iNM Volume 9 | Page 29

DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION PAGE 23 AIR ASIA S FLY LIKE SUPERSTAR Air Asia rebranded an aircraft with kabali theme for which it designed the livery bearing images of the star It customized the in flight menu basically containing food Rajinikanth likes to eat and other merchandise in lines with Kabali It also carried fans from various cities to Chennai so they can watch the movie in his hometown Fares were as low as Rs 786 under Fly like a superstar sale INM VOLUME 9 ' , . , . . ‘ ’ . took part in movie promotion already and this belongs to the same category it concentrated on Rajini s image and title superstar only instead of the whole movie , ’ ‘ ’ . Muthoot Fincorp s Silver coins Muthoot Fincorp a non banking finance company has introduced silver coins with Rajinikanth s face embossed on them for which they invested around Rs 20 crores Campaign titled Carry Lucky Superstar With You marked the first ever release of silver coin with a star s face embossed on it Muthoot being an exclusive merchandise partner for Kabali cashed the super star s image to a considerable extent ’ : , , It is not just limited to India but along routes like Auckland Mauritius etc The aircraft was designed by Air Asia as it is an official airline partner for Kabali what is important here is to realise that all these companies mainly projected Rajinikanth and his stardom with movie taking a back seat Thus it leveraged the stardom of superstar without his actually endorsing the brand , , . ‘ ’, . , . Mondelez Cadbury s Superstar s Five Star The Cadbury TVC featuring famous Ramesh and Suresh also projected some scenes in the movie and ended with the line Super Star s Five Star This started in June running in July and is supposed to stop towards the end of August Also a campaign related to same ran on social media during the month of June Although there were few commercials which ’ ’ ‘ : ’ ’. , . , . ’ , . ‘ ’ ’ . , , ’ .