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Sonakshi Sinha is Gulabari brand ambassador
MUMBAI: Rose-based skin care brand Dabur Gulabari from the Dabur stable has signed on Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha as its new brand ambassador.
Sinha will be the face of the rand in its soon to be launched 360-degree multimedia campaign with print, electronic and online media initiatives. She will share her tips on using Dabur Gulabari for daily skin care as part of the campaign.
Under this initiative, Dabur Gulabari will also be launching a coffee table book – Beauty Secrets of Beauty Queens. The book will feature the secret beauty tips by Sinha and her skin care routine.As a means of consumer engagement, the company shall also encourage consumers to write in their secret beauty recipes and how they incorporate rose water in their daily skin care regime.
Sinha said, “Dabur Gulabari is synonymous to pure rose water in India. For years now, I have been a loyal user of the Dabur Gulabari. After a long, hard day of shoot, I always cleanse my face with the Dabur Gulabari Rose Water to get back that Rose Glow on my face. Gulabari is also a must-have ingredient for my face packs. The Dabur Gulabari Face Freshener spray is another favorite as I can carry it in my purse while am out shooting in the Sun. I spray it on my face and get refreshed instantly. Dabur Gulabari, in fact, has always been an essential part of my daily skin care routine.”
Dabur India Ltd head of marketing-skin care Sanjay Singal said, “The over a decade-old Dabur Gulabari has been cherished by women across India as the only brand that offers the goodness and lingering fragrance of rose. Sonakshi, with her natural elegance, charm, confidence and grace, was the natural choice as a brand ambassador for Dabur Gulabari.”
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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.
