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Entrant: McCann Worldgroup, Mumbai
Brand: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Title: "Shagun Ka Lifafa"
Corporate Name of Client: Ujjivan Small Finance Bank
Chief Marketing Officer: Lakshman Velayutham
Agency: McCann Worldgroup, Mumbai
Chief Creative Officer: Prasoon Joshi
Executive Creative Directors: Ashish Chakravarthy/Sambit Mohanty
Creative Director - Art: Vikash Ravi
Associate Creative Directors: Suresh PV/Karthik R
Agency Head of Art: Rathish Subramaniam
Agency Account Executive: Hrishikesh Menon
Production Company: Shoot at Sight, Mumbai
Director: Vineet Mahajan
Executive Producer: Raj Chedda
Director of Photography: Amol Jhadhav

Description:
Indian marriages, at every strata of society, traditionally see guests come bearing cash gifts, called a ‘Shagun’. Most of these cash gifts are in multiples of Rs 10’s or 100’s, and in round numbers. But as per tradition, the Shagun should never be a round figure. Which is why they are always accompanied by a 1 Rupee coin, for this addition signifies prosperity and continuity for the couple. Guests usually put this cash or ‘Shagun’ in a special envelope, or a ‘Shagun Ka Lifafa’ - which for convenience already has a one rupee coin attached. Ujjivan Small Finance Bank, champions the financially unserved and under-served. Our eureka moment was using reimagining this age-old lifafa as an account opening form. When women opened the envelope, they realised they were receiving more than a cash gift. Because they could now open an account with just that one rupee!