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South Asian brands deserve better than a Diwali campaign once a year.

Kaaram Studios is the insight-led strategy, creator, and media agency built by — and for — the South Asian diaspora.

30 minutes. No deck. Tell us about your brand.
Why we exist

An agency built from inside the community it serves.

The South Asian diaspora is 1.8 million strong in the UK alone. We spend more than £6 billion a year. We start brands, run brands, are the brands. And for decades, we've been briefed at by agencies who think cultural insight means putting a paisley on a hoarding in October.

Kaaram Studios is the alternative. The strategy is sharper because we lived the insight. The creator roster is real because we are part of the network. The work moves because we move with it.

Mainstream agencies treat the diaspora like a quarterly checkbox. We treat it like home.

What we do

Three pillars. One job: make South Asian brands impossible to ignore.

Pillar 01

Brand & Creative Strategy

The strategic engine. We help South Asian brands find a voice that doesn't sound borrowed, an audience they actually understand, and a creative foundation everything else hangs on.

  • Brand positioning, identity, messaging
  • Audience insight & cultural listening
  • Content strategy & editorial planning
  • Campaign ideation & creative direction
  • Tone of voice & narrative frameworks
  • Brand guidelines that don't sit in a drawer
Pillar 02

Influencer Marketing

We connect South Asian diaspora brands with creators who have cultural credibility, not just follower counts. Our network spans food, fashion, lifestyle, comedy, and commentary — UK, US, Canada, Australia.

  • Influencer discovery, vetting & cultural fit
  • End-to-end campaign management
  • Community-first micro & macro strategy
  • Performance tracking & honest ROI reporting
  • UGC and content licensing
  • A creator network you can't buy your way into
Pillar 03

Media Planning & Buying

When clients need their paid media run alongside the strategy and creator work, we keep it integrated — not handed off to a third agency who's never heard of your audience.

  • Digital media planning
  • Meta, TikTok & Google Ads management
  • South Asian diaspora audience targeting
  • Budget allocation & performance optimisation
  • Monthly reporting in plain English
  • Offered as an add-on to retainer clients
The brands we're built for

We are deliberately narrow. That's the point.

Three tiers of clients we know how to serve. If you see yourself here, you're in the right place.

Tier 01

Born in Diaspora

South Asian-founded UK brands. Food, beverage, beauty, wellness, fashion, entertainment. You have authentic heritage but your marketing hasn't caught up to the product.

Tier 02

Heritage Brands Expanding West

You started in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, or Nepal and you're building presence in the UK and beyond. You need a partner who can translate the brand without flattening it.

Tier 03

Mainstream with Diaspora Audiences

You're not South Asian, but a meaningful slice of your audience is — and you want to engage them with cultural fluency, not a token campaign.

Sectors we know well

  • Food & Beverage
  • Beauty & Personal Care
  • Fashion & Lifestyle
  • Entertainment & Media
  • Financial Services
  • Health & Wellness
  • FMCG, spices, groceries & home goods

You're a good fit if

  • Annual turnover £250k–£10m
  • Product punches above the marketing
  • In-house marketing is one person, no person, or burning out
  • You'd rather work with an agency that gets the audience than one that owns a Soho office
The track record behind the studio

Kaaram Studios is new. The team running it is not.

A selection of brands our team has shipped work for across South Asia and the diaspora.

Bvlgari
Durex
Frontier Raaz
G5A
HUL
ICICI UK
ITC Hotels
Joyalukkas
Kalyan Jewellers
Lakmé
Maanyavar
Malabar Gold & Diamonds
Mantra Holidays
Pedigree
SBI UK
…and more

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Who's actually doing the work

Two founders. Both senior. Both on every account.

No junior-bait-and-switch. The people you meet on the discovery call are the people running your work.

Atulya

Brand & Creative Strategy

Atulya leads positioning, insight, and creative direction. [Background sentence — e.g. "Previously at [agency / brand], where they led [type of work] for [type of clients]."] They built Kaaram Studios to do the kind of culturally specific work mainstream agencies keep trying — and failing — to fake.

Bharath

Influencer Marketing & Operations

Bharath leads creator strategy, campaign delivery, and the operational engine that keeps client work on time and on budget. [Background sentence — e.g. "Previously at [agency / brand], where they built a creator network of [X] across [regions]."] If you've worked with an agency that ghosted you after the SOW, Bharath is the opposite of that.

The way in

From first call to first session in two weeks.

01

A 30-minute call

No deck. We listen. You talk about your brand, your audience, and the bit that isn't working.

02

A tailored proposal

Inside 48 hours. One pillar or two, scoped to what you actually need — not a copy-paste retainer.

03

Work that ships

First strategy session within two weeks of signing. We under-promise. Then we over-deliver. Then we ask for the referral.

Let's talk

Bring us your brand. We'll bring the heat.

If you've read this far, you're probably the kind of founder we built Kaaram for. Book a 30-minute discovery call. Worst case, you leave with a fresh perspective. Best case, you leave with an agency.

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