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Nykaa launches ‘Beauty In Her Story’ with Netflix
Mumbai, August 14, 2020: Nykaa will celebrate powerful stories of women with their campaign ‘Beauty In Her Story’, brought to life with Netflix’s upcoming films Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare and series Masaba Masaba. Building on its founding value of empowerment, Nykaa encourages every woman to celebrate her unique identity, and push beyond boundaries. In collaboration with Netflix, Nykaa will bring out the beauty in the stories of strong women who have unapologetically followed their dreams.
The campaign kick-starts with the release of Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl on Netflix, Janhvi Kapoor, in a behind the scenes short video Ready For Takeoff with Janhvi, will share her journey of getting to know the war veteran and pilot Gunjan Saxena, whom she plays in the film. Nykaa, will soon also launch an Instagram filter छूलें आसमान (Reach For The Sky). This filter will enable users to encourage and support equal opportunities across several professions by featuring their uniforms that users will be able to don to create inspiring content.
Anchit Nayar, Chief Marketing Officer, Nykaa said, “With Netflix, we are excited to celebrate inspiring stories of women who have followed their heart and pursued their passion. Every woman’s journey is unique and every part of it, encapsulated by the fearlessness, fun, as well as the flaws, is beautiful. We are very excited to see our brand ambassador Janhvi Kapoor showcase the grit and determination of Gunjan Saxena. Along with Netflix, we hope to inspire our viewers to follow their dreams and celebrate the beauty in their stories"
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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.
