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Spykar inspires young India to make their votes count
Mumbai: Spykar, a denim and casual wear brand, has announced the launch of its integrated campaign, dedicated to inspiring and mobilising the nation’s youth to participate in the upcoming general elections actively.
The Spykar voting campaign coincides with the upcoming election schedule in the target states. Commencing with Gujarat on 7 May , followed by Maharashtra (excluding Pune) on the same date 7 May, the campaign extends its reach to Pune on 13 May, culminating with Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh on 20 May. This campaign targets young voters aged 18-30 across targeted states, who are passionate about making a difference through their vote.
A captivating brand film leads the campaign, and aims to ignite a sense of responsibility and enthusiasm among young and first-time voters, urging them to exercise their democratic rights. Through a dynamic narrative, the film portrays the pivotal moment when two young girls, enamored by a boy at a café, choose to overlook him upon discovering his failure to vote. The central message conveyed by Spykar is that if you have not voted, you are not cool.
Through this campaign, Spykar aims to create a memorable brand experience by offering exciting rewards to those who visit Spykar stores and flash their inked fingers – a symbol of their participation in the democratic process. Spykar is also urging voters to share their inked finger selfies on Instagram and other social media platforms for rewards from the brand.
Spykar co-founder and CEO Sanjay Vakharia commented, “Today’s youth is different from that of the yesteryears. Apart from being rebellious, fun-loving, and carefree, they are conscious and take their social responsibilities very seriously.” He further added, “We wanted to bring these virtues to the forefront. Choosing who should lead us to a better tomorrow is our right and to vote is our obligation towards protecting the future of our country; nothing less will do – that’s the mindset of the young and restless of our generation which this film intends to resonate with.”
Brandmovers India is the creative agency behind the latest Spykar election campaign. The integrated marketing campaign will be released across channels such as social, digital, retail POS, outdoor, digital outdoor, and print, for audiences across the country.
Brandmovers India MD & CCO Suvajyoti Ghosh said: “When the team at Spykar approached us with a brief to create conversations around the Indian general elections and assert its relevance among its young, restless and opinionated audience, we took the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the contemporary youth by urging them to vote instead of just having or sharing opinions on social media.”
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Abhay Duggal joins JioStar as director of Hindi GEC ad sales
The streaming giant brings in a seasoned revenue hand as the battle for Hindi television advertising heats up
MUMBAI: Abhay Duggal has a new desk, and JioStar has a new weapon. The media and entertainment veteran has joined JioStar as director of entertainment ad sales for Hindi general entertainment channels, adding 17 years of hard-won revenue experience to one of India’s most powerful broadcasting operations.
Duggal is no stranger to big portfolios or bruising markets. Before joining JioStar, he spent a brief stint at Republic World as deputy general manager and north regional head for ad sales. Before that, he put in three years at Enterr10 Television, where he ran the north region for Dangal TV and Dangal 2, two of India’s leading free-to-air Hindi channels. The north alone accounted for more than 50 per cent of total channel revenue on his watch, a number that tends to get attention in any sales meeting.
His longest stint was at Zee Entertainment Enterprises, where he spent over six years rising to associate director of sales. There he commanded the Hindi movies cluster across seven channels, owned more than half of north India’s revenue across flagship properties including Zee TV and &TV, and closed marquee sponsorships across the Indian Premier League, Zee Rishtey Awards and Dance India Dance. He also handled monetisation for the English movies and entertainment cluster and the global news channel WION, a portfolio that would stretch most sales teams twice his size.
Earlier in his career Duggal closed what was then a Rs 3 crore single deal at Reliance Broadcast Network, one of the largest in Indian radio at the time, before that he helped launch and monetise JAINHITS, India’s first HITS-based cable and satellite platform.
His edge, by his own account, lies in marrying data and instinct: translating audience trends, inventory signals and client demands into long-term partnerships built on cost-per-rating-point discipline rather than short-term deal chasing. In a media landscape being reshaped by streaming, fragmented attention and AI-driven advertising, that kind of rigour is increasingly rare and increasingly valuable.
JioStar, which blends the scale of Reliance’s Jio platform with the content firepower of Star, is doubling down on its advertising business at precisely the moment the Hindi GEC market is getting more competitive. Bringing in someone who has spent nearly two decades doing exactly this, across some of India’s most watched channels, is a pointed statement of intent. Duggal has spent his career turning audiences into revenue. JioStar is clearly betting he can do it again, and bigger.
