Prahlad Kakkar's brand advertising workshop for media students. Well known personalities like Vinod Dua, Mark Manuel, Josy Paul, and Malliska will take students and marketing personnels through the changing advertising and branding world.
'He was a joyful man. He was always content with his life and never ran after money.'
Few people have left the kind of imprint on India's advertising canvas as Piyush Pandey. An observer who seemed to know what made the country tick, a man who could find humour in life's everyday struggles and spin magic from it, one who understood that to reach the masses you needed to communicate with them in their language and context -- he was all of this and more.
Here are some broad trends and communication themes that emerged this year.
An accomplished underwater photographer, gives an account of his journeys in deep, mysterious oceans
British series to hit Indian theatres on May 18.
Gaurang Shah, Shravan Kumar and Vivek Kumar showcased the glory of Indian textiles on the runway at Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2013.
Here's a look at the who's who in David, which hits the screens on February 1.
A look at the guests at the special screening.
Fans and mediapersons and assemble at La Mer.
Advertising honcho Prahlad Kakkar on Aamir Khan.
It's celebration night for these stars!
'When you target Shah Rukh's 23-year-old son, everyone can see what you're doing.'
Celebrities attend an awards show. Looking at the pictures.
The event took place at the Sofitel hotel in Bandra-Kurla Complex in the western suburbs of Mumbai.
A look at the guest list.
Check out the star arrivals.
Aishwarya will mark her comeback opposite hubby Abhishek Bachchan in adman Prahlad Kakkad's maiden directorial venture, Happy Anniversary.
In what is amongst the first focused fund in the space, India Media Entertainment Fund (IMEF) is raising Rs 500 crore, which will provide both equity as well as instruments like non-convertible debentures (NCD) to companies in the content, distribution platform and services areas. The private equity fund has appointed a high-profile advisory body which includes ad guru Prahlad Kakkar, managing director of Red Chillies Entertainment and cricket team KKR Sports, actress and entrepreneur Raadhika Sarathkumar, who has starred in Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films and runs Radaan Mediaworks. It also includes Ramnath Pradeep, former chairman and managing director of Corporation Bank, and Rajesh Gupta, senior partner of law firm SNG Partners.
Ad guru Prahlad Kakkar, on the other hand, believes Dhoni's saleability would have dropped had he also quit from One-Day Internationals and T20 Internationals.
Recently, South Korean Foreign Minister, Chung Eui-yong, dialled his Indian counterpart, S Jaishankar, in New Delhi. His government, he said, "regretted the offence caused to the people of India". A day earlier, India had summoned the South Korean ambassador to express its "strong displeasure" over "an unacceptable social media post".
'I wasn't getting the roles I wanted to play and the respect I thought I deserved as a senior actor, so I cut myself off from the industry for a while and moved to the US.'
'While Television generally tends to Clarity,' says Sreehari Nair, 'Arnab Goswami's The Newshour Debate portrays our confusions. Each episode offers both the potency of an intensely-fought boxing match and the giddy pleasures of an orgy.'
'There was so much grace, depth and serenity in him.'
Advait Chandan decodes Aamir Khan.
New players from India and abroad have caught the attention of brand managers.
Suresh Raina currently endorses Ceat Tyres, Pureplay (apparel brand) and is expected to sign on Intex, a petroleum brand (he launched Repsol by Gulf Oil last year), and a health care brand.
The question that is being asked is: Does the GST campaign gain from his all-too-familiar face taking forward its message or will brand fatigue flatten the impact?
Virat Kohli has finally clarified his stance on unfriending the Australian team, saying he 'meant only a couple of guys' and that his comments were blown out of proportion. But what has made the Indian captain changed his tune? Does the Indian Premier League ring any bells, asks Norma Godinho/Rediff.com.
'My chowkidar and the paanwala near my house have seen Mirzapur.' 'They may have missed Delhi Crime but they have seen Mirzapur.' ''Delhi Crime won Emmy, people know me from Mirzapur'Sometimes I feel I have done so much work, why do people know me only by this role?'
A keen understanding of the way our brain functions is essential to building sustainable routines and habits that set us up for success, says Jay Kumar Hariharan.
'2 hours and 20 minutes later, I walked out of Sachin: A Billion Dreams learning not one additional thing about Tendulkar: Not one factoid, not one statistic.' 'Maybe it's convenient filmmaking, or maybe just the essence of God,' says Sreehari Nair.
'Amitabh Bachchan told me, "I don't appreciate other people doing my voice".'
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