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Dhanraj Jethani , co-producer, Ankur Arora Murder Case(AAMC) is faced with a
debacle if he should take up the offer of producing a new movie after co-producing
a major box office flop.
Prelude
Ankur Arora Murder Case (AAMC) was a Vikram Bhatt movie that was inspired by
true events. It was Bollywoods first medical negligence drama. The first half
showcased hospital events & the second half turned in to a courtroom drama. Story
was written by Vikram Bhatt and movie was directed by Suhail Tatari. Star Cast was
Kay Kay Menon, Tisca Chopra, Paoli Dam, Arjun Mathur & Vishakha Singh The plot
revolves around hospital events and then a courtroom drama. The backdrop of the
story was how an eight-year old boy, Ankur Arora was admitted in the hospital for
treatment and died in the operation theatre because of the doctors negligence. The
doctor attempted to cover up the incident by blaming it on an organ failure at the
time of the operation. This led the mother of the child to fight for justice.
negligence. Company ran an effective social media strategy. It was the 1 st TIME
Bollywood Movie Creates an Online Event. It also made reference to one of the
episodes of the much renowned television show Satyameva Jayate where it made
use of the facts and numbers relating to medical malpractice in India. To appeal to
the Indian youth, they tried to tap the change movement among the young
generation. The campaign Light a candle for Justice, a virtual event of Facebook
was launched that provoked users to join the movement of spreading awareness,
courage, hope, protest and justice. The marketing team decided to miss some key
promotional tools and tactics like City tours by star cast were not incorporated, inserial promotion and merchandising.
public. Also cable and satellite rights revenues are increasing , so more focus should
have been spent on in-serial promotions . Go-to-market was delayed multiple times.
The campaign 1 Who was Ankur Arora was not supported by any advertisement
turned out to be a mistake.
Failure of PR Team: The PR team failed to stop negative publicity of Britannia case
and also failed to highlight the donation given to cancer patient at premiere
showing and donation of equipment used in movie to hospitals. This could have
brought movie in positive light and could have increased audience connect with the
movie.