Girnar tea partners with Ajay Devgan for 'Raid'

Girnar tea partners with Ajay Devgan for 'Raid'

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MUMBAI: Girnar Food and Beverages has joined hands with Ajay Devgn starrer upcoming Bollywood film Raid. Leading film marketing and brand alliance agency, Blue Bang Media & Entertainment clinched the plum deal bridging brand Girnar Tea and mass entertainer Raid.

Girnar Tea, a brand which started its journey four decades ago, now holds the reputation of being one of India's finest tea brands, with a respectable name among tea connoisseurs across the globe. Its prime ethos rests on a yearning to promote and offer world class teas to its customers fuelled by a passion for excellence.

The deal entails a co-branded TV commercial that has been created to seamlessly merge the brand with the film, featuring the lead star of the film Ajay Devgn. The salient features of the brand inherently align itself to the central character of ‘Raid’ played by Ajay Devgn hence the association fructified. The TV spot spans over 20 seconds and will play out across leading media platforms.

Girnar Tea director Viduit Shah says, “An excellent fit between our brand and the character played by the star of the film Ajay Devgn in Raid attracted us towards the tie-up. Our TG of kadak-chai lovers look up to Ajay Devgn as a symbol of toughness and principles as portrayed in the film. Also, it was a great opportunity to reach our core target audience by aligning our brand with an entertainment platform.”

Blue Bang Media & Entertainment MD and CEO Vinay Punjabi adds, “The key objective for the brand Girnar was to engage with their core TG which is tea lovers through an entertainment platform that reaches out to a large audience base of similar demographics and psychological profiling. By associating with the Hindi feature film, Raid, Girnar Tea accomplishes its objective of connecting with its core TG through an entertainment platform that echoes the salient features of the brand.”

Raid is a thriller film produced by T-Series and Panorama Pictures, starring Ajay Devgn, Ileana DCruz and Saurabh Shukla in lead roles.