Dosa or
Mattress?

A couple walks into a mattress store, already a little overwhelmed. The shopkeeper transforms — mid-sentence — into a South Indian restaurant waiter, rattling off mattress varieties the way he'd call out the day's specials. The wife cuts him off: "Dosa nahi chahiye, mattress chahiye." When every other brand is a menu, SleepyCat is a decision.

Client
SleepyCat
Format
Brand Film
Year
2023
Director
Ratna Singh
Agency
Causate Collective
01 — The Film Brand Film · 2023
02 — The Concept Brief & Idea

The Brief

The market is the
problem.

SleepyCat needed to cut through one of the most cluttered categories in Indian e-commerce — mattresses. The market is packed with foam types, spring systems, layers, and technical jargon that leaves buyers more confused than when they started. The brief was simple: communicate that SleepyCat is the antidote. One great mattress. No confusion.

The Concept

Turn the confusion
into the joke.

We leaned into the confusion itself and made it the punchline. A couple walks into a local mattress store, already a little overwhelmed. The shopkeeper transforms — mid-sentence — into a South Indian restaurant waiter, rattling off mattress varieties the way a waiter calls out the day's specials. Memory foam, orthopedic, spring, latex, coir — every option delivered with the speed and authority of a lunch-rush menu recitation.

The wife cuts him off: "Dosa nahi chahiye. Mattress chahiye." The film's entire argument in one line. When every other brand is a menu, SleepyCat is a decision. The best quality mattress, simply — no menu required.

03 — Credits The Team
Client
SleepyCat
Agency
Causate Collective
Director
Ratna Singh
DOP & Edit
Amal Rajendran
Production
Verrochios Workways
Format
Brand Film