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Doctor's Choice Signs Sandipta Sen For A Year Of Festivals

Ad Tribe! Bureau2 min read
A lit clay diya beside a pouring oil vessel, for the Doctor's Choice year-long campaign across Indian festivals

Doctor's Choice has signed Sandipta Sen for a year-long campaign that treats the festive calendar as a continuous brief rather than a single season.

  • Brand: Doctor's Choice, from Budge Budge Refineries Limited
  • Ambassador: Sandipta Sen, Bengali actress and public figure
  • Occasions: Durga Puja, Diwali, Saraswati Puja, Chhath Puja, Karva Chauth, Poila Boishakh, New Year and Sindoor Khela
  • Format: a series of planned photoshoots, promoted online and offline

What Doctor's Choice Is Doing Differently

Most edible oil brands buy one festive burst, usually Diwali, and go quiet until the next one. Committing a year to eight occasions is a different kind of spend, and a harder one to sustain, because each appearance has to carry its own reason to exist.

The return is continuity. A brand that shows up at Saraswati Puja and Chhath as well as Diwali is arguing it belongs to the kitchen all year, which is a more accurate claim for a cooking oil than a single seasonal appearance.

What Sandipta Sen Carries Across Eight Occasions

Each look is styled in the colour of the variant it sells. Blue saree for soyabean oil, red for mustard, bright yellow for sunflower, and a traditional Bengali red for the festive occasions.

That is a quietly efficient device in a category where the pack is the only thing distinguishing one bottle from another on a shelf. It makes the ambassador do the work of shelf navigation without a single line of copy about variants.

What The Brand And Ambassador Say

Shivam Agarwal, Head of Marketing and Strategy at Doctor's Choice, said festivals in India are deeply connected with food, family and tradition, and that each product colour and festive look was chosen to build a visual and emotional connection.

Sandipta Sen said festivals have always held a special place because they bring families together, and described the campaign as celebrating traditions, regional identities and the joy of preparing food for loved ones.

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