From a small town in Thrissur to Mumbai, Dubai, and the world, my love for stories has taken me to places and experiences beyond my dreams. Before I made my way up the ladder in the creative team of Draft FCB Ulka, I learnt a few tricks of the trade from agencies in Mumbai. After, I started my own boutique advertising agency in Dubai, which had creativity and stories at its heart. I strongly think that what you believe, you attract, and we were lucky enough to have had the opportunity to pitch for Berger Paints (Now Asian Paints). We won and created a series of 10 films that won Berger Paints the Best CSR Campaign of The Year and many other credits. And now, a few plot-twists and years later, here I am, back to my roots, in Kerala, with Blue Buddha, my second agency.
Of all the hurdles that could come up in a start-ups journey, the pandemic is definitely unexpected. But, despite the situation I was able to make a film for Prince TMT, and that opened many doors. Looks the universe had other plans for me and the pandemic was not something it considered a problem. It’s not common for a small agency based in a little town in Kerala to create not one but five films for Eicher, in just 5 days, for a national brand, but I and my team did.
The ripple effect of stories continues and more doors keep opening.Who says stores are all about made up stuff and not magic?
SANCHAYAN
Director | Creative | Storyteller
Won various awards for national & international brands in India
From a small town in Thrissur to Mumbai, Dubai, and the world, my love for stories has taken me to places and experiences beyond my dreams.
SANCHAYAN
Director | Creative | Storyteller
Won various awards for national & international brands in India
From a small town in Thrissur to Mumbai, Dubai, and the world, my love for stories has taken me to places and experiences beyond my dreams.
My career in the creative industry started with advertising, and now I have more than 25 years’ experience.
I have worked in many advertising agencies in India, including FCBUlka (Mumbai). Then, after moving to Dubai, I worked with some of the finest agencies in the city for a couple of years and later started my own boutique advertising agency there, which had creativity and stories at its heart. It was at this point that brands started venturing into content creation as we know it today and that is when I ventured into bringing stories to life as a director.
Over the years I’ve been making films and content from brands in India and the UAE with Story Minds, a company that purely focuses on content creation and storytelling.
From Berger Paints Arabia in Dubai, to Eicher Tractors in north India, to K P Namboodiri’s down south, I’ve worked on many ad films, TVCs, and short stories for brands, in English, Hindi, Arabic, and Malayalam.
Be it a thriller or a drama, I believe that films, even ads for that matter, built of stories that bloom from unadulterated human emotions, live beyond the 3 second attention span and create connections so intimate that no gimmicks can replace.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
Worked on campaigns that won various awards for national & international brands in India.
Gulf Sustainability & CSR Awards
Under the category of the ‘Cause-related Marketing Campaign for the entire Gulf Region’ For Colours of Arabia [Berger Paints] (2017)
Designed The Logo For The UAE Federal National Council
While working for an agency based in Dubai - 2009-10
Campaign won a national award
At the Bombay Ads Club competition for Industry experts, professionals, and students (2005)