
The agency has won the creative mandate of Godrej hair colour and a new product line
Nick Seckold, head of digital, Asia-Pacific, Mindshare, on how clients are taking to the media agency’s digital offering and other opportunities and challenges in the space
The focus initially will be on JBL; AR Rahman to be brand ambassador in India
Videos, reports and a blog from the second day of the advertising festival in Singapore
He isn't quitting, but is in talks with DDB Mudra's management to find a way to devote more time to his music
A session at Spikes Asia 2011 by James Hurman of Colenso BBDO highlighted the importance of creativity in driving effectiveness
India has 60 shortlists in the categories announced so far
The first session of Spikes Asia 2011 put the spotlight on the consumer and whether crowdsourcing is the way of the future
India has 60 shortlists in the categories announced so far
The in-bound quarterly supplement will begin with the 29 October issue
Arvind Sharma elected vice-chairman; Vikram Sakhuja continues as honorary treasurer
Many brands have used the teaser ad route of late, but opinions on how effective they are are divided, finds Arati Rao
Oona Dhabhar, marketing director of Condé Nast India, talks to Arati Rao on how to add panache in a luxury magazine
The channel will air from 1 September 2011
The dates are 9-10 September, venue is the Grand Hyatt, Goa
WATCH the promo videos created by Taproot
The mandate is initially for traditional media
The media services remain with Maxus
Sohan Shah appointed head of India operations, Manjunath Hegde as national strategic director andd PK Anil as creative head
VIEW the print ads that appeared yesterday here
The company was previously known as Deutsche Postbank Home Finance Ltd
His designation will be executive vice president
The communication campaign will start with teasers – and the reveal will break on 15 August
He was previously chief operating officer of Draftfcb + Ulka Delhi
Simon was with Leo Burnett Colombo in his last stint
KVL Narayan Rao elevated to executive chairperson, Vikram Chandra to CEO
Josy Paul, chairman and CCO, BBDO India, tells Arati Rao clients are asking for more than just TV
Deshpande is on the Film, Print, Outdoor and Radio jury and Pawar is on the Direct and Promo & Activation jury
The business was awarded to the agency following a multi-agency pitch
The account was won in a multi-agency pitch
A report from the Wharton Future Of Advertising Round Table - India held in Delhi on 20 July, 2011
The new identity will be called ‘Dhanuchakra’
An insights symposium supported by Yahoo! is scheduled for 20 July, 2011; the project, which has already covered North America and Europe and heads to China next, aims to discover how the interplay between old and new media will affect the future of advertising across different markets
The channel will be on Bollywood entertainment
Kunal Lalani, managing director of Crayons Advertising, talks about the agency’s 25-year journey, the launch of the new units and his plans for the future
The agency will be headed by Sanjay Sharma and Anil Verma
WATCH the TVC created by Lowe Lintas
WATCH the video created by Contract Advertising
Iris’ regional creative director in Asia, Grant Hunter, talks about hybrid talent, the thinking behind ‘Urgent Genius’, and what the agency is really up to in India
Can’t remember the last time I heard Barney Stinson say that, and a Master Class I caught a bit of on Day Four hoped to bring an end to the word in ad lingo as well
Ogilvy & Mather, Mudra and JWT also give India reason to cheer on closing day of Cannes Lions 2011
That and a few pointers from the MDC and Crispin Porter + Bogusky session on Day Five
The meetings win over the sessions on Day Two of Cannes Lions 2011
Not a case of too many days away from home, or too many after-parties, but on Day Three, this question was something to be wondered about between the meetings
That and other highlights from Day One of Cannes Lions 2011
The agency already handles Diageo's Scotch whisky brand Vat 69
He will make the move in the third week of July
The race was intended to coincide with Le Mans 24
Suvadip Ghosh Mazumdar, vice president, Leo Burnett, Mumbai, makes his suggestions for your weekend
WATCH the TVC created by Rediffusion YR
He will join the Dentsu India Group as executive chairman
Pat Vinayak, principal partner, Mindshare shares her recommendations for this weekend
Kaul talks about the channel’s new tagline and the viewer of the Bollywood channel
Jishnu Sen, newly promoted president and CEO of Grey India, tells Arati Rao about his career in account management
Partha Sinha, managing partner, BBH India, discusses how advertising has changed, the BBH way of planning, and the skills he looks for in young planners
Kavita Kailas brought in as head of planning, Bhairavi Naik as AVP
Arati Rao gets the lowdown on O&M national creative director Rajiv Rao’s career, the Vodafone work and what he’d still like to get done
WATCH the video of the "burning billboard", which was one of the ideas developed to spur audience interest in the fourth season of Khatron Ke Khiladi
WATCH the TVC created by JWT Bangalore
