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Reliance Jewels pay homage to the history of Thanjavur's art and architecture

Creates by M&C Saatchi, the campaign narrates the thousand-year-old stories of India's cosmic art, dance, culture, traditions and heritage

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Reliance Jewels pay homage to the history of Thanjavur's art and architecture

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On the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya, Reliance Jewels and Scarecrow M&C Saatchi are paying homage to Thanjavur.

This is the brand’s fifth comprehensive endeavour to narrate thousand-year-old stories of India’s cosmic art, dance, culture, traditions and heritage.

Be it the intricately carved stones of the temples or the excellent craftsmanship of Poompuhar ships, the artistic traditions of Bommai Dolls or the vibrant interiors of Darbar Hall, the Reliance Jewels collection reflects every little nuance and effort and pays tribute to the artisans of Thanjavur.

Before conceptualising the entire campaign, the marketing team of Reliance Jewels along with Team Scarecrow M&C Saatchi did a lot of research to understand the 1000 years of history, temple architecture, relief sculptures, bronze statues, artistic Bommai dolls, ancient musical instruments, Carnatic music, Bharatanatyam dance form, murals and frescos of the royal Kingdom. Right from visiting temples to talking to experts from different fields to a detailed cultural recce was conducted.

After 4 months of groundwork, research and rounds of recce, Thanjavur history seemed overly engrossed in artistic traditions and rituals. Its mystical aura, majestic temples and mesmerising art forms make it a holy pilgrimage. People visit Thanjavur not just for the holy temples but also for intricate and breathtaking art and architecture. Needless to say, it’s a pilgrimage where not even the art but architecture is also worshipped.

The research gave the team an idea about the vastness of Thanjavur in terms of art, craft, and culture. Music plays an integral part in its culture. So, the brand roped in the next generation of musicians to capture the vividness of Thanjavur. 

The music is composed by award-winning music composer Ambi Subramaniam, son of maestro Dr L. Subramaniam and violinist, composer and educator who is helmed as the "New king of Indian classical violin" by the Times of India and “India’s Itzhak Pearlmann” by Ozy Magazine. The Thanjavur song is inspired by the beauty of Thanjavur. It captures the traditional and vibrant essence that makes Thanjavur the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu.  The composition has been written in Gambheera Nattai raga and pays tribute to the ancient temples.

The Tamil version of the lyrics is penned by lyricist Madhan Karky, son of the eldest son of seven-times National Award-winning lyricist Vairamuthu and lyricists in the Tamil film industry while the Hindi version is written by Manish Bhatt. 

Vocalist Sharanya Srinivas, daughter of prominent singer Srinivasan Doraiswamy who is also Known for her movies Thenali, Ambikapathy, July Kaatril, Mersal has infused magic in the melody of the song with her mesmerizing voice. The music was produced by Varun Murali, an award-winning musician, and producer, popularly known as the lead guitarist behind the Indian folk-rock band Swarathma.

The campaign conceptualised by Scarecrow M&C Saatchi revolves around two young girls; a dance choreographer and her friend. The film captures the beauty of Thanjavur, its architecture, its royal palace and its artistic traditions through the musical journey of these two friends in precisely 3 minutes & 27 seconds.

The film has been produced by Sunil Nair of Thinkpot Productions with cinematography helmed by Harshvir Oberai, Cinematographer known for Rocket Boys, Aarya, Navarasa.

The campaign also consists of print ads shot in the temples of Thanjavur by Tarun Khiwal, one of the most awarded fashion photographers in India. The campaign also features a product shoot which was shot by famous photographer Prathamesh Hembade.

Manish Bhatt, Founder Director, Scarecrow M&C Saatchi, added, “It often takes a 3-hour long feature film to capture the 1000 years old history, the tradition, the rich heritage, the dance culture, the ancient musical instruments, the Carnatic music and the many facets of Thanjavur. The challenge and the most delightful part of this campaign were to encapsulate all of this in precisely 3 minutes and 27 seconds. 

