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He Brought Bharat To Indian Advertising

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......

In defence of Prasoon Joshi

'Would you as the PM go through all the elaborate trouble of an interview, face all the tough questions from dogged journalists, who know what they are talking about, and yet end up with a result......

Prasoon Joshi: Is baar nahin

Lyricist Prasoon Joshi sent us this poem that he wrote after the Mumbai terror attacks. Says the ad guru and film lyricist, "I believe it should reach as many people as possible because it is our......

Ram temple opening: Ambanis, Bachchan among state guests

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family as well as Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan are among those who feature in a select state guest list of invitees to the consecration of the Ram temple......

Prasoon Joshi: Manto's impact is imprinted on me forever

On Saadat Hasan Manto's 100th birth anniversary, National Award-winning lyricist Prasoon Joshi talks about the writer who he first couldn't fathom and was prohibited from reading and yet went on to......

Prasoon Joshi chosen Young Global Leader

Prasoon Joshi, creative director of McCann Erickson India, has been named a 'Young Global Leader 2006' by the Forum of Young Global Leaders, an affiliate of the World Economic Forum. He is one of......

Creative people are not contract killers: Prasoon Joshi

Prasoon Joshi, president, McCann Worldgroup South Asia, says creativity can flourish irrespective of scale, but needs a culture of fluidity. Have the definition and the parameters to reckon......

Prasoon Joshi on ads, awards and brain drain

Advertising agency McCann Erickson won four Lions at Cannes. Its film for Happydent chewing gum won a silver Lion in the sub-category Sweet Foods and Snacks as well as a bronze for Best Use of......

Prasoon Joshi: The 'Thanda matlab Coca-Cola' man

Five years back, this name would ring few bells. But as the Aamir Khan-starrer 'Thanda matlab Coca-Cola' ad campaign made the almost universal rural word for soft drinks a hot catchphrase, it......

Pandey brothers, 1st Asians to receive Cannes lifetime award

The brothers, who began their ad journey a decade apart from each other, Piyush in 1979 and Prasoon in 1989, will be the eighth recipient of the award. Their collective experience in Indian......

Will Nishaanchi Be Another Wasseypur?

Syed Firdaus Ashraf hopes that Nishaanchi will be a blockbuster like its trailer. Seven years after the release of Gangs of Wasseypur, Director Anurag Kashyap shared a revealing tweet on June 12,......

Nishaanchi Review: Wasseypur Lite

While Nishaanchi is not a homerun for Anurag Kashyap, there's enough joy in this audience pleaser, notes Mayur Sanap. The best thing about Nishaanchi is that we have Anurag Kashyap returning to......

National Awards: 'Wanted A Good Picture To Hang At Home'

IMAGE: Vikrant Massey and wife Sheetal Thakur. Photograph: Kind courtesy Sheetal Thakur/Instagram Moments before he received his maiden National Film Award for Best Actor, Vikrant Massey said his......

Mohanlal, SRK, Rani, Vikrant Dazzle National Awards

The 71st National Awards were presented at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday, September 3, 2025. Photograph: Press Information Bureau The big winners of the night: Mohanlal, Shah Rukh Khan,......

Shah Rukh, Rajinikanth, Alia Make WAVES With Modi

IMAGE: Deepika Padukone's look for WAVES 2025. Photograph: Kind courtesy Deepika Padukone/Instagram Bollywood's biggest stars arrived at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai on May 1 to take......

Third-Gen Scindia takes charge of MP cricket

IMAGE: Mahanaryaman Scindia elected youngest president of MP Cricket Association. Photograph: Gwalior Cheetahs/Instagram Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's son and Gwalior Division Cricket......

Goa Swimming coach, accused of rape, arrested

Swimming coach Surajit Ganguly, accused of raping a 15-year-old girl who was training with him, was arrested in New Delhi on Friday, a senior police official in Panaji informed on Friday.......

'Before I leave this world, I want one Indian to get that medal'

IMAGE: Milkha Singh lights the lamp as Farhan Akhtar, who played Milkha Singh in Bhaag Milkha Bhag, and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, the film's director (partly seen next to Farhan), watch.......