LACKS THE KICK- CARRIES BOX OFFICE PUNCH OK. It’s customary for the critics to unquestionable trash SALMAN KHAN’s movies and yet the BOX OFFICE would be forgiving and Salman is on his way to collect his EIDI. The line from movie actually sums it up ‘Mere baare mein itna mat sochna, dil mein aata hoon,… Read More: KICK »
So what do you earn in an organisation. Respect. Fame. Success. I was pondering this complex subject the day I left my last job at Dainik Bhaskar Group. And the answer was given by Wife of my colleage . her what’s app message – when she learnt of my leaving said QUOTE MESSAGE Gd eve… Read More: WINNING »
When the phone rang, it was already late in the evening. We were tired after the press conference. Ready to call it a day. But, then work is work and in a small office a missed call may be a difference between having and missing a client. Philip the media coordination cum PR manager took… Read More: TIME BOMB »
The sudden vacuum post the final last night brings alive the whole World Cup alive in short burst of captured moments. And in the process filter with ease and least effort some learnings that are tough to miss out. 1. YOU CAN’T CREATE A TEAM IN MIXER GRINDER. Brazil is the case in point. Other… Read More: 11 Learnings from the World Cup »
I am stepping back to the period when I worked for a real short period of time with a small agency in EAST OF KAILASH, Delhi. I had few months in hand, before I was to join MUDRA COMMUNICATION (now DDB MUDRA), MMTP Programme at Ahmedabad. I worked as the much smaller agency. So small… Read More: SMALL TILE »
I blinked at the sun warming my body and tried to soak in the surrounding… I was in Delhi to attend ADASIA the 27th Session being held at Darbar Hall, Taj Palace, New Delhi. I had registered at the counter on first floor and taken the escalators down. Caught on a few friends, smoked leisurely… Read More: THE PERFUME »
Some time being the first helps and trust me when I say ‘Good news should travel but bad news should travel faster’ that is experience speaking. For illustrative purpose, I refer to one of the shoot for suiting brand during my early stage of career. Denzil Sequaria was the photographer and a prominent leading Art… Read More: SHOOT REPORT »
I have experimented with mediums and expressions. I have enjoyed sitting down and finding expressions for my thoughts. To me these were also stress buster exercises. I used Images, collages, paintings and sketches. And even writing short stories- novel or poems for the same purpose- people use drugs- get a high- relax- get away-feel good.… Read More: GET YOUR FREE SIGNATURE ART »
It was almost dark inside the room. The Seven Samurai’s were standing in a single file before the desk of Don, the Gabbar of the organisation. It’s been some time. None dared to speak. So, what if they were really not at fault. ‘This new breed I tell you’ was all they could think of.… Read More: SARDAR KHUSH HOGA »
(Originally appeared in MXMINDIA.com LINK: http://www.mxmindia.com/2014/06/sanjeev-kotnala-20-things-goafest-must-do-to-be-in-the-reckoning/ ) Goafest 2015 will happen at Goa – that’s as much certainty you have about India’s premier advertising-marketing event. Basking in the glory of a successful Goafest 2014, it’s natural for not to look at the issues and problems with it and try addressing them in Jan 2015. As… Read More: 20 things Goafest must do »
