Tata DOCOMO announces 'KISS and Win' contest

Tata DOCOMO’s CREATE platform is back again. The company has now launched a new contest on its innovative Tata DOCOMO CREATE platform. Launched earlier to give participants a chance to showcase their talent to the world, the CREATE platform is back with a bang.

A platform that gathered tremendous response and received special acknowledgement from the BBC is ready again for the users to unleash their creative side to the world and win big moolah at the same time.

Tata DOCOMO invites fellow ‘DO’ers to participate and showcase their KISS – ‘Keep It Simple’ story in its ‘KISS and Win’ contest! The contest is based on the lines that life has many problems, each of which has one simple solution.

For example you may get frustrated waiting for the train at the station for hours while the train gets late as usual. However, you could have simply avoided this situation by just checking the status of the train online before leaving for the station.

Similarly, you could have saved that extra buck on that boring weekend movie if you would have just cared to read the review of the flick before taking that impromptu decision. It is that simple. You are free to express or define simple trouble-shooters to life’s complex problems. Participants can submit their entries in four categories –

Stand-up Comedy Act – This leg is meant for the people who believe they possess the acting skills! Participants are invited to mimic, enact, try ventriloquism, do whatever they are good at to ensure their act brings out the ‘simple solution’ to life’s complex situations while looking at the funny side. In short make the jury fall off their chairs laughing! The length of the video entry must be upto 2 mins in .flv format.

Animation – For the hardwired animators - using the DOCOMO logo, participants need to show how ‘DO’ and ‘CO’ help ‘MO’ to solve his problem through a simple solution! The length of the animation films should be between 05 to 60 seconds in .flv format.

Comic Strip – For all the illustrators, designers, artists or people who are good at drawing, here is a chance relive the good ol’ memories and create comic strips that highlight simple solutions to life’s jalebis. Participants must bring to life imaginary characters, let speech bubbles talk their tongue and explain their perception of keeping it simple! The comic strip size must be 1024*768px in .JPG format.

Script – For the creative geniuses who really believe in the power of pen and can bring words to life through their interesting narrations, scripts or stories. We are inviting them to pen-down an interesting script for us showcasing how the complexities of life were dispelled using simple solutions.

Wait. There are prizes galore to lure you too! The winner in each category stands a chance to win a whopping sum of Rs. 1,00,000 and two runner-ups in each category will win a smartphone each! Icing on the cake – there is no restriction on the number of entries and you are free to participate in all the categories!

The last date of submission for entries on the latest leg of the CREATE Platform will be on 15th June, 2011. Hurry now! Stand up and bring out the creative genius inside you to Do the New.