Barbie Releases a Campaign Video of 'You Can Be Anything'

The iconic doll brand from the house of Mattel - Barbie, released a campaign video in India called ‘You Can Be Anything,’ to inspire young girls in India to dream beyond limitations. The campaign celebrates the significance for young girls to have positive, strong role models that inspire them to believe that they can be anything.

With the belief of ‘You Can Be Anything’ philosophy, Barbie reached out to mothers across India to know what their daughters aspire to become when they grow up. The response was overwhelming, with about 1,000 moms sharing beautiful stories of their daughters. Barbie finally chose three girls with most inspiring stories and decided to fulfil their dreams of becoming a Chef, a Gymnast and a Comedian. The perfect role models who were brought on board to mentor, motivate and inspire these young girls were: Commonwealth Games gymnast, Meghana Reddy; Chef at Flavour Diaries, Anjali Pathak and Entertainer Urooj Ashfaq.

Barbie, along with these celebrated mentors created an intensive mentorship program, to help these girls overcome challenges, and accomplish infinite possibilities through hard work and dedication. This program was documented as a video by Barbie and released coinciding with International Day of the Girl Child, to encourage and motivate several other girls out there to conquer their dreams.

Speaking on the occasion, Lokesh Kataria, Mattel’s Head of Marketing said, “We are delighted to celebrate the International Day of the Girl Child in India with the release of our campaign video – ‘You Can Be Anything’. This campaign was conceptualized to encourage young minds through actual stories and highlight the significance of empowering role models. We are happy to have three prominent young achievers like Meghana, Anjali, and Urooj as mentors, and with them, we have tried to depict the importance of appropriate guidance in nurturing dreams. We are hopeful that this initiative will encourage the next generation to believe in their dreams and have faith in their potential.”

Mentors for this campaign are: Meghana Reddy, Commonwealth Games Gymnast: Telangana’s 19-year-old Meghana is India’s exclusive Olympic representative in gymnastics. She has been training under a former world champion in the US and UK for the last four years and has specialized in Rhythmic Gymnastics. Anjali Pathak, Chef of Flavour Diaries: Anjali Pathak is a foodie, passionate chef and a teacher. She has been running the popular food studio Flavour Diaries in Mumbai for three years now, offering hands-on cooking classes using fresh local produce, spanning across the Mediterranean, European, American and Asian cuisines. Urooj Ashfaq, Entertainer: The 22-year old is a writer and comedian working in Mumbai. She is one of the promising comedians in the circuit, who is known to be creating waves with her slick humour and cute face.

Mattel Toys has focused its efforts around the core philosophy of ‘Play with a purpose’ – where each toy developed by the global leader has an intrinsic benefit linked to it. For 59 years, Barbie has led girls on a path to self-discovery. After over 180 inspirational careers and diverse range of collectibles, Barbie—along with her friends and family—continues to inspire and encourage the next generation of girls that they can be anything.