Sunil Nayak, CEO of Reliance Jewels, said, We are proud to present our Thanjavur collection this Akshaya Tritiya across India. It captures the essence of the rich heritage of Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu. Our thematic jewellery collections are an ode to the diverse culture of our country, and we are happy to continue our legacy with the launch of season 7.0. Our customers have always appreciated our thematic collections, and we are confident that they will love this one too.

The ad film:

Credit list: 

Creative Team:

Manish Bhatt, Raghu Bhat, Kapil Tammal, Kunal Parkar, Lalit Sakurkar, Yuvraj Gorule, Uttam Kumar, Rohit Khedkar, Krupa Mehta, Kalpita Powale, Antara Shinde, Tanvi Deorukhakar, Yamini Rehal, Atul Mishra, Narendra Naik, Aashlesha Parab, Mansi Patil, Simran Tandon, Shreya Kshirsagar, Prachiti Borate, Sushmita More, Sakshi Udhwani, Varun Shah, Vasavi Parikh.

Account management:

Mangesh Mulajkar, Namita Gupta, Saransh Pandey, Nikhil Sawant

Studio:

Subhash Gade, Mangesh Kasekar, Vikram Dalvi, Sandesh Rane

Team Reliance Jewels:

Sunil Nayak, Priyanka Thapa, Rohan Patankar, Prajith Nair, Dipali Sable, Abhishek Ranjan, Shaswat Doctor, Shribandhu Gupta, Sumeet Deoda & Shilpa Ullattuthodiyil

Film credits:

Production House: Thinkpot

Managing Director: Geetha Chalattil

Executive Producer: Manoj Pillai & Sunil Nair

Creative Producer: Krithika Manohar

Music Director: Ambi Subramaniam

Singer: Sharanya Srinivas

Music Producer: Varun Murali

Music Director Manager: Pavan D

Cinematographer: Harshvir Oberai

Associate Cinematographer: Arpit Bharde

Production Designer: Shweta Sebastian

Art Director: Prakash

Casting Director: Mathew Varkey

Second Unit Cinematographer: Sukesh Vishwanath

Steadicam Operator: Harman Meet Chahal

Focus Puller: Gagandeep Bawa

Costume Stylist: Aasia Abbas

Makeup and Hair (Models): Dhanya Raghavan

Makeup and Hair (Dancers): Akhila

Model: Pragati Srivastava (Purple Thoughts)

Model: Priya Singh (Aura)

Dancers: Rasika, Vidya, Dhanusha and Dhiksha

Choreographer: Anusha

Chief AD: Ayush Saini

Line Producer: Siva Konnar

Production Controller: Karan Kandhari

Production Manager: Ankit Satarkar

DA: Gaurangi Soral

2nd AD: Krithika Dhawan

2nd AD: Vignesh Kumar

Local Line Producer (Thanjavur): Somasundaran

Local Production Assistant (Thanjavur): Rajan

Post Producer:  Mithun Jayaraj

Editor: Suraj Jagtap

Online Editor: Dev Nayak

Post Supervisor: Nagesh

Colorist: Vineesh Vijayan

Voiceover: Aditi Thirani

Dubbing artist: Sneha Suresh & Aditi Thirani

Illustrations & storyboard: Deelip Khomane & Uttam Kumar 

Model shoot: 

Production House :- Karma production 

Photographer:- Tarun Khiwal 

Photo asst :- Abhishek Verma 

Stylist :- Harshad Gadhvi 

Makeup Artist :- Dhanya Raghavan 

Models :- Pallavi Singh & Hussna 

Producer :- Himanshu Bhasin 

Production Head :- Luv Bhagat & Prateek Anand

Product shoot: 

Production: Raka Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. 

Producer: Rakesh Shirke

Photographer:- Pratthamesh Hembade 

Product Stylist:- Shamika Malegaonkar

Production Manager:- Mangesh Girkar

Special thanks to: 

Pt.Venugopal Pillai

Muttu Kumar

Smt. Revathi Srinivasraghavan

Smt. Anjana Dongre

S. Ramachandran

Priyanjali Rao

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