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Ad Nut
Dec 3, 2019

Can you solve the mystery in this short film from HarperCollins?

Yes? No? Maybe? Eight-minute thriller by Taproot Dentsu India celebrates crime fiction.

HarperCollins India launched this digital film, entitled "Parcel", to celebrate crime writing from India and around the world.

It was scripted and directed by Titus Upputuru, creative head of Taproot Dentsu.

Will you figure out what's happening, before it's too late?

Ad Nut is a surprisingly literate woodland creature that for unknown reasons has an unhealthy obsession with advertising. Ad Nut gathers ads from all over Asia and the world for your viewing pleasure, because Ad Nut loves you. You can also check out Ad Nut's Advertising Hall of Fame, or read about Ad Nut's strange obsession with 'murderous beasts'.

 

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