The Delhi office creative responsibility will now return to the ECDs on the various accounts
VIEW the print ads
Number of entries from all over the world reaches an all-time high of 28,828
The agency is currently working on the name and branding for the finger snack
WATCH glimpses from the night and some of India’s best known CDs offer their advice on how to put together a good book
Debraj Tripathy promoted to managing director, India
O&M India has 5 shortlists, Dentsu, BBH, BBDO, MediaCom, Bates and JWT have 1 each
Aditya Swamy, channel head, MTV India, explains why the youth brand bases its success on more than just ratings
The consultancy has been assigned the mandate for all the beer brands of the company
The integrated communication firm picks up Kohler, Pioneer India Electronics and Pearson Education
He will be based out of the Mumbai office
WATCH the TVCs created by JWT Delhi
This week's recommendation comes from Minakshi Achan, co-founder, Salt Brand Solutions
He has been appointed vice president
WATCH the TVC created by JWT Hong Kong
The account is estimated to be worth more than INR 10 crores
A sister agency of TBWA, The Integer Group specialises in promotional, retail and shopper marketing
McCann Worldgroup, Leo Burnett, Rediffusion YR come home with Bronzes
BPCL retains its other existing agencies Lowe Lintas, Saatchi & Saatchi and Euro RSCG
BBDO India's W.A.L.S campaign wins 4 metals
The agency also handles the accounts of Lonely Planet, Filmfare and Femina
Satbir Singh, managing partner and chief creative officer of Euro RSCG India, discusses his career, awards and his thoughts on independent creative agencies with Arati Rao
Apart from handling the creative duties for Zandu Balm, the agency will also take charge of developing the communication task for reintroducing a range of OTC products from the Zandu family
Taproot, TBWA, Leo Burnett make it to "In Book"
VIEW the ads that are part of the first phase of the campaign
Watch glimpses from the evening and what the heads of some of the winning agencies had to say
In case you missed our tweets, here’s a wrap up from the sessions we attended at the first Ad:tech India held in Gurgaon on April 27 and 28, 2011
Campaign India caught up with Malcolm D Mistry, publishing director, The India Today Group, to ask him more about the luxury magazine's strategy in India
The chief strategy and innovation officer gives his point of view on the need of the hour for digital advertising in India, whether the future of digital will be fraught with a turf war, and why VivaKi is modelled on a social network
He will continue to report to Nirvik Singh
WATCH the video of the case study and the video letters to protesters
The digital newsroom is built on the fundamentals of blogging and the quick post, user interaction, discussion and debate
WATCH the TVC created by Lowe Lintas
WATCH the TVC created by JWT India here
This week Sonal Dabral, managing partner, India and head of creative, Asia, Bates 141 tells us what he's been reading
WATCH the TVC created by RK Swamy BBDO
The study was conducted amongst 2400 youth between the age group of 18 to 24 years across 13 cities in India
Habeeb Nizamudin, chief growth officer at Lodestar UM, talks to Arati Rao about his career and his learnings
Will be a combination of articles which will be found in the English edition and some exclusive content as well
Mindshare, Maxus and Tribal DDB follow
KS Chakravarthy (Chax) in a candid conversation with Campaign India's Arati Rao about his ad career, the ad industry and why the steadiness at Draftfcb+Ulka is making its NCD smile a lot more these days
From the time Goafest started, the Industry Conclave has been the preserve of the CXOs. Is it time that youngsters were involved, Arati Rao asked two senior professionals from adland
W.A.L.S most shortlisted Indian entry
This week, we asked Arun Iyer, national creative director, Lowe Lintas, for his recommendations from his Kindle
Taproot will still handle the account in some key Asian markets
Srivastava was heading Rediffusion's South operations in his previous role
From May 25-September 19, The Centre Pompidou is to present a major exhibition that explores Indian society through the eyes of Indian and French artists
The development has been confirmed by Nestle
He moves from Rediffusion Wunderman
MPG handles Clarks in a number of markets globally including United Kingdom
She will be based out of the Delhi office
WATCH all the TVCs Sir John Hegarty spoke about in his presentation at Goafest 2011
Laurie Coots, chief marketing officer, TBWA, talks about the five things that keep her awake at night in her presentation at Goafest 2011
Charlie Crowe, chief executive officer, C Squared, and founder, Festival of Media, gave his ideas on the importance of the media buying agency prioritising innovation
In his session on Day 2, Neeraj Nayar, president, Contagious Communications, spoke of the ways advertising can change
A report from session four of the Advertising Conclave on the first day of Goafest 2011
Goafest 2011 is underway at the Zuri White Sands Resort. View videos, photo galleries and updates from day one of Goafest 2011.
