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Tata Capital launches a new brand campaign — ‘Taal-matol ko choddo, Tata Capital se rishta jodo’
MUMBAI: Tata Capital, the financial services arm of the Tata Group, today launched their new mass media brand campaign with the message ‘Taal-matol ko choddo, Tata Capital se rishta jodo’. The campaign consists of 3 TV commercials that focus on Tata Capital’s key retail loan offerings – personal, home and business loans. The campaign will go live on September 12, 2018 and run across TV – Hindi GEC, Movies, News and Regional networks, OOH and Social Media with a focus on the Metros and key regional markets.
The message of the campaign – ‘Taal-matol ko choddo, Tata Capital se rishta jodo’ is derived from the insight that procrastination is a typical human behaviour until a trigger point is encountered. At that trigger, the aim is to build an association with Tata Capital as the solution provider. The 3 TVCs, one for each product, showcases this insight with scenes from everyday life, through their protagonists — a couple in a rented home (Home loans), an entrepreneur in a growing Business (Business Loan) and a retired couple contemplating a holiday (Personal Loans). The campaign emphasizes on how customers can avail easy, simple and quick loans from Tata Capital.
Commenting on the brand campaign, Ms. Abonty Banerjee, Chief Marketing and Digital Officer, Tata Capital said, “Our objective is become a brand of choice amongst retail loan audiences and the campaign is a step in that direction. The messages of the campaign ‘Taal-matol ko choddo’ are all drawn from everyday life with a humorous take and we are confident that consumers will relate strongly with these messages. We believe that the campaign will significantly increase brand awareness and trigger purchase for our key retail loan products – home, personal and small business loans from Tata Capital, the most trusted brand in the country.”
The advertisements were conceptualized by Cartwheel, Tata Capital’s Creative agency. D Ramakrishna, Founder and Creative Head, Cartwheel said “It’s human nature to put things off. Till something happens that tips the balance. Whether it’s buying a home, taking a much needed vacation, or expanding one’s business. This campaign is built around this insight. It urges people to stop putting things off and to do that thing they’ve been wanting to, by showcasing quick loans from Tata Capital.”
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VML India lands two finalist spots at Cairns Hatchlings 2026
The Mumbai agency is back in Australia with two teams, a UN brief and 24 hours to impress
MUMBAI: VML India is heading to Australia again. The Mumbai-based creative agency has secured two finalist spots at the Cairns Hatchlings 2026 competition, one in the Audio category and one in Design, making it the only Indian agency to have reached the finals in both editions of the contest since its launch in 2025.
Four people will make the trip. Senior copywriter Shilpi Dey and senior art director Raj Thakkar will compete in Audio. Art directors Shabbir and Shruti Negi will go head-to-head with the world’s best in Design. The finals take place at the Cairns Convention Centre from 13th May, culminating in an awards ceremony on 15th May.
The work that got them there is worth examining. For the Audio category, Dey and Thakkar tackled a brief for LIVE LIKE MMAD with a campaign called Inner Voice, Interrupted. Using spatial audio techniques, the campaign recreates the overwhelming self-doubt that descends after a long workday, physically panning negative thoughts left and right before cutting the noise entirely to reveal a confident inner voice. Strategically targeted at commuters via Spotify during evening rush hours, the campaign reframes the hours after work as an opportunity for personal growth and charitable action.
For the Design category, Shabbir and Negi worked on a brief for Canteen’s Bandanna Day, a campaign highlighting how cancer pushes teenagers out of their own defining moments. Using a pixelated design language to create stark contrast between a blurred world of isolation and a focused world of connection, the campaign, titled The Flipside of Cancer, shows teenagers fading into the background of birthdays, skateparks and school proms. As a Canteen bandanna appears, the blur flips and the teenager snaps back into sharp focus.
Kalpesh Patankar, group chief creative officer of VML India, made no attempt to disguise his satisfaction. “We are immensely proud to see our teams consistently excel on the Cairns Hatchlings platform since its inception,” he said. “They have masterfully tackled challenging briefs across diverse categories, demonstrating both layered storytelling and a unique creative approach. This exceptional teamwork is truly inspiring.”
Dey and Thakkar, returning to the finals after last year’s run, were candid about the demands of the audio medium. “It’s one of the most demanding mediums, where we only have a few seconds to capture a listener’s world with sound alone, so absolute clarity is essential,” they said. “The true measure of creative work is its ability to create positive change, and our audio submission was made to help those who need it most while encouraging people to silence the inner voices that hold them back.”
Shabbir and Negi, competing in Design for the first time, described the experience as “a completely different beast.” “We see it as an opportunity to showcase our expertise, raise the bar, and challenge ourselves in new ways, while also learning from creative minds from across the globe,” they said.
In Australia, the four finalists will face a live 24-hour brief from the United Nations before presenting in a live pitch session. Twenty-four hours, one brief, one shot. VML India has been here before. It knows exactly what is at stake.
