News Broadcasting
Arise inverters launches new TVC with a humour streak
NEW DELHI: Arise Invertors have come out with a new television commercial that attempts to bring humour even as it conveys the commercial message. Created by Percept/H for Apocalypso Films executive creative director Rajiv Agrawal, the TVC has been directed by Pradeep Sarkar and produced by Rachita Chowdhury.
Arise India Ltd. MD Avinash Jain said, “Through the TVC we wish to communicate our core message of Arise Inverter, thus helping in saving electricity. The mandate to Percept H was to create an endearing advertisement which creates an instant connect with the audience and makes them understand the USP of the product in the first view itself. With the resultant advert we are very optimistic about the deliverance of the messaging and thus are looking forward towards encouraging sales of the product.”
Rajiv Agrawal said, “Arise has been a fledgling brand. The owners have decided to take it to a different level. The one line brief from the chairman, Avinash Jain, was: ‘give me memorable advertising’. How many times do client say such things these days? And that’s exactly what we’ve attempted to do. Create disruptive advertising which, hopefully, will be memorable while doing justice to the brand and the volumes.”
The story line of the 30-second film opens inside the chamber of an orthopedic doctor. A doctor is examining the X-ray and the patient lying on the bed with his leg stringed and his wife and a nurse standing by. The doctor looks at the patient and speaks: “Hoon…Sharma Ji aapke pair ki dono haddiyan ghutne se toot chuki hain. Ek mein 6 inch ki nail dalegi aur doosre mein steel ki plate. Theek hai?” The patient looks bewildered. “Hmm…”
As the doctor in his style consoles the patient, he says: “Process hai…tumhare haath hi haddi ko khurcha jayega”. The patient gives the scared look and asks in disbelief: “K..K..Kyoon?”
The doctor once again consoles the patient. “Arre leto leto…process hai…char mahine ka plaster lagega…uske baad football, kabaddi, kuch bhi khel sakte ho.” The patient in surprise asks the doctor: “Kya guarantee hai?” The doctor replies in full confidence: “Guarantee…Hai Guarantee!…”
The doctor points out to the supers appearing one by one on the screen: Intelligent Charging System and Sinewave Service.
The voice-over : “Intelligent Charging System ki Guarantee…Sinewave ki Guarantee…Service ki Guarantee…”
The product window shows a wide range of Arise Inverters and Batteries: “Yeh hai Arise Ki Guarantee… Arise inverter aur battery ki full range par…Ab India bolega Arise…”
Come back to the patient speaking into the camera with a smiling face: “…Hai Guarantee”
The doctor now instructs the nurse to pull the leg: “Iska taang kheecho”
Arise logo appears on the screen chorus: “Arre Wah Wah Wah Wah!”
News Broadcasting
CNN-News18 to air live counting day coverage for five state election results on May 4
The channel is rolling out its biggest election coverage machinery yet for results day on 4th May
NOIDA: The votes have been cast. Now comes the reckoning. CNN-News18 is pulling out all the stops for results day on 4th May, when counting begins across five battleground states — West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry — in what promises to be one of the most closely watched electoral verdicts in recent memory.
The channel’s coverage, titled Battle for the States: The Verdict, kicks off at 7am and runs through the day across linear TV, connected television and YouTube. It is the culmination of CNN-News18’s multi-format editorial initiative, Battle for the States, which has tracked the polls from the beginning under the theme Road to Power.
At the operational heart of the coverage will be the Live Results Hub, the channel’s central command centre built to collate, verify and process real-time data flowing in from reporters stationed at counting centres across constituencies. The hub combines newsroom intelligence, analytics and on-the-ground reporting to deliver what the channel promises will be the fastest and most accurate results coverage in English news.
Leading the on-air charge will be primetime anchors Rahul Shivshankar, Anand Narasimhan, Aman Sharma, Nabila Jamal and Shivani Gupta. They will be joined by a wide panel of commentators including author Chetan Bhagat; GVL Narasimha Rao, senior leader of the BJP; Smita Prakash, editor of ANI; activist Saira Shah Halim; political analyst Sumanth C Raman; Abhijit Iyer Mitra, senior fellow at IPCS; Amitabh Tiwari, founder of VoteVibe; columnist Abhijit Majumdar; Nalin Mehta, managing editor of MoneyControl; political analyst Tehseen Poonawalla; senior journalist Subir Bhaumik; and political analyst Manojit Mandal.
Shivshankar, who serves as editorial affairs director at CNN-News18, set out the stakes plainly. “Counting day is one of the most watched events in the electoral cycle, where speed and credibility are tested in real time,” he said. “Battle for the States: The Verdict is built on that promise, combining ground reporting, sharp analysis and cutting-edge election technology to give viewers the clearest and fastest route to the verdict. On May 4, CNN-News18 will once again be the nation’s most trusted channel to witness democracy in action.”
Smriti Mehra, chief executive of English and Business News at Network18, framed the coverage in broader terms. “Elections are defining national events, and audiences turn to brands they trust in moments that matter,” she said. “CNN-News18 has consistently led from the front in every election coverage, and this special programming reflects the scale of our ambition and editorial strength.”
The channel has form here. It claims to have been India’s most preferred English news destination for election results for the past 20 years, covering everything from the 2024 general elections to the Delhi, Maharashtra, Bihar and BMC polls on the back of what it calls an “Always First, Always Right” record. Five states, one day, and a nation waiting for answers. The clock starts at 7am on 4th May.
