Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 59th EPISODE. It was the MOOLA workshop. A whole day spent at a five-star discussion ways and means to tighten the spending. Manage finds. MOOLA stood for MANAGEMENT OF ORGANISATIONS LIQUID ASSETS. Some real creative spark has been at work at HTA, 35 Rani Jhansi Road, Jhandewalan. Ajit Kohli and Kamal Oberoi… Read More »
Tweet Follow @S_kotnala 55th EPISODE. Early 90’s. HTA, Delhi above Ball Bearing Market, 35 Rani Jhansi Road, Jhandewalon fame. There was one annual ritual. That was ARB: Annual Review Board. Where junior Client servicing team (so called Brand custodians) would make a pitch before the whole office, sharing their… Read More »
36th Episode. You can say ‘BLAME IT ON KOTNALA’ and you would most probably be right. But that would still be half a story. Here is the full story. I am sure that people involved in this may deny acknowledging the turn of events, but that is OK. It is sometime in early 90’s, August… Read More »
31st EPISODE : 1994. Delhi. HTA (Hindustan Thompson Associates), 35 Jhandewala, Rani Jhansi Road. I was servicing MOTOROLA account and reporting to SAMIR VERMA. He was a relationship-oriented person and converted most of his clients into good friends. RAHUL VERGHESE of Motorola was no exception. Rahul Verghese had recently… Read More »
27th EPISODE: When I picked today’s MUMBAI MIRROR ( it comes free with Times of India), I was thinking of which episode to share in my weekly Advertising & Marketing blog. I saw the article on 1998 Femina Miss India Ms. Smriti Irani. And In remembered the incident of 1994. The incident involves Harbinder Singh,… Read More »
26th EPISODE — ‘I AM SANKAR’ This belongs to an era when advertising was much fun. People used to be creative in their interactions and induction of new team members. Here I share an incident from HTA ( JWT- 35, Jandewalan, Rani Jhansi Road-Delhi) time. Sankar was heading PEPSI account at JWT. And a new young trainee… Read More »
THE COUNT HTA days. Days of many interesting episodes. This one is one of the simpler client- agency interaction episodes. Client:………………………… MOTOROLA Client representative: … RAHUL VERGHESE Venue: ………………………. SURYA SOFITEL Agency: …………………….. HTA ( 35 Jhandewalaon, Rani Jhansi Road) Agency representative: … Read More »
This week I bring a story that I have only heard. I have not been witness to it, so can not vouch for its correctness. It is JAGBEETI (happened to someone else) and may not be JAGZAHIR (known by all). I am ready to accept denial on this one. HTA (now JWT) Delhi in… Read More »
This is somewhere in 1995 or so. ITC Welcomgroup was looking to shoot a promotional TVC. Sanjay Sharma was the creative head and I the client servicing person on the brand at HTA. The film required a very wide heritage structured bungalow. The production team had identified a few at Bangalore. Sanjay and I were… Read More »
Ok, with this one I am treading into dangerous territory. This is an anecdote that I share… and I have only heard about it… unlike other shared stories where I had the first hand knowledge of the event… here I am just reporting something that may maynot be true. I treat this as a story… Read More »
