FCB Ulka won a Bronze Lion on the 5th day of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2021 for their ‘Out and Proud Classified’ campaign for The Times of India under the Sustainable Development Goals category.
With this, India’s Lion tally stood at 22, which includes 2 Gold Lions, 9 Silver Lions, and 11 Bronze Lions, surpassing 18 metals in 2019 and 21 in 2018.
FCB India, Integrated Communications agency group that houses FCB Interface and FCB Ulka, won 8 metals, followed by Digital Agency Dentsu Webchutney at 7 metals.
Elated about the win, Sidharth Rao, CEO, dentsumcgarrybowen (dentsuMB) India said, “2019 showed us Webchutney was capable of creative excellence at the highest level. 2021 showed it was about doing it consistently – the wins this year have firmly planted the ‘new normal’ of what Webchutney’s north star as an agency is. The agency is home to some incredible talent and is a shining example of what the dentsuMB group of agencies and dentsu India itself wants to stand for.”
Speaking on the triumph, Anand Bhadkamkar, CEO, dentsu India said, “22 shortlists and 7 Lions at Cannes this year! What a fantastic achievement to flaunt. The recognition is only a testament to the fact that dentsu India is steadily emerging into becoming one of India’s greatest creative powerhouses. Dentsu Webchutney and Taproot Dentsu have already established a massive benchmark for everyone within the network and for many across the industry with their superlative and consistent performance. I am extremely proud of how our teams have shown such powerful resilience and stayed strong even in these challenging times. I congratulate everyone for earning this glorious victory at Cannes 2021.”
On the 4th day, India won 4 metals. The ‘Punishing Signal’ campaign by FCB Interface for Mumbai Police won Bronze Lion’s Brand Experience and Activation category. Dentsu Webchutney won a Bronze Lion for Swiggy Instamart’s ‘The Better Half Recipes’ campaign under the Creative eCommerce category. Cheil added a Silver Lion for ‘Now, words aren’t just heard, but felt’ campaign for Samsung in the Mobile category. Dentsu Webchutney’s ‘The 8-Bit Journo’ for Vice Media picked a Bronze Lion under the same category.
Indian agencies bagged a total of eight Lions on the second day of the festival and seven lion on the first day of the festival.
