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Baggit bags Shraddha Kapoor as brand ambassador
MUMBAI: Baggit, India’s most-loved bag and accessories brand, has signed up popular Bollywood actor Shraddha Kapoor as its brand ambassador. In her new role, Kapoor will be associated with Baggit for the years 2018 and 2019. The association with Kapoor, a popular youth icon, reflects Baggit’s drive towards staying on point with the expectations of today’s young millennials and yet retaining relevance with its existing customer base.
Kapoor is one of Bollywood’s leading stars and has received both critical and popular acclaim for her choice of films. She is known for her sense of style and her trendsetting looks, much sought-after by today’s Gen Next. Baggit’s latest collection has been put together by Baggit MD and chief design curator Nina Lekhi and mirrors the vibrant personality and joie-de-vivre of its new brand ambassador. Baggit is currently present in 100 cities across India in 52 exclusive outlets as well as in 1000 plus multi-brand retail doors.
Lekhi says, “Shraddha is a great fit for Baggit. She personifies Baggit’s key proposition of beauty with strength. A fashion icon and a powerhouse of talent, Shraddha’s vibrant, exciting and vivacious personality makes for a perfect fit with the style and panache that Baggit has become synonymous with. We at Baggit believe in adapting and staying in tune with the changing trends and demands of our customers and our association with Shraddha is a perfect example of this. Baggit and Shraddha together are a power-packed combination for the gen-next customers.”
Elaborating on her brand association Kapoor said, “My bag is an essential must-have accessory for me. I never leave anywhere without it. And Baggit has just opened a world of amazing designs, colours and strong bags. I love it! I totally love their designs and completely relate to their philosophy of different bag for every different occasion. It’s a must-have for today’s woman on the go, especially since we tend to carry our world in our handbags. This is exactly what Baggit offers. I am really looking forward to our association.”
An environmentally conscious vegan brand, Baggit emphasises on the use of eco-friendly materials as well.
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Fevicol releases its last ad campaign by the late Piyush Pandey
The adhesive brand’s last campaign by the late advertising legend Piyush Pandey turns an everyday Indian obsession into a quietly powerful metaphor
MUMBAI: Fevicol has never needed much of a plot. A sticky bond, a wry observation, a truth that every Indian instantly recognises — that has always been enough. “Kursi Pe Nazar,” the brand’s latest television commercial, is no different. And yet it carries a weight that no previous Fevicol film has had to bear: it is the last one its creator, the advertising legend Piyush Pandey, will ever make.
The film, released on Tuesday by Pidilite Industries, fixes its gaze on the kursi — the chair — and what it means in Indian life. Not just as a piece of furniture, but as a currency of ambition, a vessel of authority, and a source of quiet social drama that plays out in every home, office and institution across the country. Who sits in the chair, who waits for it, and who eyes it hungrily from across the room: the film transforms this sharply observed cultural truth into a narrative that is, in the best Fevicol tradition, funny, warm and instantly familiar.
The campaign was Pandey’s idea. He discussed it in detail with the team before his death, but did not live to see it shot. Prasoon Pandey, director at Corcoise Films who helmed the commercial, said the team needed five months to find its footing before they felt ready to shoot. “This was the toughest film ever for all of us,” he said. “It was Piyush’s idea, magical as always.”
The emotional weight of that responsibility was not lost on the team at Ogilvy India, which created the campaign. Kainaz Karmakar and Harshad Rajadhyaksha, group chief creative officers at Ogilvy India, described the process as “a pilgrimage of sorts, on the path that Piyush created not just for Ogilvy, but for our entire profession.”
Sudhanshu Vats, managing director of Pidilite Industries, said the film was rooted in a distinctly Indian insight. “The ‘kursi’ symbolises aspiration, transition, and ambition,” he said. “Piyush Pandey had an extraordinary ability to elevate such everyday observations into iconic storytelling for Fevicol. This film carries that legacy forward.”
That legacy is considerable. Over several decades, Pandey’s partnership with Fevicol produced some of the most beloved advertising in Indian history, building the brand into something rare: a household name that people actively enjoy watching sell to them.
“Kursi Pe Nazar” does not try to be a tribute. It simply tries to be a great Fevicol film. By most measures, it succeeds — which is, in the end, the most fitting send-off of all.
