Role: Ideation, Script Writing
Spec Work
Film scripts
Putting down some of my most favoruite scripts I've written over the years across for brands. These films never saw the light of day, but hold a special place in my heart.
Brand: Cadbury 5 Star
Brief: A 30-seconder thematic film highlighting "Eat 5 Star. Do Nothing" in the most humorous, memorable way.
Gaadi Ko Dhakka
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We open on a street. An old guy is pushing a car with a lot of effort. A young guy who’s passing by sees him and offers to help.
Guy: Arre dadaji, aap itni mehnat matt kijiye. Aap gaadi mein baithiye, main dhakka deta hoon.
The old guy gives him the sweetest smile and sits down in the car. The guy pushes the car from behind, and after a few seconds the car starts off. We see the old guy driving off, waving to the young boy.
Just then, 2 men come running to the guy.
Man: Arre woh buddha?
The young guy points in his direction,
Man: Chor!! Woh meri gaadi chori kar ke bhaag gaya!!
The car owner runs behind him. We cut to the old guy laughing mischievously inside the car.
Our protagonist is shocked.
We hear an MVO:
Bhalai ka zamana nahi raha.
A 5 Star falls into his hands from heaven.
VO: Iss se behtar
Eat 5 Star. Do Nothing.
Brand: Google India
Brief: Introduce the new AI Mode with a specific focus on festive gifting. It was essential to ensure that people understood how AI Mode understood your specific needs and helped you with the most thoughtful, personal gift.
Indestructible Diwali (90 secs)
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We open in a modern house. A 32-year old shy, soft-spoken single dad is holding his new born twin baby girls in his hands. He’s looking at them lovingly.
A mischievous track starts playing in the background, and we see the girls laughing playfully. It’s Diwali day and we can hear firecrackers in the background, but they’re still smiling.
We now see a montage of their Diwali over the years. We first cut to when the girls are around 4 years old. We see that he has gifted them teddy bears. And the girls, while playing, separate the teddy’s head from its body. The other twin cuts its limbs. They giggle amongst each other, while the dad looks concerned.
We cut to when they’re 8 years old. He’s gotten them a toy train set for Diwali. We see them lining up firecrackers on the train set. Just as the dad walks in, they set off the dynamite bomb and we see the toy train explode. The girls clap and jump while the dad looks terrified.
We cut to when they’re 11. He gets a fancy art and painting set with professional colours. But when he walks in on them, they’ve set up a murder scene where one of them pretends to be dead, while the other is poring red paint around her. They’ve made the crime scene look gruesome. The dad, horrified, puts his head between his hands and exits the room.
We see him go to his room, open his phone and open Google’s AI Mode. He puts in a question:
What’s the best gift to give the naughtiest 11-year old twins?
He sees suggestions like Legos and jigsaw puzzles, science experiment kits, etc.
He writes: No no. They break and destroy EVERYTHING they get. Need something that they won’t be able to break.
It throws in suggestions like amusement park tickets or baking classes.
He writes: Can’t I just bring something home instead of taking them outside?
The responses show up. He sees something he likes, and smiles.
We cut to the next morning. The girls find a huge gift-box in the living room. They open it, and find a small, scared puppy inside. They gasp and exclaim with happiness. The dad watches on with bated breath, waiting to see how the girls will interact with the pup. To his surprise, the girls pick him up very gently and start petting him softly. They’re sat in one spot and watching over the dog.
The dad lets out a huge sigh of relief. Overwhelmed with joy, he goes and hugs the girls and kisses their foreheads.
We hear a VO in in the background: The right gift changes everything.
VO + Super:
Search Like Never Before.
Google AI Mode.
Brand: Cadbury Perk
Brief: A 30-seconder thematic film highlighting "Take It Lightly" in the most humorous, memorable way.
Pookie Kim Jong Un
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We open on Kim Jong Un waking up in his bed. He comes out of his room with a smile on his face.
He walks out to his garden, barefoot in the dewy grass. He smells the flowers, feeds the birds.
He gets dressed and walks out of his palace, greeting people on the way. He shakes hands with them, poses for selfies with them.
He eats lunch with a cabinet of ministers, we see them laughing and bonding over drinks and food.
He comes back, watches a funny movie with his staff.
By night time, he’s about to retire back to bed.
Just then, the screen pauses, we rewind the entire day and come back to the morning. We show that before he stepped out of his room, he brought out a Perk from his bedside drawer, unwrapped it and ate it.
Music builds as we see the super:
Cadbury Perk. Take It Lightly.
Concepts and script writing: Khushali Bhansali