A report from the first session of the Advertising Conclave at Goafest 2011
Over the next two days, Campaign India will be bringing you extensive, up-to-date coverage of Goafest 2011. For all of you who can’t make it to Goafest this year, watch our video round-up of day one of the festival. WATCH the video below:
Anirban Das Blah, managing director of KWAN, talks to Arati Rao on the business of celebrity management in India
A report from sessions held on day one of the 11th CII National Marketing Summit in Mumbai
WATCH the TVC created by Happy Creative Services
Trevor Beattie, founder partner Beattie McGuinness Bungay, talks about what he's reading at the moment, though it may take a while for you to get your hands on it
Hari Krishnan moves to the South office as vice president and head
The concept is a joint effort of the Grihshobha Marketing Innovation team and the marketing team at Tanishq and Maxus Bangalore
WATCH the TVC themed "Yards" created by JWT Bangalore
WATCH the TVC created by Leo Burnett Delhi
Taproot co-founder and chief creative officer Agnello Dias tells Arati Rao about his advertising journey, the importance of awards, and whether the independents are really a threat to the networks
Bates 141, McCann Worldgroup, Creativeland Asia, Ogilvy & Mather and JWT also figure among winning Indian agencies
WATCH the TVCs by Lowe Lintas
Arijit Ray, president, Mudra West, has picked a couple of cricket books in the spirit of the season
WATCH the TVC created by Ogilvy & Mather and the “Making of” video
WATCH the TVC by Ogilvy & Mather
Ajay Chacko, president, AETN18 Media, fills us in on what he's going to be reading over the weekend
Brian Tellis, chairman, Fountainhead Promotions & Events, explains the experiential marketing sector to Arati Rao
WATCH the new SET MAX campaign for DLF IPL-4, and SET MAX's Sneha Rajani and JWT India's Steven Mathias and Priya Pardiwalla on how it was made
WATCH the TVC created by Leo Burnett
WATCH the TVCs created by Bates141
Interbrand Asia Pacific chief executive officer, Stuart Green, offers his views on social media, digital, and why brands should maybe think twice before signing on for that cricket sponsorship, among other things
WATCH the viral video for Myntra.com by Happy Creative Services
Sequeira is currently a director with Good Morning Films
WATCH the TVCs by Interpub here
Satbir Singh, chief creative officer, Euro RSCG India, explains his reading habits, and what's on his bedside table these days
WATCH the TVC created by Lowe Lintas, Bangalore
Tista Sen, senior vice president and executive creative director, JWT, explains to Arati Rao why it’s critical for agencies to recruit from unconventional avenues, something she’s learnt from the time she wanted to make the shift from film production
Jaideep Shergill, who will remain chief executive officer, will now handle full responsibilities for the agency
WATCH the TVC by JWT India here
The campaign, which includes a digital tie-up with MTV, has been created by Hungry & Foolish Intellectual Properties
He was creative director at McCann Erickson
WATCH the videos from the event where attendees told Campaign India what their definition of innovation is. And we found out which brand is right up there, when it comes to it.
