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Emami ties up with Dhanush starrer ‘3’
MUMBAI: FMCG company Emami has tied up with the movie ‘3‘ for in-film promotion of their brand Himani Navratna Oil. This movie is south Indian actor Rajnikant‘s daughter Aishwarya Dhanush‘s directorial debut and stars actor-singer Dhanush and Shruti Hassan in the lead roles.
The movie is slated for release in April 2012.
Emami aims to connect with consumers with the proposition of ‘cool‘, keeping in mind the success Kolaveri Di has had with the youth. Himani Navratna oil currently goes with the tagline of”thanda thanda cool cool”.
Emami‘s Krishna Mohan said,”Emami has for the first time tied up with a Tamil movie ‘3‘ for an in-film promotion of the brand Himani Navratna. We are hopeful that the in-film tie up will help in giving that extra mileage to the product. Our previous experiences with film stars in sensitizing Emami products have proved worthy.”
The original movie version of the song”Why this Kolaveri Di” has been recently filmed in a set made to replicate the crowded shopping street of Chennai Marina beach. The song‘s visuals show Dhanush‘s heartbreak for Hassan and Navratna Oil being positioned as a stress reliever.
Apart from this tie up, Navratna is endorsed by celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Suriya, Jr NTR, Chiranjeevi and Mahesh Babu to name a few. Along with a presence in print, electronic media and radio, the brand is also promoted heavily through consumer engagement programs.
In the past too, Emami has used in-film placement of a brand with ‘Agar Tum Na Hote‘, in which Rajesh Khanna, playing the role of Emami‘s owner, hires Raj Babbar to photograph Rekha.
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WPP appoints Estée Lauder’s Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer
Former Estée Lauder executive to lead operations, technology and culture overhaul under WPP’s three-year growth plan
LONDON: WPP has appointed Anne-Isabelle Choueiri as chief transformation officer in a newly created role tasked with delivering the group’s Elevate28 strategy.
Choueiri joins from The Estée Lauder Companies, where she led enterprise-wide strategic initiatives, including the “One ELC” operating model and major upgrades to enterprise marketing, data and analytics capabilities. She also led the redesign of enterprise technology teams and served on the company’s AI taskforce, driving AI strategy, adoption and value realisation across the business.
At WPP, she will be responsible for designing, implementing and embedding the operating model behind Elevate28, the company’s three-year growth plan unveiled in February 2026. She will lead efforts to improve innovation, efficiency and integration across WPP’s client offerings, with a focus on delivering agile, outcome-driven solutions and measurable growth.
Choueiri will oversee organisational transformation across the group, working closely with product and enterprise technology teams to deploy AI, data and technology to build new capabilities and improve operational performance. She will also work with the people function to embed cultural change, strengthen an agile performance mindset and support talent development across the organisation.
Before joining Estée Lauder, she held senior roles across consulting and digital agencies, including at Accenture, Masaï (a Bain & Company spin-off), and Kearney, with experience spanning strategy, data and digital marketing transformation.
Cindy Rose, chief executive officer of WPP, said Choueiri brings a strong track record of leading large-scale transformation across operations, technology and culture, adding that her appointment will help accelerate the group’s next phase of growth under Elevate28.
Choueiri said WPP’s strategy represents an ambitious opportunity to reshape how the company operates and delivers for clients, adding that she looks forward to building integrated solutions and fostering a culture of innovation and change.
She will be based in New York and will join WPP’s executive committee.
