Prasoon Joshi, executive chairman, McCann-Erickson India, who will chair the outdoor and ambient media jury at the 55th International Cannes Lions 2008 in France to be held next month, talks to Business Standard about the performance of the Indian advertising industry at Cannes and his vision for McCann India.
Noted educationist and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya was on Monday posthumously conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, by President Pranab Mukherjee.
The director suggested that he is ready to go if provided with a room and a ticket.
Prasoon Joshi has been making waves in the ad world and Bollywood for a number of years now. But what was it like growing up? Read on...
Bollywood celebrities like Prasoon Joshi, Bhushan Kumar, Ritesh Sidhwani, Anu Malik, Abhishek Kapoor, Kunal Kohli, Vipul Shah, Urvashi Rautela, Kailash Kher, Ranvir Shorey, and Anil Sharma were among the Bollywood personalities who attended a special meeting with Union minister Piyush Goyal and Bharatiya Janata Party vice-president Bijayant Panda on Sunday as part of central government's Citizenship Amendment Act outreach programme. The dinner was organised at a five-star hotel in Mumbai and was an invitation-only affair.
The concept is making a comeback with companies like Bajaj, Titan, Kingfisher, Nirma and Airtel using their old jingles enmeshed with new visuals.
Ajab Prem lyricist Irshad Kamil tells us what inspires him.
'So you wonder, couldn't he have combined these two qualities: His love of his own voice, and his acting talents, to voice concern about the Kathua and Unnao rapes?' asks Jyoti Punwani. 'His supporters are siding with the accused in the first case, and are the accused in the second.'
For a special filmi episode, ace lyricist Prasoon Joshi has donned the 'Prem naam hai mera' garb as everything on the show goes Bollywood -- as in, even more Bollywood than usual.
Unhappy with the recreation of his song Masakali, A R Rahman has asked fans to listen to the original track, saying his team put in a lot of hard work and sleepless nights in composing it.
Is it possible to refurbish a brand that has been sullied with a Rs 7,800 crore (Rs 78 billion) fraud? One can't be sure, but to attempt this, the campaign ought to stress on integrity and action, say three of the top minds of the country's advertising industry.
It's party night for Bollywood!
The rankings are based on the performance of ad agencies and ad men at major international creative advertising awards like Cannes, The One Show, D&AD and Clio.
Coca-Cola announced that its 'Thande ka Tadka' campaign with Aamir Khan would be aired on television channels on April 26.
Confessing to thinking in Hindi, porters, truck drivers and chauffeurs have inspired him to create award-winning advertisements.
The praise for A R Rahman, who won two Oscars for India, continues. Lyricist Prasoon Joshi, who has worked with the maestro, says he was sure that Rahman would win. Lyricist Prasoon Joshi who has worked with the maestro was sure that he would win an Oscar. He also looks up to Gulzar's work and hails him high.
Bolly celebs have a new party place to go to!
On his 45th birthday, Sukanya Verma offers a playlist of AB Baby's 10 grooviest tracks
'We should focus on creating cinema which is entertaining, gives us solace, some message, reduces our tension and makes us think positively.'
B-Town was in full attendance at the wedding.
Take a look at celebs at Aamir Khan's Diwali party.
Awesome Star Power was evident at *the* wedding reception of the year.
Satyagraha album starts on a promising note but its culmination isn't as thumping as one would expected, writes Joginder Tuteja.
'He has poured his blood, sweat and tears in Padmavati.' 'Now he has left the matter in the hands of his producers.'
Check out the star arrivals.
A look at the starry arrivals.
The committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday.
'I really love working as a technician.' 'No actor wants to be out in the sun as opposed to being in the AC van.' 'No actor wants to be among 80 sweaty people who are asking you 100 questions.'
Check out the arrivals.
Six of the eight persons detained in connection with the vandalising of a cinema hall were sent to judicial custody till November 19.
Golden girl Kangana Ranaut.
Meet all the interesting couples on a grand evening.
Filmmaker Ronnie Screwvala's daughter Trishya got married to Suhail Chandhok on January 19 at the Taj Mahal Palace in south Mumbai. It was followed by a starry reception at the same venue the next day.
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