MAM
Fulcro appoints Akshat Trivedi as executive creative director
MUMBAI: Fulcro, an integrated digital marketing and communication agency that works with brands to build effective and innovative brand campaigns leveraging the power of creative, technology and data, has appointed Akshat Trivedi as the executive creative director. He will lead the creative team at the venture.
Trivedi brings over a decade of experience in creative communication to the Fulcro team.
He started his creative career at Ogilvy, Mumbai. Where he worked on different brands including Star TV, Cadbury Perk, HUL, Mumbai Indians, Nutrela, and SBI life, to name a few. Akshat also scripted social awareness campaigns at Ogilvy like ‘TB Haarega, DeshJeetega’ and ‘KarodonAansoon Hain LekinKarodon Hum Bhi Hain’ for Star TV’s Pro Bono programme ‘Saath Hain Hum Uttarakhand’ during the unfortunate floods that shook the entire country.
He later functioned as an independent creative consultant before joining The Womb, where he scripted popular TV campaigns for Fogg. Some of these include ‘Kya ChalRaha Hai’; ‘Baaki sab uddjaayega, Fogg RehJaayega’, Fogg ‘Train’TVC. He also wrote the launch campaigns for youthful brands like Asus Zenfone 4 ‘JinkiDuniyaBadiUnki Selfie Badhi’ and Zeelrainwear’s ‘Fiyer’ film.
Trivedi is renowned for writing SaregamaCaravaan’s sensitive campaigns like ‘Aapkepehleypyaarkeliye, aapkimaakekiye’, ‘Iss Diwali Shor YaSangeet’, andJinheshaayadaapkabhikehnahipaaye,unhekahiye‘Thank You’ have been impactful in creating a pure voice for the brand. Carvaan’s Mother campaign not only won people’s hearts but also creative and effectiveness awards.
Apart from this, as a creative consultant to Coverfox, he scripted the campaign ‘Cover Karo, KaamAayega’ that also bagged the South Asia Pacific Gender sensitivity Award at LaadliAwards.
Speaking about his association with Fulcro, Trivedi said, “It is indeed heartening to lead the creative souls at Fulcro, I look forward to sharing my learnings while creating a few of my own, through the young tech brains at Fulcro. So together we can do some awesome work for a new set of brands and take the company to greater heights.”
On this appointment, Fulcro founder and managing director Sabyasachi Mitter said, “As we grow, it is also important to continue to offer our partners the very best output. We’ve long admired the incredible campaigns that Akshat delivers and at a time of increasing opportunity for our long form content, we are excited to welcome him to the team.”
MAM
Kelvinator launches ‘Summer Paused’ AC activation in Mumbai
Three day Carter Road stunt targets Gen Z with interactive cooling experience
MUMBAI: Mumbai’s heatwave met its match and briefly, even time seemed to freeze. Kelvinator has rolled out an on-ground activation titled ‘Summer Paused’ at Carter Road Promenade, turning a busy seaside stretch into a surreal, snow-dusted spectacle to spotlight its heavy-duty air conditioners. At the heart of the installation is a live performer suspended mid-motion, staged as a “frozen” figure amid artificial snow and icy backdrops. The visual contrast chilled theatrics against Mumbai’s peak summer does the heavy lifting, translating a product promise into something passers-by can literally see and feel.
The objective is clear: cut through seasonal advertising clutter and make cooling tangible. Rather than leaning on traditional messaging, the brand is betting on experiential storytelling to drive recall and social media traction.
The three-day activation is designed to be more than a static display. Interactive formats such as ‘Break the Freeze’, ‘Brain Freeze’, and ‘The Staredown’ invite visitors to engage directly, nudging them from spectators to participants. An Instagram-led mechanic further amplifies the effort, encouraging user-generated content and extending the campaign’s reach beyond its physical footprint.
The choice of location and format signals a sharp focus on younger, digital-first audiences Gen Z and millennials who frequent high-footfall urban hotspots and are more likely to share immersive experiences online.
Behind the theatrics sits a broader product push. Kelvinator’s latest AC range is positioned around smart technology, energy efficiency, and durability, tailored to increasingly unpredictable and intense Indian summers. But instead of listing features, the campaign opts to dramatise the outcome: cooling so effective, it can “pause” summer itself.
In a category where every brand promises relief, Kelvinator is trying to make that promise visible, one frozen moment at a time.
