Malabar boy from the northland. Writer. Creative Director. Tastemaker. Salesman. Comes from many Indias. Can write for any India. Talent at the intersection of culture, technology and the future of advertising.

Feast your senses on a curated selection of my work. Filtered basis fame, pride, impact, glory, craft and relevance in no particular order. Bon Appétit!

Dixcy Scott - Antidote for English caused anxiety
2024
Great body language can trump all other languages out there. Agree? We do too. So, we put it to test on India's Mr. English himself - Ravi Shastri.
Mainline Advertising, Cultural Marketing, Copywriting, Creative-Direction, Dialogue Writing
Facebook - Using AR to save a 300 y.o. art form.
2021
West Bengal's Chhau Mask makers had no buyers during 2020's festive season. So we turned their 300-year-old indigenous art form into an AR Filter.
Digital Advertising, AR/VR, Creative-Direction, Copywriting, Social Media Activation, Innovation For Good
Asus rog - Takeover of world famous video games
2023
We placed the new ASUS ROG Strix, inside world's most popular video-games at a shoe-string budget.
Digital Advertising, Hackvertising, Copywriting, Creative-Direction, Breakthrough Under A Budget
Motorola Project Housefull - Award Winning Campaign
2020
We live in two Indias. One that watches its cinema on Imax. The other, that has no access to theatres even 100s of miles away. Both Indias however have one thing in common. Their love for cinema on the big screen.
Photography, Advertising, Documentary Filmmaking, Creative-Direction, Copywriting, Screenplay, Branded Content, Creativity For Good
Preserving Indian Film Heritage - Motorola Case Study
2020
Inspiring a 70 year old community to keep its tradition of travelling cinema alive.
Photography, Advertising, Creative-Direction, Copywriting, Screenplay, Branded Content, Creativity For Good
FB #PehlaAd - taking local businesses to the world
2021
During the pandemic we asked Facebook to donate its media space to local businesses. Businesses that lost months of their revenue to the lockdown. For what exactly, you may ask? To air their pehla(first) ad.
Digital Advertising, Copywriting, Creative-Direction, Creativity For Good,
#FBpePoocho - Turning FB Friends into search engines.
2021
Aren't most friends on our FB friend-list an expert on one thing or another? So, no matter what question was on our user's mind, we wanted them to #FBpePoocho.
Social Media Advertising, Copywriting, Creative Direction
TVS Unscripted Campaign: 365 days of lifestyle marketng
2024
This isn't a case study. This is a tale that will be narrated countless times. Recounting a famous street-fight of the motorcycling world.
360 Advertising, Social Media Marketing, Community Building, Copywriting, Creative-Direction, IPs, Filmmaking, Growth Marketing
Youtube Smart Offline - Silver Effie Winner
2017
Making data cheaper for India long before Jio did.
Digital Advertising, Copywriting, Creative-Direction, Hackvertising
FB Covid Shayari - world's most traveled covid campaign
2021
Thousands of trucks are plying on the Indian roads with cheeky Covid awareness slogans on their bumpers, inspired by a FB ad.
Culture Shifting Creativity, Digital Advertising, Calligraphy, Copywriting, Creative-Direction
Halonix Woe Be Gone TVCs 2019
2020
Let the woe of turning lights on or off be gone. Sometimes you need them "off" without having to flip a switch. At times you need them "on", without even saying it.
Mainline Advertising, Copywriting
Trump Towers - Selling large skyscrapers to big egos
2019
Print ads targeting those living in their "made it era".
Mainline Advertising, Copywriting, Creative-Direction
BE A CANON BEING - PRINT ADS
2024
A whole new species of beings live among us. You might have met them before, but never been introduced. So, allow us to do the honours.
Mainline Advertising, Copywriting
Placing TOI & ET in every media planner's media mix
2019
Go slow, sharp turns ahead.​​​​​​​
Mainline Advertising, Direct Mailer, Copywriting, Creative Direction
Banging Beats - World's first AI enabled sex playlist
2024
Finding the perfect sex playlist that works both for you and your partner can feel like a chore. Building your own is a lot of work before the actual work. Can AI come to the aid?
Digital Advertising, Copywriting, Creative-Direction, Music Direction, Proactive, Co-Branding
OLX RE - Covert recruitment of property dealers
2019
Home renters could at no cost find out that OLX was advertising to property dealers to join their platform. How did we go about this covert operation? Click to find out.
Digital Advertising, Copywriting, Meme Marketing, Guerrilla/Ambush Marketing, Branded Content
NBA - Guerrilla fan invites
2024
We had to tell NBA they have a massive fanbase waiting to be explored in India. So, we went and created a public invitation on behalf of Indian basketball fans. Except, we did it street style with a desi twist.
Google Railwire - World's largest public Wi-Fi project
2017
Google was going to launch one of the largest public Wi-Fi projects in the world in collaboration with the Indian railways. We set out to document its impact in the lives of its 8 million daily users.
Digital Advertising, Copywriting, Creativity For Good, Branded Content
Maxirich unknown baraati tvc - Be Life Ready
2022
Just like Ayushman here, a Copywriter's gotta be "har farz ke liye taiyaar".  Whether it's digital or good old TVC yaar.  Cometh the hour, cometh the Hindi Copywriter.
Mainline Advertising, Copywriting, Creative Direction, Dialogue Writing
Blenders Pride Ages Ahead: REBRANDING a non aged whisky
2017
How do you launch a non-aged whiskey in a market, dominated by aged whiskeys? Moreover, pitch it as a premium product to consumers, who only identify aged whiskeys as superior. Enter the "ages ahead" campaign.
Mainline Advertising, Copywriting
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