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Hypercollective brings up an BBG’s emotional short film on this Father’s Day
The short film is created by Hyper Collective, an collaborative communication, technology and marketing company headed by KV Sridhar aka Pops.
Hyper Collective head KV Sridhar Pops said “At the heart of Building Blocks Group are core values of Transparency, Integrity, Growth, Unity, and Excellence. We created a vision and purpose that would reflect exactly that. Your true wealth is not your money. Your true wealth is the happiness and growth of your children. With the context of Father’s Day, the film not only shows a father choosing to empower his daughters. But also where the new India is heading. Progress and change are the long term dreams of not just Building Blocks but all of India.”
Building Blocks Group chairman and managing director Mallikarjun Reddy says “We are not in the business of selling land, we are in the business of helping people progress. We want to be people’s financial progress partners and the brand philosophy Your True Wealthstems from the same belief system. In a world driven by materialism, we want to emphasise the importance of investing in true wealth and that is your children’s future. This campaign will strengthen our vision as a brand and a company even more. I’m delighted to have Nitesh and Pops’ team create this iconic film for us.”
The short film is directed by Nitesh Tiwari, one of the biggest film makers in the country. On the film, Nitesh shared, “The story and the message truly moved me, the subject of girl empowerment is very close to my heart and coming from partners like BBG & Pops, I simply couldn’t resist. As a filmmaker, I hope that the message reaches masses and they relate with it.”
The short film is all about how a father chooses his daughter’s education over their marriage and decides to empower his daughter.
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Publicis Brazil’s creative chief Mauro Ramalho lands the jury chair at Abby Awards 2026
Mauro Ramalho brings 25 years of global advertising firepower to the new creative commerce, use of data and B2B category at Goafest
GOA: The Abby Awards 2026, powered by The One Club and The One Show, has appointed Mauro Ramalho, chief creative officer of Publicis Brazil, as jury chair for its newly launched creative commerce, use of data and B2B category. The announcement, made on 18 March, signals the awards’ intent to bring serious international muscle to a category that sits squarely at the intersection of creativity and commercial performance.
Ramalho is not a name that needs much introduction in global advertising circles. Over 25 years spanning three countries, he has worked at some of the industry’s most creatively restless addresses. At AKQA in San Francisco, he worked across McDonald’s, Nike, Fox, Target, Kraft Foods and GAP, and helped lead “The Lost Ring” for McDonald’s, one of the first alternate reality campaigns and among the most awarded projects of its era. He later moved to Organic in Toronto, bridging the Detroit and Toronto offices on Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler, before spending over a decade building CUBOCC into one of Brazil’s most iconic and innovative independent agencies, which subsequently joined the IPG network.
A stint at FCB followed, where Ramalho led integrated work bridging online and offline, before he joined R/GA São Paulo as vice-president and executive creative director, stitching together the São Paulo office with New York, London, Portland and California on global clients including Verizon, Google, Meta, Samsung, American Express and Heineken. He now heads Publicis Brazil as its chief creative officer.
His trophy cabinet includes Clios, Effies, TikTok awards and MMA Smarties, and he has served on juries at the Andys, TikTok and the Lisbon Awards.
The Abby Awards 2026 is scheduled to take place at Goafest 2026 on 20, 21 and 22 May in Goa.
For Indian advertising, landing a jury chair of Ramalho’s calibre for a category built around data-driven creativity and commerce is a statement of ambition. Goafest just raised its own bar.
