iNM Volume 9 | Page 30

INM VOLUME 9 DISRUPTIVE INNOVATION PAGE 24 EMAMI FAIR AND HANDSOME S CREATED FOR MEN OF FIRE Fair and handsome has launched a campaign called Fair and Handsome created for the men of fire Associating with the roughness of men s skin and equating the character of don played by Rajinikanth to fire Fair and Handsome leveraged the potential of the star without his formal endorsement with the lines in its advertisement ' ' ' “ - ”. ’ , , Some men don t just have the fire they are the fire So it seems to mark the start of a new concept called surrogate endorsement where in celebrities do not actually endorse the product but their images or voices are used by the brands to sway their popularity Even though this is just a beginning of one concept as new as surrogate endorsement it is promising enough to catch up very soon given the following enjoyed by several film stars politicians and sport stars across the country “ ’ .” , , ‘ . ’, , , . ‘ ’, , , .