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This Diwali, Nerolac urges people to care for the colours of nature
MUMBAI: Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd (KNPL) has launched a new digital film in line with its Aaj Careful toh Kal Colourful (Be careful today for a colourful tomorrow) campaign to celebrate the festival of Diwali. Through the video, Nerolac beautifully captures the recovered hues of the environment during the lockdown and inspires consumers to do their bit to care for these colours.
The digital film showcases various instances of the lockdown’s positive impact on the environment such as the Himalayas being visible from Punjab due to the reduced levels of air pollution, the shimmering and clear waters of river Ganga, flamingos migrating back to Mumbai and more. The film encourages citizens to nurture and protect the environment this Diwali by using diyas made of clay, preventing air and noise pollution by trying to avoid firecrackers, and planting trees.
Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd executive director Anuj Jain said, “The lockdown has taught us a lesson on the impact of care. Mother Nature has blessed us with gifts in abundance. This is yet another chance to colour her. We at Nerolac, have always believed that acting responsibly today, will herald a brighter tomorrow. Our Diwali campaign reiterates this thought by encouraging consumers to celebrate a safe, environment friendly, yet colourful Diwali.”
Conceptualized and created by FCBUlka and directed by Kashif Memon, the film is being promoted across Nerolac’s digital and social media platforms.
FCB Ulka president- Mumbai Kulvinder Ahluwalia said, “Nerolac has been building on the theme of Aaj Careful Toh Kal Colorful. It is an interpretation of a fundamental life truth, the actions we take today will impact the kind of world we would live in. For Diwali, Nerolac is building on this theme with a message that encourages all to reflect on the learnings from the lockdown which helped cleanse the environment and taking care to continue to sustain this improvement.”
Early this year, Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd launched its campaign, ‘Aaj Careful Toh Kal Colourful’ with intent to underline the importance of taking necessary precautions in the current Covid2019 situation to ensure a colourful future.
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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.
