The brand’s insight is that more often than not women as better halves are more mature, forgiving, affectionate, courageous and practical and more stronger than men. Based on this, Scarecrow M&C Saatchi have created two films for Reliance Jewels that will be launched around Valentine's Day. The brand aims to redefine love, relationships and the power dynamics between a couple, in today’s times where equal sharing of responsibility and resources is the norm.
The campaign titled ‘Not better half but your stronger half’, aims to recognise how women as better halves are not just your partner but an equal force of unwavering support and resilience. And this strength lies not only in nurturing families, but also in pursuing dreams, overcoming challenges and leading with grace, especially when their men are vulnerable to circumstances and can be fallible.
The campaign conceptualized by Scarecrow M&C Saatchi tells the story of 2 different couples through candid moments. One of the films showcases how a husband excitedly packing for a jungle safari gets scared at the mere sight of a lizard. While in the other, the husband is mortified by the nocturnal eerie sounds he hears in his dimly lit home while lighting a candle for an intimate dinner. To this the wives mock their men by calling them “Fattu” (a hindi slang for one who is timid or lacking courage). To which the men retort with a shrug and admit that they are not scared as they are in the presence of their ‘better’ ‘stronger half’. And surprise her with a Valentine’s day gift - a pendant or a ring, part of the collection launched by Reliance Jewels for the occasion this year.
The brand has also planned for activations for the lucky couples who will walk into the Reliance Jewels stores during this period.
Credits
Reliance Jewels
Client: Sunil Nayak, Priyanka Thapa, Rohan Patankar, Shaswat Doctor, Prajith Nair, Abhishek Ranjan, Jinal Jain, Vinod Tare, Dipali Sable
Creative team: Manish Bhatt, Raghu Bhat, Kapil Tammal, Kunal Parkar, Lalit Sakurkar, Yuvraj Gorule, Abhijit Kalan, Uttam Kumar, Vishwajeet Talwadekar, Yamini Rehal, Akansha Sarkar, Shivani Sule, Sakshi Udhwani, Vaishnavi Mandavkar, Varun Shah
Account Management: Mangesh Mulajkar, Baishali Bhattacharjee, Archi Sharma,
Saneh Kurian
Film Production
Production House: Cineverse Collective
Director: Tathagata Singha
Director of Photography: Pradeep Singh (Sonu)
Executive Producer: Arindra Rai Chaudhari
Producer: Md Shabbir Mallick
Associate Producer: Rituparna Biswas
1st AD: Shubham Soni
Production Designer: Priya Shree
Art Assistant : Riya Gupta
DA: Disha Oak
2nd AD: Nikhil Prabhakar
1st AC: Yogesh Bhanushali
LP: Sammeep S Arora
Production Manager: Anas Chaudhary, Jai Sahani
Line Production: Tafreeh Studios
Casting Director : Saurabh Sharma
MUSIC COMPOSER: Raja Narayan Deb
SOUND DESIGN & MIXING: Soustav Nasakar
VOICEOVER: Gaurav P Sajjanhar
MUSIC STUDIOS: Raja’s Cues
Art Director : Piyush Sharma
Set Dresser : Ojaswini Pandit
Costume Stylist : Mallika Chauhan
Costume Assistant: Mahima Wankhade
Makeup & Hairstylist : Karan Singh & team
Actors: Shraddha Das & Nishank Verma (Dinner) / Akshay Kapoor & Vineet Kaur (Safari)
Post Production:
Offline Editor: Tanya Chhabria
Colourist: Soumitra Sarkar (EditFx Studio)
Online Editor: Tushar Sarkar (AfterZ Studio)