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Titan festival ad campaign

Turned a festival into a cultural moment for India's largest watch retailer.

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The brief

Challenge

Titan approached us to create a captivating Ugadi ad highlighting the diverse ways this festival is celebrated across India. A campaign that will highlight Ugadi's cultural significance and reinforce Titan’s brand identity, showcasing its dedication to tradition, craftsmanship, and the spirit of joy.

Approach

‍‍Recognising the unique opportunity to connect with a broader audience, we aimed to celebrate the vibrant festivals of Chaitra Navratri, Gudi Padwa, Bihu, Baisakhi, and Ugadi, all occurring simultaneously across India. Our approach was to creatively capture the essence of these celebrations in a way that resonates with today’s youth.

Thought Process

We came up with the “Be Selfie Ready” campaign, which beautifully captured the essence of the festival by intertwining it with the lively selfie culture. Our ads celebrated the joyful spirit of the festivities and engaged the audience, making them feel a personal connection to the celebrations. From ideation and storyboarding to costumes, production, and editing, all done in a week, we enhance ad conversions by translating them into regional languages and implementing hyper-local strategies.

Result

Through our colourful and vibrant ad films, we highlighted Titan watches during the Ugadi festivities, ensuring they stood out in the celebrations. This engaging approach increased customer interaction with the brand, inspiring them to embrace the festive spirit and celebrate Ugadi in style with elegant Titan timepieces.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does it take to produce a festival ad campaign?

We took Titan's Ugadi campaign from ideation through storyboarding, costumes, filming and editing in one week, across five festival markets at once. That pace only works because the core idea travels. If every market needs its own concept, budget for considerably longer.

How do brands run one campaign across Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Bihu and Baisakhi?

One core concept, locally adapted. We built a single idea for Titan and ran it across Ugadi, Chaitra Navratri, Gudi Padwa, Bihu and Baisakhi, rewriting each version in the regional language and rebuilding it with local detail. Five unrelated ads would have cost more and said less.

What does localising an ad campaign for Indian regional markets involve?

More than subtitles. For Titan we rewrote each cut in the local language and rebuilt it with hyper-local cultural detail, so a Bihu audience and a Baisakhi audience each saw a film made for their market rather than a dubbed pan-India version.

Is a single pan-India ad better than separate regional versions?

Cheaper, rarely better. A generic cut struggles during festive season because the occasion itself is regional. We gave Titan one concept with five locally adapted executions, which kept it culturally specific without multiplying production cost.

What kind of creative idea works for a watch brand during festive season?

One that keeps the product inside the moment. Titan's "Be Selfie Ready" concept connected festival joy with India's selfie culture, which gave the watch a natural reason to be in frame instead of arriving as a product shot at the end.

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