7 Rakshabandhan (2017) Facebook Video Campaigns – Hits & Spoilers!

Every year the month of August is a back-to-back festive cum celebratory month for the Indians at large. It also means that brands have enormous opportunities to make their mark in customer’s mind during this month. The August month starts with Friendship Day on the 1st Sunday of the month, followed by couple of religious festivals like Rakshabandhan, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi. An important day in the month when brands could leverage  is the Independence Day that’s celebrated on every 15th August.

Here are 9 Rakshabandhan Facebook video campaigns by brands that impressed me for the uniqueness that each tried to deliver

HPL

Very few of us would have heard about this brand, but their Rakshabandhan video was distinctive. The animated storytelling video touched upon the nostalgic moments that each brother and sister would have experienced while they grew up. In the end video highlighted that distances can’t be deterrent for brothers and sisters to show love for each other.

Nykaa

Nykaa’s three minute film was a clear show-stopper for me, at least from the videos that I was exposed to. This video has everything in it – good script, beautiful screenplay, emotional values and the pleasant suspense one is exposed to, towards the end of video. This video breaks the stereotype that Rakshabandhan is just a festival to celebrate love between brother and sister. The campaign hashtag #BondedByLove well packages the central idea of video that the brand celebrates everyone who protects and supports us in daily life.

MobiKwik

The challenge always with brand managers is to curb their urge in integrating product in every brand campaign that they attempt. The famous mobile wallet brand tries to ride on the most common slang that Indians use in daily life. The script to me sounded very weak and the product fitment in the end of video was definitely a spoiler. Add to that usage of multiple campaign hashtags in the post copy was a sign of desperation from brand to get noticed in one or another way.

InFocus

The smartphone brand chose the context of a fun WhatsApp conversation between a brother and a sister. It was a bit realistic take and within the brand’s zone. However, the best part was they didn’t try to hard sell their brand as part of the festive communication, except the subtle branding on the video background.

Sansui India

It always helps to ride on the most popular emotional belief. Sansui India rightly made a bold move to carefully craft and deliver the message of how an army soldier’s sister misses him after his martyrdom and prays for the well-being of all army men in her brother’s regiment. Given the present national context of Indo-China standoff at Docklam, this was a very contextual and emotional video, which could draw tears in few people’s eyes.

GoAir

Well, to some this GoAir Rakshabandhan campaign sounded to be breaking the stereotype, however to me it was no lesser than a PR stunt. The video treatment was natural but somehow I failed to connect with the core message. I mean, its very common that every year ladies tie rakhis to policemen, army soldiers etc. Not sure how much impact would GoAir had driven with this video campaign.

Red FM

The two minute Rakshabandhan video by Red FM is a fun to watch. Its a well scripted conversation between wallet, rakhi and sweets. Each one of them tries to pull other’s leg. The personified conversation between the three key elements of the festivals is interesting. However, it could have been made much more interesting with some level of sophistication. The video recording looks a bit amateur, but the intent is really appreciative.

If you came across any interesting video during this year’s Rakshabandhan day, do share it in the comments section below.