WATCH the TVC for Horlicks' instant noodles brand
He will be senior vice president
Arati Rao had a great learning session with Amar Urhekar, representative director and president, Japan, and executive vice president, Asia Pacific, McCann Healthcare, discussing the challenges and opportunities in healthcare advertising
So says Shantanu Bhanja, vice president - marketing at Hindustan Times Media, in this conversation
Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai's head of planning Kawal Shoor offers his take on the place of planning in Indian advertising, and which categories he thinks could do with some planning expertise
WATCH the spot made by Metal Communications
The initiative began late last year, and was carried out by iContract
In his last role, he was heading BBDO Mumbai
The campaign has been created by the team at Sharon Nayak Design
The publishing company is promoted by Maheshwari Peri
WATCH the TVC created by Scarecrow Communications here
Arati Rao spoke to Creativeland Asia's Sajan Raj Kurup on how the client and his colleagues arrived at the 3D route that was finally chosen for Audi; on how they chose their partners and what they expect the campaign to achieve
Zubin Driver, creative director, Network 18, and chief executive officer, Cell 18, tells Campaign India what he's reading at the moment
Lowe Lintas has created the communication campaign for the initiative
VivaKi India's Srikant Sastri explains why digital is one space the idea could come from anywhere
Charles Victor, national creative director, Law & Kenneth, in a freewheeling conversation about shifting agencies, brands, and job roles
The National Anthem has been shot in sign language and enacted by children with hearing/speech impairments
The activity has been carried out in Hyderabad for now
WATCH the TVC created by Creativeland Asia
Malvika Mehra shifted to Grey as NCD after 16 years at Ogilvy & Mather. She talks to Arati Rao about her stint at O&M Bangalore, the past eight months at Grey and their big win of Reliance Communications in 2010
WATCH the campaign for Insurance Week created by Ogilvy & Mather
WATCH the TVC by DDB India here
WATCH the TVC created by O&M featuring Aamir Khan here
Craig Branigan, chairman of Landor Associates and chair and chief executive officer of the B to D Group, explains what’s exciting about the branding space in 2011 and where Landor India figures in the scheme of things
Rajesh Ramaswamy on the books that are currently catching his attention.
WATCH the TVC created by Rickshaw here
He was previously at JWT
Starting today, Campaign India, in association with Red FM, brings you 'Private View' on the latest radio commercials. This week, we get the opinions of Josy Paul, chairman and chief creative officer of BBDO/Proximity India, and Rajeev Raja, national creative director, DDB Mudra, on six of them. To begin with, we will carry this feature twice a month. Here's requesting producers, creative directors and clients to send in radio commercials for review to radhika@haymarket.co.in. And if you want to review the commercials, contact Radhika as well. Bouquets and brickbats? Radhika, again!
WATCH Intel’s ‘Penguins’ TVC and the videos for the India launch of the Core family, in this conversation with the director, marketing of Intel South Asia
Arati Rao asks creatives and marketers whether live TV events provoke better ideas and advertising
CVL Srinivas has been appointed as chairman, Starcom MediaVest Group and managing director, LiquidThread – APAC and India.
WATCH the 'Me and Meri Maggi' campaign, created by Publicis Capital
A conversation with Sunay Bhasin, head - marketing, Pizza Hut India
An interview with the executive chairman of Publicis Worldwide and chief operating officer and member of management board Publicis Groupe SA
WATCH the TVC created by Taproot
WATCH the new TVC created by JWT
A few questions to Thomas, chairman and CEO of BBDO Asia, Middle East and Africa, and chairman of Proximity Worldwide
We asked T Gangadhar, Nakul Chopra, Rahul Welde and Nandini Dias this question
A quick catch up with Bruce Haines, global chief strategy officer, Cheil Worldwide at AdAsia 2011
We spoke to Pankaj Ghemawat, global strategist, professor, author and speaker, right after his book launch at AdAsia 2011
WATCH editor Divia Thani Daswani talk about the highlights of the past year, and what she looks forward to in year two
WATCH Rohit Ohri, executive chairman, Dentsu India Group, discuss his priority areas for the agency, the first two months since taking charge, recruitment, and the Aircel loss
WATCH the TVC created by BBDO India
WATCH the TVC created by Red Lion
WATCH the new TVCs in the 'Har Friend Zaroori Hai' campaign created by Taproot
WATCH the video interview
WATCH what James Thompson, Michael Wall, KV Sridhar, Stephen Kim, Jason Scott and Sonal Dabral had to say when asked about recent work coming from APAC that they found interesting, plus a roundup of events on Day 2
WATCH the video and an interview with Terry Savage, festival chairman
WATCH what Sajan Raj Kurup, Bobby Pawar, Ravi Deshpande and Colvyn Harris had to say about how their agencies did
Keith Smith, president, International, TBWA Group, talks about the Indian operations, the launch of Integer (the retail activation agency) in the near future, and whether global economic developments will influence what's happening in India
