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Preity Zinta, Hrithik Roshan win big at Samsung IIFA Awards
MUMBAI: Preity Zinta and Hrithik Roshan will be big winners tonight as they will be awarded the Samsung Diva award and the Samsung Style Icon award respectively at the Samsung IIFA Awards 2005 today.
Samsung Style Icon and Samsung Diva awards are given at the Samsung IIFA Awards every year to the film actor / actress who epitomises the best of style and looks, personality and performance, and most importantly, is rated best on these parameters by the common man.
Samsung India had carried out an online voting process on the Samsung India website between 20 May – 5 June 2005 for selecting the recipient of the Samsung Style Icon and Samsung Diva awards.
This was also promoted extensively on other sites like indya.com and msn.com. The company received a phenomenal response to this online voting contest and both Hrithik and Preity won by a convincing margin.
“The Samsung Style Icon and Samsung Diva awards have been growing in popularity year on year, if we consider the response to the online contest that is being carried out, as an indicator,” said Samsung India deputy managing director Ravinder Zutshi.
This is the third year in succession that these awards are being given away by Samsung at the Samsung IIFA Awards. Over the past couple of years these awards have been bagged by Fardeen Khan and Rekha in the year 2003, and Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor in 2004.
Samsung IIFA Awards 2005 are being held in Amsterdam and the two awards will be given away by Zutshi.
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Prakash Nair reportedly quits Ogilvy after 23 years
One of the agency’s longest-serving leaders has moved on, with his next destination still unknown
MUMBAI: After more than two decades at one address, Prakash Nair has left the building. The president and head of office, north at Ogilvy has moved on from the agency, according to highly placed industry sources. His next move remains unknown. Ogilvy did not respond to requests for comment.
Nair spent over 23 years at the agency, making him one of its longest-serving senior figures. He was elevated to lead the Gurugram office in April 2022, a role that put him at the helm of Ogilvy’s northern operations at a time of considerable churn across the advertising industry.
Before taking charge in the capital, Nair served as associate president at Ogilvy Mumbai, where he worked on some of the agency’s most prized accounts, including Mondelez, Tata Motors, and BP Castrol. Over the years, he built a reputation for driving modern, integrated, and award-winning work, the kind that wins metals at Cannes and keeps clients from straying.
His departure was marked in style. A farewell gathering was held in Delhi, attended by senior figures from across the advertising fraternity, a signal of the regard in which Nair is held in an industry that does not always pause to say goodbye properly.
Where he goes next is the question the industry is now asking. After 23 years at one of the world’s most storied agencies, the answer, when it comes, will be worth watching.
