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Britannia Tiger shifts brand positioning with new TVC
MUMBAI: Britannia Tiger has launched a television commercial with its new brand ambassador Salman Khan to emphasise its new positioning.
Conceptualised by Lowe Lintas and directed by Prabhudeva, the TVC attempts to challenge the conventional role of biscuits and shift the goal post from ‘biscuits for energy’ to ‘biscuits for Nutrition’. Conventionally, biscuits have been looked at as only a filler but the new campaign stresses on the fact that it can sit centrally as a food item.
Britannia Industries category director – health and wellness Anuradha Narasimhan said, “Tiger’s repositioning is a shift from being about energy to being about growth. We will continue to enthrall mothers and kids alike, through 25 per cent daily growth nutrients and oodles of delight coming from a variety of formats.”
The ad film opens with a basketball dropping into Khan’s (coach) hands. Salman closely watches the kids play. One of the kids takes a shot, and misses it. The ball goes out of bounds and a lady who was watching the kids play, catches the ball. Her son, who was eating Britannia Tiger biscuits, comes into the picture. Another kid who was playing comes and asks him ‘Aye chhotu Khelega?’.
The kid looks at his mom for encouragement and readily takes on the challenge. He dribbles adeptly towards the basket, takes a high leap and dunks the ball in the basket. Khan appreciates the kid and says ‘Ahre! Chhotu bada ho gaya’. Khan and all the kids dance to a number in appreciation. The song in the background talks on right growth and appreciates the kid and his mother for this. On asking what does the kid eat, the kid’s mom tells Khan about Tiger biscuits.
Lowe Lintas chief creative officer R. Balki said, “Britannia Tiger’s tie up with the Tiger of Bollywood- Salman Khan is very interesting and will certainly propagate a message on kids’ nutrition to the right audience powerfully. Change in functional position of the brand necessitated that the message be delivered in a relevant, yet entertaining and fun-filled way.”
Britannia Tiger believes it has found a great brand fit with Khan to deliver its message of kids’ nutrition. The Bollywood star is extremely passionate about fitness, a healthy lifestyle, children and their education & healthcare.
Digital
Content India 2026 opens with a copro pitch, a spice evangelist and a £10,000 prize for Indian storytelling
Dish TV and C21Media’s three-day summit puts seven ambitious projects before an international jury, and two walk away with serious development money
MUMBAI: India’s content industry gathered in Mumbai this March for Content India 2026, a three-day summit organised by Dish TV in partnership with C21Media, and it wasted no time making a statement. The event opened with a Copro Pitch that put seven scripted and unscripted television concepts before an international panel of judges, and by the end of it, two projects had walked away with £10,000 each in marketing prize money from C21Media to support development and international promotion.
The jury, comprising Frank Spotnitz, Fiona Campbell, Rashmi Bajpai, Bal Samra and Rachel Glaister, evaluated a shortlist that ranged from a dark Mumbai comedy-drama about mental health (Dirty Minds, created by Sundar Aaron) to a Delhi coming-of-age mystery (Djinn Patrol, by Neha Sharma and Kilian Irwin), a techno-thriller about a teenage gaming prodigy (Kanpur X Satori, by Suchita Bhatia), an investigative crime drama blending mythology and modern thriller (The Age of Kali, by Shivani Bhatija), a documentary on India’s spice heritage (The Masala Quest, hosted by Sarina Kamini), a documentary on competitive gaming (Respawn: India’s Esports Revolution, by George Mangala Thomas and Sangram Mawari), and a reality-horror competition merging gaming and immersive fear (Scary Goose, by Samar Iqbal).
The session was hosted by Mayank Shekhar.
The two winners were Djinn Patrol, backed by Miura Kite, formerly of Participant Media and known for Chinatown and Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey, with Jaya Entertainment, producers of Real Kashmir Football Club, also attached; and The Masala Quest, created and hosted by Sarina Kamini, an Indian-Australian cook, author and self-described “spice evangelist.”
The summit also unveiled the Content India Trends Report, whose findings made for bracing reading. Daoud Jackson, senior analyst at OMDIA, set the tone: “By 2030, online video in India will nearly double the revenue of traditional TV, becoming the main driver of growth.” He noted that in 2025, India produced a quarter of all YouTube videos globally, overtaking the United States, while Indians collectively spend 117 years daily on YouTube and 72 years on Instagram. Traditional subscription TV is declining as free TV and connected TV gain ground, forcing broadcasters to innovate. “AI-generated content is just 2 per cent of engagement,” Jackson added, “highlighting the dominance of high-quality human content. The key for Indian media companies is scaling while monetising effectively from day one.”
Hannah Walsh, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, added hard numbers to the picture. India produced over 24,000 titles in January 2026 alone, with 19,000 available internationally. The country now accounts for 12 per cent of Asia-Pacific content spend, up from 8 per cent in 2021, outpacing both Japan and China. Key exporters include JioStar, Zee Entertainment, Sony India, Amazon and Netflix, delivering over 7,500 Indian-produced titles abroad each year. The top importing markets are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, the United States and the Philippines. Scripted content dominates globally at 88 per cent, with crime dramas and children’s and family titles performing particularly strongly.
Manoj Dobhal, chief executive and executive director of Dish TV India, framed the summit’s ambition squarely. “Stories don’t need translation. They need a platform, discovery, and reach, local or global,” he said. “India produces more movies than any country, our streaming platforms compete globally, and our tech and creators win international awards. Yet fragmentation slows growth. Producers, platforms, and tech move in different lanes. We need shared spaces, collaboration, and an ecosystem where ideas, technology, and people meet. That is why we built Content India.”
The data, the pitches and the prize money all pointed to the same conclusion: India is not waiting for the world to discover its stories. It is building the infrastructure to sell them.