WATCH the new ‘For Those Who Do’ TVC and read the interview with Lenovo India’s director-marketing
WATCH the TVC created by Law & Kenneth
WATCH the new TVC by JWT featuring Ranbir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor
WATCH the 'Har Ek Friend Zaroori Hota Hai' TVC
WATCH the new TVC campaign created by Happy Creative Services
WATCH the TVC created by Saatchi & Saatchi
WATCH the TVCs created by Lowe Lintas and read the interview with Dharini Mishra, global head of brand
WATCH the TVC and view screenshots from the website here
BBH’s worldwide CEO Simon Sherwood talks about scam ads, how to win Agency Of The Year, and the new Creative Effectiveness Lions
WATCH glimpses from the night and some of India’s best known CDs offer their advice on how to put together a good book
Partha Sinha, managing partner, BBH India, discusses how advertising has changed, the BBH way of planning, and the skills he looks for in young planners
WATCH the TVCs created by JWT Delhi
The chief strategy and innovation officer gives his point of view on the need of the hour for digital advertising in India, whether the future of digital will be fraught with a turf war, and why VivaKi is modelled on a social network
WATCH the TVC created by Happy Creative Services
Amsterdam Worldwide's Brian Elliott and Richard Gorodecky talk about the Intel 'Visual Life' campaign and the benefits of releasing it on digital
In what turned out to be a mini-session of 'From The Planner's Table', Martin Weigel, head of planning, W+K Amsterdam, explained how a planner makes a groove for himself at a creative agency like W+K and the insight within the new Heineken 'Open Your World' campaign
We caught up with Saatchi's new APAC head during his recent visit to Mumbai to ask him about his plans for the agency in India and what will be his focus areas
WATCH what happened on Day 1 of Goafest 2011, as Zuri White Sands Resort gets ready for the advertising fraternity to converge
Interbrand Asia Pacific chief executive officer, Stuart Green, offers his views on social media, digital, and why brands should maybe think twice before signing on for that cricket sponsorship, among other things
WATCH industry experts share their views about whether the age of specialisation is over, considering how creative agencies dominated the PR Lions categories at Cannes this year.
Ogilvy & Mather's David Mayo shares his thoughts about the changing role of account managers and Asia's abilities as a great story-teller
WATCH the interview with Cannes Lions’ Terry Savage sharing his thoughts on this year’s festival, and the Indian participation at Cannes
WATCH the new SET MAX campaign for DLF IPL-4, and SET MAX's Sneha Rajani and JWT India's Steven Mathias and Priya Pardiwalla on how it was made
Arvind Wable, MG Parameswaran, Shashi Sinha, KS Chakravarthy (Chax), Niteen Bhagwat and Nagesh Alai respond to questions about the agency's success and the challenges it plans to take on in the future
Campaign India in conversation with Shashi Sinha, chairman, Awards Governing Council, Goafest 2011
Campaign India in conversation with C Squared's Charlie Crowe
Over the next two days, Campaign India will be bringing you extensive, up-to-date coverage of Goafest 2011. For all of you who can’t make it to Goafest this year, watch our video round-up of day one of the festival.
Conversations from the India Today Woman Summit & Awards 2011, held in Mumbai on Friday, January 14, 2011
Pizza Hut Delivery (PHD), the delivery brand of Pizza Hut, has unveiled its new ad campaign, highlighting a new "Hot Dot" heat-sensitive sticker on the box. In case the sticker doesn't read "hot", the company promises to give the pizza to the consumer for free.
WATCH the 'Surprise Your Spouse' TVC featuring Saif Ali Khan
The mandate is for traditional above the line media
Shetty was earlier with Lowe Lintas (Linteractive)
WATCH the TVCs for the rebranding campaign of IDBI Fortis, created by Ogilvy & Mather
Their portal NRImatters.com recently ran an initiative called Power Podium
Kansai Nerolac's Anuj Jain and Sukhpreet Singh on trends in the marketing of paints
CNN International's Mumbai correspondent Mallika Kapur on what she reads
Campaign Asia dubs O&M creative agency, Mindshare, media agency and digital agency of 2010
Vedobroto Roy, associate vice president and creative director at Cheil India, is a fan of Ruskin Bond
This and other views from the day-long Conde Nast Digital Day conference, held in partnership with Campaign India in Mumbai on Thursday
In India, the creative account is handled by Contract Advertising
The campaign has been created by TWC Films
Photographer and ad man Sharad Haksar talks about his journey into advertising with 1pointsize, his learnings and the way forward
The advertisement has been created by Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai
The communication has been created by Contract Advertising, Gurgaon
Lowe Lintas has created the new campaign
There’s a certain image of Pamela Anderson that’s stuck in the minds of viewers around the world, since her ‘Baywatch’ days. In the course of a chat with her during her visit to India for Colors’ ‘Bigg Boss’, Campaign India discovered the other side of Anderson’s personality: she carries around Neruda’s poetry, for one.
