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Coca-Cola makes cricketer Gambhir 'happy' in new campaign
 

Indiantelevision.com Team

(23 February 2009 5:00 pm)

 

NEW DELHI: Riding on the successful launch of the 'Coca-Cola Open Happiness' campaign across the US market, the beverage company has rolled out the global campaign in India and has roped in ace cricketer Gautam Gambhir to feature in the first series of the same.

As part of the initiative, the company will unveil the latest television commercial in the last week of February.

Says Gautam Gambhir, "It feels great to be associated with brand Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola has always been associated with refreshment, happiness and moments of joy. All these are the qualities that I closely identify with. I look forward to a very exciting innings with Coca-Cola."

'Coca-Cola Open Happiness' is designed to serve as a platform for all integrated marketing initiatives for brand Coca-Cola globally.

Says Coca-Cola India director-Marketing Kashmira Chadha, "The new communication initiative invites people to welcome and share small moments of joy and happiness into their lives with a bottle of Coca-Cola. In addition to leveraging mass media, the entire communication effort will be complimented by a range of initiatives including in store and on- the- ground activation across all key markets.”

Conceptualised by McCann Erickson Delhi executive creative director Ashish Chakravarty, the TVC has been directed by Dibakar Bannerjee and produced by Freshwater Films.

While Tirtha Ghosh is the creative art director, Nakul Sharma is the creative team leader - copy.

The TVC showcases how the game of cricket and a bottle of Coca-Cola can add fun and refreshment in life by sharing the moments of happiness together through the tagline, ‘Coke ke saath dost free’.

 

 
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