Dettol gets kids to deliver musical hygiene lesson

Dettol has rolled out an ad film as part of its nationwide initiative ‘Dettol banega swachh India’. The campaign has been conceptualised by McCann Worldgroup and will initially be seen on digital platforms.

 

The film also launches Dettol Squeezy.

 

The film opens at a wedding where a man asks the caterer when he’ll feed people. At this point a brass band begins to play and a group of young children begin to sing about the benefits of good hygiene. They tell everyone present there that they will re-teach people the benefits of washing their hands.

 

The film then cycles through various locations across India where we see people washing their hands before they eat, all because of the efforts of the young children. The film cuts to an animation of Dettol at work. A voiceover reiterates the germ-killing capabilities of the product.

 

Nitish Kapoor, regional director -- South Asia, RB, said, “As a global leader in consumer health and hygiene, and with a history of over 150 years of innovation, we understand the extreme importance of hand hygiene and sanitation in the lives of our consumers. Through our wide-reaching campaign “Dettol banega swachh India”, we aim to focus on driving behaviour change in support of the Swaach Bharat initiative launched by the government. Promoting healthy hand washing habits is the first step towards achieving our objectives and we are continuously working on other interventions. For this new campaign, we are very happy to have worked with McCann to deliver an extremely important educational message to young children and mothers in an engaging and entertaining manner.”

 

Prasoon Joshi, chairman -- Asia Pacific, CEO and chief creative officer -- India, McCann Worldgroup, said, “Through ‘Dettol ka dhula' campaign we are trying to create a movement for a hygienic way of living and Dettol is an iconic brand with the trust and stature to drive a movement like this. Like all good habits, hand-washing also needs to be inculcated. One of the key insights is that whether in kids or adults habit formation happens through repetition. And in a country of oral tradition, we have always used music as a powerful way of teaching; we have used music and singing to remind and teach people about the habit of hand-washing.

 

“The Dettol jingle is a musical way of reminding people about cleanliness. We wanted to be persuasive yet entertaining without being instructional.”

 

Credits

 

Client: RB

Creative agency: McCann Erickson 

Chief creative officer: Prasoon Joshi

Creative directors: Prateek Bhardwaj, Ritu Sharda

Account management: Alok Lall, Sarthak Sharma, Abhishek Walia

Strategic planning: Jitender Dabas, Vibha Gupta

Production house: Keroscene Films

Director (film): Rajesh Saathi

DOP: V. Manikandan

Music director: Arjuna Harjai