Shailesh Velandy, vice president at Mudra Max, has a couple of recommendations
The event will be held from March 27 to 29 at the Arabian coast resort the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai
Insights from the panel discussion which took place on Wednesday in Mumbai before the Yahoo! Big Idea Chair Awards
Scarecrow handles the creative mandate for the account
The TVCs for the upcoming Mobile Number Portability service have been created by Lowe Lintas
JWT has created a TVC for PepsiCo's snack brand Kurkure's two new Desi Beats flavours
The campaign has been created by Lowe Lintas
Campaign India puts the spotlight on Rahul Sengupta, national creative director of TBWA India
Contract's Juju Basu recommends 'Mumbai Fables' and 'De Niro's Game'
The campaign has been created by Draftfcb + Ulka
Anup Jain, marketing director, Pizza Hut talks about the importance of social media and how its opened up the marketing vista for them in a way that was never possible before.
The Indian chapter will be called 'Equal & Opposite'
The convention will be held in Tokyo on November 19, 2010
The event is a part of the Singapore Advertising Hall of Fame Awards, to be held on November 16
The communication for the same has been created by Doosra
Other Indian agencies also pick up metals
The ad has been created by Everest Brand Solutions
The campaign has been created by K&L Arms Communications
The ad has been created by Cheil India
With three channels on the way, Arati Rao finds out more about the JV between RBNL and CBS.
Pushpinder Singh, chairman and copywriter at Saints and Warriors, takes Arati Rao through what he learnt from his stints in network agencies, what he’s figured out in the four years of running his own shop and what he’s discovering about the digital wave.
Kiran Khalap, managing director, chlorophyll, recommends 'The Living Company'
The ad has been created by Breakthrough Communications
Senthil Kumar, chairman of the JWT India Creative Council and executive creative director - Bangalore, Chennai & Kolkata, discusses, among other things, awards – the ones he’s won, the ones India can win and the ones JWT hasn’t won as yet.
BBC India's Myleeta Aga recommends 'Outliers' and 'In Other Rooms, Other Wonders'
The ad has been created by JWT India
Pecking order stays the same
The ad has been created by Leo Burnett
A new TVC by O&M featuring Saif Ali Khan is on air
The ad has been made by Arms Crestra
The communication has been created by BBDO
The deal is for all ICC cricket events for the next five years
Siddharth Jain and Troy Lobo from Turner chalk out the company’ s digital distribution plans
Mudra Max wins the maximum
A new TVC by Grey for the same is currently on air
A specially created media agency unit will be set up for the account
Agency also empanelled for Pondicherry Tourism
MS Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh feature in the TVCs
The campaign has been created by Rediffusion YR
Amer Jaleel, national creative director of Lowe Lintas, recommends ‘Delhi Noir’
Wins Michelin Tyres & Oakley
The ad has been created by JWT Delhi
Arati Rao poses the question to five marketers and find it's still very much a part of their annual marketing plans
Campaign India’s Arati Rao asks Sonia Huria, senior manager - communications at Colors, and Yash Khanna, president of CMCG India, if public relations is getting more challenging with the increasing incidence of paid media and whether the latter is ethically sound
Arati Rao takes a look at the vibrant business magazine space in India
Landor's Lulu Raghavan in conversation with Arati Rao.
Rajeev Raja, national creative director of DDB Mudra Group, discusses how Volkswagen’s advertising is taking shape in India, and what’s changed in Indian advertising in the past two decades.
