From laptops to pedicure kits, Urban Company shows that every hustle deserves respect

Conceptualised by Talented, the campaign consists of an ad film.

Manifest Media Staff

Sep 9, 2025, 4:55 pm

Urban Company's 'Chhote Sapne?' campaign.

Urban Company has rolled out a campaign, 'Chhote Sapne?' as part of their ongoing brand narrative that aims to reframe the public perception of the company’s service professionals and uplift micro-enterpreneurs.

Conceptualised by Talented, the campaign comprises an ad film.

The film opens with an Urban Company professional entering a client’s home, where the client is busy on a call and preparing a cake for her company’s fifth anniversary. As she brews tea, she offers a cup to the professional who is setting up for a pedicure. Noticing the celebration, the professional remarks on the milestone. The client explains it’s been five years since she started her business. And then suggests that the professional should consider starting something of her own, questioning how long she plans to carry her kit from house to house. The professional responds calmly, reminding her that every entrepreneur faces naysayers. She adds that her work is just as much her own, built on reputation and trust. “The only difference between you and me,” she says, “is that one carries a laptop and the other a box. But the pride of building something on my own is priceless.”

What we think about it: The film carries forward the brand's ongoing narrative of dignity in service, yet it still feels fresh thanks to its grounded storytelling and the authenticity of its central exchange.

CREDITS:

Client: Urban Company 

Agency: Talented 

Director: Kopal Naithani

Executive producer: Tarun Bali

DOP: Kabir Tejpal

Music director: Gaurav Chatterjii

VO: Kopal Naithani

Editor: Paramita Gosh

PD: Tapas Singha

Costume stylist: Khushbu Banerjee

Casting director: Abhimanyu Ray

 

1st AD: Dimple Soni

DA: Devika Awasthi

1st AC: Parth Joshi

2nd AD: Simran Khanna

Talents:

Malvika (UC Customer) - Priyasha Bhardwaj

UC Tech: Princy Sudhakaran

Line producer: Firoz Ansari

Associate producer: Lynston Rodrigues

Production controller: Sanket Bhansali

 

Line producer: Firoz Ansari

Associate producer: Lynston Rodrigues

Production controller: Sanket Bhansali

Production manager: Fardeen Shaikh

Production manager: Ravikant Jawa

HMU: Karan

Art director: Sagar Randive

Costume assistant: Divya Gidi

Dressman: Pawan

 

Storyboard: Atul Rane

Accounts manager: Rakesh Sharma

Gaffer: Mahmood Ali & Sharif

Camera Attd: Ramaa

Focus puller: Yogesh Tiwari

Sync sound: Akhilesh Singh

DIT: Nikhil Jadhav

Prod boy head: Sandeep Alim

Production boys: Ravi, Vishal, Dilshad and Sanjay, Gautam

Office help: Amit Sah, Shankar and Abhay Bansi

 

Post Production:

 

Grade: Nube Studio

Colourist: Navin Shetty

Online studio: Picture post

Senior online artist: Omkar Sakpal

Online artist: Salmaan

Sound engineer: Sashvat Suresh

Sound studio: Orbis the studio

Musician: Tapas Da

Post producer: Mithun Bangera

Source: MANIFEST MEDIA

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