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Zirca Digital to represent Fandom in India
Mumbai: 360-degree digital solutions provider Zirca Digital Solutions has been appointed as the exclusive advertising sales representative in India of global entertainment platform Fandom. As part of the partnership, Zirca will work towards maximising Fandom’s advertising revenue potential, build the brand’s presence and expand its pool of demand partners in the region. Fandom helps fans explore, contribute to, and celebrate the world of movies, TV and gaming. With a global audience that is young and influential, Fandom reaches over 200 million monthly uniques and encompasses over 400,000 fan communities.
Zirca Digital Solutions MD Karan Gupta said, “Consumption of pop-culture entertainment is dynamically changing across the world and India is no exception. We are excited to be associated with Fandom. This is a huge development for us, and we are all geared up to deliver our best-in-class services to them.”
Zirca Design Solutions CEO and director Neena Dasgupta said, “Fans’ relationship with pop-culture entertainment is now more engaging, direct, and personalised than ever. We are delighted to represent one of the most respected fan-trusted brands in India. We are confident that through our collaborative approach we will be successful in creating and delivering cutting-edge digital advertising solutions for Fandom in the Indian market.”
“Fandom speaks the language of fans and helps marketers establish credibility,” said Fandom chief revenue officer Ken Shapiro. “Our ability to harness fan passion combined with Zirca’s innovative sales solutions will enable us to reach consumers in new and effective ways.”
Fandom Asia VP sales Paul Davies added, “We are thrilled to be working with Zirca to expand our marketing partnerships in India. Together, we can help more advertisers in India achieve results.”
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Xiaomi India launches Redmi Note 15 Special Edition campaign
OML film puts phone through chaos to showcase durability and camera
MUMBAI: If phones could sweat, this one would still keep its cool. In a market flooded with spec sheets and sameness, Xiaomi India has decided to turn up the heat quite literally. The brand’s latest campaign for the Redmi Note 15 Special Edition swaps predictable product demos for a full-blown kitchen meltdown, with celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor trading calm composure for controlled chaos.
Conceptualised and produced by OML, the campaign takes a sharply unconventional route. Instead of listing features, it throws the smartphone into a high-pressure dinner service, where Kapoor subjects it to a series of exaggerated, almost absurd stress tests chopping chillies on it, splashing water across its screen, and pushing it through a tense culinary gauntlet.
The message lands without spelling itself out. While the kitchen brigade falters under pressure, the phone does not. By the time a junior chef declares it “cooked”, the device emerges unscathed quietly reinforcing its durability, ultra-slim design, and 50 Master Pixel camera.
The approach reflects a broader shift in how brands are speaking to digital-first audiences. With Gen Z increasingly immune to traditional advertising formats, the campaign leans into storytelling, humour, and cultural familiarity to hold attention mid-scroll. The casting itself does part of the heavy lifting Kapoor, known for his composed persona, appears in an unexpectedly stern avatar, adding an element of surprise that fuels shareability.
For Xiaomi India, the idea was to move away from feature-led communication towards something more experiential. By embedding the product in chaotic, real-world scenarios, the campaign attempts to make performance feel demonstrated rather than declared.
The result is less of an advertisement and more of a content piece, one that understands the algorithm as much as the audience. Because in today’s attention economy, surviving the scroll might just be tougher than surviving a kitchen rush.