The campaign advertises Tata Sky's new subscription holiday service
Lowe Lintas pitches the thought “Beautiful gold for beautiful people”
The ad has been created by Piyush Pandey and the team at Ogilvy Delhi
The campaign has been created by Grey
The communication has been created by Leo Burnett
He's a strategy and creative consultant (branding and interactive media)
Anil Nair, CEO & managing partner, Law & Kenneth, shares what he’s reading at the moment
The ad has been created by Stark Communications
The ad has been created by DDB Mudra
Conceived by MobME Wireless, AdMob’s services have been used
'Wall Street - Money Never Sleeps' and 'Beauty and the Beast' in 3D release today.
The campaign has been created by Law & Kenneth
This and other questions debated at IAA-India Chapter’s panel discussion “Face to Face with Facebook”
Campaign India has a chat with Simon Hathaway, regional CEO, about his plans for shoppers in this market
The campaign has been created by Law & Kenneth
The event was jointly hosted by the Internet & Mobile Association of India and ebay
He's a creative director at Lowe Lintas, Delhi
The ad has been created by Lowe Lintas
Prabhu Chawla to be Editor (languages) and CEO of a new entity; MJ Akbar to oversee India Today (English) and Headlines Today
Aarti Rao finds out more about this new tool from Lodestar UM
It's a move that can give a fillip to an industry that desperately needs it is the common consensus, finds Arati Rao
The ad was created by DDB India, and MediaCom was the media agency
Saira Menezes, editor of people, tells Arati Rao the story behind the launch of the Indian edition and what lies ahead.
The new brand platform will be Inventive Brand Solutions
Hungry & Foolish creates first TVC for campaign
Core focus will be on providing brands with consolidated entertainment marketing solutions
Rediffusion Y&R Gurgaon created the campaign
O&M Bangalore creates new TVC for the range of breakfast mixes
Starcom Dubai wins Campaign of The Year
The TVC is created by JWT Delhi and Gobsmack Productions
The mobile site will offer the option of text and audio programmes
Art, music, theatre and film screenings
'For Real' and "Life Express' release this weekend
Find out about how the special effects in Inception were created
Magazine to provide perspectives on trends, issues and ideas arising from contemporary Indian subculture
The account was won in a competitive pitch
The ad features brand ambassador Aamir Khan
The ad is for the advanced low smoke coils and features Vidya Balan
Watch the video from September 13's strategic tie-up here
The creatives communicate the new website of the brand
To kickstart endeavour with the launch of Harley Rock Riders
The seminar will talk about magic, creativity and inspiration
What if there was a movie on how Twitter was made?
The account was won in a multi-agency pitch
He's a copy supervisor at JWT, Bangalore
He’s one of the speakers at Kyoorius DesignYatra 2010
This is the first time the agency is appointing someone for the post in its Mumbai office
The TVC has been created by JWT Delhi
Has assignments from clients like Fosters, Madura, Nitesh Estates and Park Hotel
The new ad by O&M is directed by Vinil Mathew of Foot Candles
BIG CBS is a joint venture between Reliance Broadcast Network and CBS Studios International
Center Fruit was integrated into the Turner production ‘Balla Bowl’
The ad has been created by the team at Lowe Lintas
In a Q&A with Campaign India, Bruce Duckworth talks about the importance of simplicity in design, a theme he will touch upon, as a speaker at the upcoming Kyoorius DesignYatra 2010.
Maxus in second place, Mudra Max in third
VIew the campaign here
This week, Jayanarayanan K, an associate creative director at McCann Erickson, Bangalore, tells Campaign India what he likes about photoshoots for fashion brands.
The campaign by Draftfcb+ulka is on air
The hypercompetition in adland gives clients the opportunity to shop around, and they will, discovers Arati Rao
It’s a welcome trend that can benefit the brand, but the advertising agency still can play a role, discovers Arati Rao
How will the F&B pledge affect advertising?
Red Lion’s Elsie Nanji speaks to Arati Rao about her career, about design, about print, the Internet and about Cannes
Bates 141 NCD Sagar Mahabaleshwarkar talks to Arati Rao about awards and why art directors should think film
Everybody’s talking about it. What does it do, asks Arati Rao
What is this initiative all about? Arati Rao finds all the answers
To be held in Mumbai
Arindam Mitra and Abhijit Chaudhuri of QED Films don’t intend to be a "mom-and-pop" store, discovers Arati Rao
So says STAR CJ CEO Paritosh Joshi in a conversation with Arati Rao, and adds that TV shopping needs respectability