Ad Campaigns
Oberoi IBC launches series of TVC campaigns for Vectus featuring Saif & Kareena
MUMBAI: Advertising agency and films productions house, Oberoi IBC, has launched a series of TVC campaigns ‘India Ki Waterline’ for Vectus Industries Ltd (Vectus Group), a water storage and piping solutions provider company.
The agency has recently announced the endorsement association of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor for Vectus. The first TVC has gone live on major TV channels. The 360-degree campaign will be led by television and digital platforms. The series of ad films were shot pre-Covid2019 and have been launched now.
The first film in the campaign shows the duo discuss how they haven't worked together in a movie for a while. They then decide against it as 'romance in the house and outside it' (on screen) could me monotonous. That's when Saif comes up with the idea of working in an advertisement together and suggests that they should work for Vectus as it's a very good brand.
The earlier campaign done for Vectus by Oberoi IBC featuring Bollywood actor Rajpal Yadav had gone viral on the internet generating 46 million views and engagement for the brand. The agency also engaged actor Nana Patekar for a viral TVC Campaign ‘Baap Ko Bhej' which established the brand and its tag line generating engagement and views on social media. The agency has been working on viral campaigns for various home grown brands to boost the brand image and connect with the audience.
The idea was developed focusing on real situations as Saif and Kareena have not worked together in a film for long and Ramkrishana Murugan, national creative director, Oberoi IBC thought to use the situation for the brand relevance.
Murugan has worked as creative director with Bates and Mudra and has nurtured brands like Onida, Hamam Soap, Lever Ayush, Benadryl, Dabur Toothpaste, Tata Salt and Reliance ADAG. He is now nurturing brands in Oberoi IBC like Goldiee Masale (Salman Khan) – “Jahan jaayen, rishte banayen”, Zed Black (MS Dhoni) – “Prarthna hogi sweekar” and Vikram Chai (Nana Patekar) – “Kadakpan zaroori hai”. Oberoi IBC has engaged Salman Khan for Goldiee Masale, MS Dhoni for Zed Black and Nana Patekar for Vikram Tea, Rakul Preet Singh for Elleys Switches and Vidyut Jamval for Essdee Innerwear.
Vectus Industries MD Ashish Baheti said, “We are very happy with the TVC Campaign with Saif & Kareena. Oberoi IBC has conceptualised and executed the whole campaign very well. We have got very good responses for the TV Campaign from our distributors, dealers, trade and customers alike.”
Oberoi IBC national creative director Ramkrishna Murugan said, “We are glad to have this opportunity to take the brand a step ahead with our creative strategies and TVC campaign. We have curated this campaign and shot five films with our in-house production team. The campaign has been created for a very specific engagement for the brand focusing on trust”
Headquartered in Mumbai, Oberoi IBC has a strong client base throughout India. The agency lends its branding and creative expertise to Indian family managed businesses across the country and in fact, a number of brands nurtured by Oberoi IBC have gone on to become leaders in their respective categories.
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