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Mother Dairy revives summer nostalgia with new ice cream campaign
5-week campaign blends 90s nostalgia with 20 new ice cream launches.
MUMBAI: Summer may bring soaring temperatures, but Mother Dairy wants India to remember the season for melting cones, terrace cricket and mango-stained afternoons instead. Mother Dairy has launched a new campaign for its ice creams portfolio titled ‘Aaya Mausam Ice Cream Ka… Mother Dairy Ice Creams Ka’, tapping into nostalgia-soaked summer memories while expanding its product line-up with around 20 new offerings.
Borrowing emotional cues from the iconic 90s track ‘Aaya Mausam Dosti Ka’, the campaign leans into a simpler era of Indian summers, one filled with school holidays, rooftop games and quick trips to the neighbourhood freezer. Rather than positioning ice cream merely as a cool escape from the heat, the brand turns it into the unofficial co-star of the season itself.
Conceptualised by Ogilvy, the five-week campaign rolls out through three slice-of-life digital films, each built around familiar summer rituals that instantly trigger nostalgia across generations.
One film captures siblings lounging beneath a mango tree while sharing Mother Dairy’s Ek Dum Aam ice cream. Another follows two schoolgirls celebrating freedom after the final bell with a frozen treat in hand. The third dives into a chaotic terrace cricket match where a dropped catch is quickly forgiven once chocolate cones appear.
The campaign will run across digital, radio, print, out-of-home advertising and audio streaming platforms including Spotify and Youtube.
Mother Dairy managing director Jayatheertha Chary said, the campaign was designed to capture the emotional connection consumers have built with the brand’s ice creams over the past three decades. He added that while rooted in summer nostalgia, the broader idea of “mausam” gives the brand room to stretch beyond seasonal communication in the future.
Meanwhile, the company is also using the campaign to spotlight product innovation. The expanded portfolio includes industry-first Two-in-One Matka and Tub formats, a premium Crafted range, and youth-focused flavours such as Cream Cheese Pistachio Cone and Pistachio Kulfi Cassata.
Mother Dairy is additionally stepping into the low-calorie segment with its new Go-Low range, launching in flavours including Choco Almond, Shahi Mewa and Kesar Pista Tilla Kulfi.
Ogilvy chief creative officer Sujoy Roy, summed up the campaign’s mood with a line that almost feels like its hidden script, Indian summers, he said, are less about the heat and more about the memories the heat creates.
And if Mother Dairy has its way, this summer’s soundtrack may just come with the crackle of a cone wrapper in the background.
