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Coolberg brews ‘jugaaro’ with Prime Video’s ‘Do You Wanna Partner’
MUMBAI: When life gives you lemons, Coolberg adds ginger and calls it jugaaro! Prime Video and Coolberg have teamed up for a first-of-its-kind collaboration, bringing fiction off the screen and into people’s hands with a limited-edition drink inspired by Amazon Original series Do You Wanna Partner. Ahead of the show’s launch on 12 September, the duo unveiled the Coolberg ‘jugaaro’ lemon-ginger non-alcoholic malt beverage, designed to bottle up the show’s quirky, entrepreneurial spirit.
The parallel is uncanny. Just as the series follows two women who hustle their way through the male-dominated world of craft beer, Coolberg itself is led by three trailblazing women: Ghodawat Consumer Limited, ceo, Salloni Ghodawat, co-founder Yashika Keswani, and brand lead Ritika Agrawal. Together, they have carved out Coolberg as India’s number one non-alcoholic beer brand and a flag-bearer for mindful drinking among Gen Z and millennials.
“This collaboration isn’t just about a product, it is about a story,” said Ghodawat. “Coolberg’s journey mirrors the series about breaking barriers, challenging conventions, and showing that the future of FMCG belongs to diverse voices and fearless ideas.”
The special-edition Jugaaro will be stocked across 3,500 plus general trade stores, 50 modern trade outlets including Nature’s Basket and Walmart, 800 plus Horeca destinations like Absolute BBQ and Wow Momo, and leading quick commerce apps including Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy.
Produced by Dharmatic Entertainment, Do You Wanna Partner stars Tamannaah Bhatia and Diana Penty as best friends chasing their dream of a beer start-up, alongside Jaaved Jaafery, Nakuul Mehta, Shweta Tiwari and Rannvijay Singha. The series promises a fizzy mix of comedy, heart, and jugaad, while Coolberg Jugaaro serves as the perfect real-world chaser.
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
