Prakash Varma and Sneha Iype founder, Nirvana Films agreed to have started a firm 8 years ago without knowing where they where headed. All they had was a dream. I wonder what would have happened had they not taken that one risk…that one step out from their comfort zone.
We wouldn’t have had the pug and the kids and the current favorite for many “zoozoos”! Yeh, ok there would have been something else but surely not the nearly icons pug and zoozoo. For interest of the readers Nirvana Films is a Bangalore based company that has created a niche out of ad-film production and have many award winning ad-films to their credit. Read more...
We all have seen the alien looking characters introduced by Vodafone for its value added service advertisements more so while watching the IPL matches. All this while I thought it was an animated ad; was quite surprised to read that they were actually live beings dressed in white! The set, including all the props, is in the form of shadows created by spray painting.
The ads are getting quite mixed reviews though if you ask my opinion, I feel they are clutter breaking, creative and brilliant. Here’s my favorite ad of the lot…
As on 2nd May, three cases of suspected swine flu have been reported in India. These are people traveling from Chicago and London. They have been quarantined at Ram Manohar Lohia hospital at New Delhi. It is a cause of alarm considering that the flu is passed from human to human. Here are few myths and facts about the flu:
Varkala – Virgin paradise in the God’s Own Country
Lapping of the waves, clear blue sky or star studded nights, whiffs of brewing coffee and freshly made cakes, foot tapping melodies, beauty of the sunset, crawling time, majestic cliff, raising toasts to good times – that is Varkala in capsule for you. Read more...
AR Rahman brought Calicut (Kozhikode) dancing on their feet during his first music concert in India after his Oscar win on 3rd May 2009.
Around 40k people shrieked in joy on watching Rahman each time as he walked on the stage. Khwaja mere Khwaja, Hamma-hamma, Vande matram, Urvasi, Mustaffa and but of course the Oscar winner Jai ho were few of the songs sung by AR Rehman and the experience explains why he is, what he is. Read more...
