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Eggfirst creates Hari Darshan’s debut ad campagin
MUMBAI: Eggfirst Advertising has launched a new campaign for manufacturer of incense sticks and other religious ornaments Hari Darshan. The company is over a hundred years old but this is the first time it has decided to launch a mainstream advertising campaign called ‘Ghar ko mandir bana de‘.
Hari Darshan already has presence and market share in the Northern parts of India and the campaign is an attempt to expand and reach out to unexplored territories in the country.
Eggfirst VP Ashish Banka said, “Initial research indicated that the product category was used by a diverse audience – from deeply rural to ultra urban, from young adults to old people, and it cut across genders. That‘s precisely why the communication needed to be simple, direct and uncomplicated.”
The 360 degree campaign includes print and activation along with an aggressive digital marketing campaign to garner brand visibility and connect including social media and a new website.
Hari Darshan MD Goldy Nagdev said, “I am extremely happy with the way the brand is developing. With serious product quality and deep acceptance of our brand all these years, it was necessary to do justice to its true potential – and that‘s what Eggfirst has helped us achieve. Having seen the industry up close for so many years, I can confidently say that ‘ghar ko mandir bana de‘ is a truly path breaking campaign and will definitely take our brand Hari Darshan to a new high.”
“We were initially considering taking on a celebrity as a brand ambassador, but then decided against it to emphasise on the brand essence rather than on a personality. There can‘t be a bigger brand ambassador than God! And the message ‘ghar ko mandir bana de‘ we believe is a very strong platform and lends itself to a lot of branding action, added Nagdev.
Eggfirst is a Mumbai based full service ad agency offering end-to-end creative solutions for various business challenges.
Digital
Content India 2026 opens with a copro pitch, a spice evangelist and a £10,000 prize for Indian storytelling
Dish TV and C21Media’s three-day summit puts seven ambitious projects before an international jury, and two walk away with serious development money
MUMBAI: India’s content industry gathered in Mumbai this March for Content India 2026, a three-day summit organised by Dish TV in partnership with C21Media, and it wasted no time making a statement. The event opened with a Copro Pitch that put seven scripted and unscripted television concepts before an international panel of judges, and by the end of it, two projects had walked away with £10,000 each in marketing prize money from C21Media to support development and international promotion.
The jury, comprising Frank Spotnitz, Fiona Campbell, Rashmi Bajpai, Bal Samra and Rachel Glaister, evaluated a shortlist that ranged from a dark Mumbai comedy-drama about mental health (Dirty Minds, created by Sundar Aaron) to a Delhi coming-of-age mystery (Djinn Patrol, by Neha Sharma and Kilian Irwin), a techno-thriller about a teenage gaming prodigy (Kanpur X Satori, by Suchita Bhatia), an investigative crime drama blending mythology and modern thriller (The Age of Kali, by Shivani Bhatija), a documentary on India’s spice heritage (The Masala Quest, hosted by Sarina Kamini), a documentary on competitive gaming (Respawn: India’s Esports Revolution, by George Mangala Thomas and Sangram Mawari), and a reality-horror competition merging gaming and immersive fear (Scary Goose, by Samar Iqbal).
The session was hosted by Mayank Shekhar.
The two winners were Djinn Patrol, backed by Miura Kite, formerly of Participant Media and known for Chinatown and Keep Sweet: Pray & Obey, with Jaya Entertainment, producers of Real Kashmir Football Club, also attached; and The Masala Quest, created and hosted by Sarina Kamini, an Indian-Australian cook, author and self-described “spice evangelist.”
The summit also unveiled the Content India Trends Report, whose findings made for bracing reading. Daoud Jackson, senior analyst at OMDIA, set the tone: “By 2030, online video in India will nearly double the revenue of traditional TV, becoming the main driver of growth.” He noted that in 2025, India produced a quarter of all YouTube videos globally, overtaking the United States, while Indians collectively spend 117 years daily on YouTube and 72 years on Instagram. Traditional subscription TV is declining as free TV and connected TV gain ground, forcing broadcasters to innovate. “AI-generated content is just 2 per cent of engagement,” Jackson added, “highlighting the dominance of high-quality human content. The key for Indian media companies is scaling while monetising effectively from day one.”
Hannah Walsh, principal analyst at Ampere Analysis, added hard numbers to the picture. India produced over 24,000 titles in January 2026 alone, with 19,000 available internationally. The country now accounts for 12 per cent of Asia-Pacific content spend, up from 8 per cent in 2021, outpacing both Japan and China. Key exporters include JioStar, Zee Entertainment, Sony India, Amazon and Netflix, delivering over 7,500 Indian-produced titles abroad each year. The top importing markets are Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, the United States and the Philippines. Scripted content dominates globally at 88 per cent, with crime dramas and children’s and family titles performing particularly strongly.
Manoj Dobhal, chief executive and executive director of Dish TV India, framed the summit’s ambition squarely. “Stories don’t need translation. They need a platform, discovery, and reach, local or global,” he said. “India produces more movies than any country, our streaming platforms compete globally, and our tech and creators win international awards. Yet fragmentation slows growth. Producers, platforms, and tech move in different lanes. We need shared spaces, collaboration, and an ecosystem where ideas, technology, and people meet. That is why we built Content India.”
The data, the pitches and the prize money all pointed to the same conclusion: India is not waiting for the world to discover its stories. It is building the infrastructure to sell them.
