MUMBAI: The day 2  of Cannes Lions 2019 awards witnessed Indian agencies grabbing on to several laurels as compared to just two bronze metals scored by TBWA Mumbai on the previous day.

Grey India won the first Silver Lion for India for P&G’s Gillette ‘The Barber Shop Girls – Shaving Stereotypes’ campaign, in the Entertainment Lions for Music category. Wunderman Thompson India won five Bronze Lions in the Industry Craft category for Jimmy Nelson Foundation’s ‘Blink Test’ and ‘Blink Off’ campaign.

Offroad Films won a Bronze Lion for Vicks’ ‘One in a million #TouchOfCare’ spot.

India also got shortlisted for a bunch of campaigns across Creative Data, Creative Strategy, Direct, Media, PR and Social and Influencer categories.

The shortlisted campaigns include Dentsu Webchutney’s campaigns for Swiggy. It has got 8 shortlists.  It’s also the only Indian agency shortlisted in the Social & Influencer category. Dentsu Webchutney’s ‘Code Name: URI – The Surgical Strike’ for the film is shortlisted in PR Lions. The campaign was also shortlisted for Lion in the Entertainment category but couldn’t win any metals.

Mindshare got two shortlists in Creative Data with its ‘The Inflection Alert System’ for Hindustan Unilever qualified for the final round. It’s also shortlisted in Media Lions. Lowe Lintas, Grey India, Google India, Mindshare, Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, and Cheil are the other companies that bagged shortlists for India. Publicis Singapore’s ‘Touch Of Care’ campaign for P&G’s Vicks has two shortlists in the Creative Strategy category.