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Eureka Forbes ropes in Madhuri Dixit for new campaign
Mumbai: Eureka Forbes has launched a new campaign with Madhuri Dixit for its leading product Aquaguard. The campaign is planned by Taproot Dentsu and produced by YellowLifafa with the tagline ‘pani mein Zinc aisa kahaan hota hai… jahan Aquaguard hota hai.’
The newly launched copper and zinc cartridge will be present across the Aquaguard range. The campaign will be launched across all media channels and platforms.
It features the famous Madhuri-Dadi jodi, both played by the Bollywood actor. The ad showcases Aquaguard’s technological superiority by enriching water with the goodness of copper and zinc. Madhuri as dadi exhibits nonchalant confidence using the line ‘jahan Aquaguard hota hain.’
The new technology by Eureka Forbes, Active Copper Zinc Booster Cartridge infuses Copper and Zinc ions into the water to give not just pure but enriched healthy water also. When water passes through the cartridge, zinc and copper infuses with it offering the double goodness of both, said the brand in a statement.
Talking about the campaign, Eureka Forbes managing director Marzin R Shroff said, “Aquaguard as we all know has always been a pioneer in water purification. With copper and zinc ionic infusion, our new range focuses on the goodness of both copper and zinc. We continue our endeavour of developing innovative technologies to meet the ever changing needs of our consumers in order to build a healthier India.”
Taproot Dentsu India executive creative director Yogesh Rijhwani commented, “When we talk ‘Madhuri’ and ‘Aquaguard,’ the one word that comes to mind is ‘legacy!’ It’s that legacy factor and the bond that India shares with both the actor as well as their home water purifier – that helped us shape this campaign. She was obviously fabulous to pull this off with such ease – it was a pleasure to create this campaign!”
Eureka Forbes brand ambassador Madhuri Dixit said, “Our generations are changing but certain old-time habits are still intact! Aquaguard’s copper + zinc innovation is something I’ve always believed in – it made the belief in the communication message stronger. It was fun to do another ‘old generation vs new generation’ role yet again!”
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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.
