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OnePlus unveils ‘Stay Connected Stay Smarter’ campaign with Shahid Kapoor & Mira Kapoor
New Delhi: OnePlus has unveiled the ‘Stay Connected Stay Smarter’ campaign with Shahid Kapoor and Mira Kapoor. Featuring the OnePlus TV U1S, the unique ad film unconventionally urges its users and community to genuinely bond with their loved ones by disconnecting from their televisions.
The campaign was conceptualised by Utsav Gokani and created in partnership with Media Monks. The ad film was directed by Suraj Wanvari.
The ad film begins with Mira enjoying watching content on their OnePlus TV in their home decked up for the festive period. Mira is seen fully immersed with her OnePlus buds pro connected to the OnePlus TV and seamlessly operating the television using her OnePlus 10T 5G in line with the brand’s connected ecosystem experience.
Shahid simultaneously enters the living room and is attempting to convey an important message to Mira, all this while Mira is still engrossed in the smart TV’s functions. Ultimately, Shahid highlights how it is a special time of the year and points at the OnePlus TV, subtly implying the need to disconnect. The ad film smoothly concludes with Mira simply using Google Voice Assistant to switch off the TV, leaving viewers with a refreshing message to enjoy their festivities away from the TVs and closer to their dear ones.
The ‘Stay Connected Stay Smarter’ ad film also simultaneously showcases the brand’s smart functions such as the Google voice assistant feature, NFC, quick app switch, smart volume control and seamless IoT connectivity with other OnePlus products such as OnePlus Buds & OnePlus smartphones.
Commenting on the campaign, OnePlus India director-marketing communications Ishita Grover said, “At OnePlus India, our community is at the heart of all our efforts. As a brand, we are always invested towards delivering the best for our community. While we are excited to deliver the best of smart TV technology which offers unparalleled connected ecosystem experience, we also want our users to not miss out on the beautiful moments in life. And much of these might be best enjoyed in living those moments by truly bonding with our loved ones. With this thought, we launched “Stay Connected. Stay Smarter.” campaign. We wanted to provide our community with a delightful insight on defining quality moments in life by choosing to disconnect from their smart TVs for once, and thereby offer them a thought-provoking perspective to digital consumption. And we hope that our community will thoroughly enjoy this unique ad film and resonate with our campaign voice.”
OnePlus director of brand & category management Saurabh Kapoor shared, “Through the ‘Stay Connected Stay Smarter’ campaign, our intent is to further strengthen the relationship with our community and help them make mindful choices in life. It is this very relationship that was the impetus behind OnePlus’ emergence as the fasting growing smart TV brand in India H1 2022 with a 123 per cent YoY growth rate, and today, OnePlus is among the top three smart TV brands in the overall TV market in India in Q2 2022, as per the latest Counterpoint report. It is our community’s trust and support that has led to our success. And therefore, through campaign efforts like ‘Stay Connected Stay Smarter’, we hope to also help our community derive a better quality of life with their loved ones”.
Sharing his thoughts on the campaign, renowned Bollywood actor, Shahid Kapoor said, “We are living in a digital age where people across all age groups are quite invested in content consumption and might just miss out on celebrating milestone events with families. I firmly believe that the festive season is an apt occasion to remind people to switch off from their digital world and further strengthen their family bond by celebrating with their loved ones. The ‘Stay Connected. Stay Smarter.’ campaign has been beautifully crafted that leaves a strong message to bring families together and showcases how OnePlus’ seamless connectivity with other smart features can make life easier.”
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IICT partners with Gativedhi to bring studio production tools to students
New MoU lets students explore AI-driven production pipelines for AVGC-XR
MUMBAI: The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT) has teamed up with Gativedhi Technologies to give students a front-row seat to modern studio production. The collaboration will integrate Gativedhi’s AI-powered production intelligence platform, Shotrack, into academic programmes, letting students experience the workflow systems used by animation, VFX and gaming studios.
Under the MoU, faculty, students and researchers will get hands-on access to Shotrack through beta programmes, pilot deployments and academic evaluations. This will allow them to explore simulated production pipelines, understand asset management, track tasks and monitor schedules, essentially seeing how complex projects come together behind the scenes.
Shotrack is designed to tackle a key industry challenge: when multiple studios work on the same project, differing internal systems often create bottlenecks, slow approvals and complicate version control. The platform provides a unified production environment, enabling smoother collaboration across distributed teams while generating operational insights and predictive analytics to optimise crew allocation, forecast schedule risks and manage costs.
The collaboration also opens doors to Gativedhi’s wider ecosystem. Upcoming tools include StudioTrack, for studio operations management covering budgeting, recruitment and IT infrastructure, and WorkTrack, which measures workflow efficiency and team productivity across industries.
IICT plans to embed these tools into programmes covering animation pipelines, VFX workflows, gaming production and media project management. Students will also benefit from guest lectures, masterclasses, workshops, internships and research projects that connect academic learning with real-world studio practices.
IICT CEO Vishwas Deoskar, said the partnership provides “An environment where production pipeline tools can be explored, tested and refined while students gain insight into how large-scale productions are organised.”
Gativedhi Technologies founder & CEO Senthil Kumar added, “This collaboration introduces students to real-world studio management tools and helps us improve our platform with academic feedback.”
With Shotrack in classrooms, India’s future animators, VFX artists and gaming producers will get a taste of studio life long before they step into one.
