It’s 2019 and the face of marketing has changed and how. Brands all over the world have started to realize that people relate to people more than they relate to just products. So, it’s more prudent to promote a product through a persona or personality. And who better to study this phenomenon than celebrities themselves right? If you didn’t know already, Bollywood celebrities are brands in themselves with millions of followers on all their social media platforms. Naturally, as influencers, people would want to listen to them. Thanks to a brand-new show, called ‘Kiska Brand Bajega‘ conceptualized by Business Of Ideas and hosted by Aditya Bhat, now we can get more in-depth knowledge of celebrities as brands! The first guest on this show is none other than the gorgeous Deepika Padukone. And boy, do we want to know more about her…
Here we have some exclusive snippets of conversation on what was covered on the show with the Padmaavat actress:
Deepika Manages Her Own Social Media Accounts
For those who are unaware, celebrities don’t always have the time to keep posting on social media. So, they have teams that do that for them. Talking about her social media numbers and how she manages it, the beauty was quite honest about how clueless she was about it. She said she was unaware of the significance of the likes that she gets and didn’t know much about how social media works either. She even confessed that she uploaded whatever she felt like with little interference from her team. Exactly the way it should be DP, real and true to who you are! We absolutely love what you do with your Instagram feed.
Deepika’s Mantra To Successful Brand Endeavours
Talking about her brand adventures, Deepika touched upon the subject of how she chooses her projects. She zeroed upon how the core of all her decisions is the purpose, whether it is getting into producing a film like Chhapaak or starting her mental health foundation Live Love Laugh.
Deepika’s Hollywood Dreams
Like Kareena Kapoor Khan had mentioned on Koffee With Karan, around 2 to 3 years ago, Hollywood did seem like everyone’s final destination. But DP begs to differ. She spilled the beans about how exciting an opportunity it seemed to go out to Hollywood and work there a decade ago. And also highlighted how that has changed drastically today and how the West in fact is looking eastwards, especially India, for inspiration and innovation.
Deepika’s Journey So Far
DP, as you all know, is the daughter of Prakash Padukone – a celebrated national badminton player. So, as it goes, Deepika had always thought she too would get into sports following her father’s footsteps. But looks like life had other plans for her! She said even she had no idea that she would end up modeling and then go on to become an actor. What we lost in sports as a country, we gained in films! Deepika is a gem of an actress.
These are just a few topics that DP discussed on the show. Other than the celebrated actress, the show also has another segment called the Brand Adda. In which, Boman Irani and the barons of the travel industry discuss the scenario of tourism.
Be sure to tune on to Kiska Brand Bajega today at 10 PM exclusively on CNBC TV-18.