The Best & Worst Advertisements in India

shankar.balan · 25th August 2009, 14:19

correct - the ad is actually a nice ad - heartwarming in a way. also reminiscent of a more innocent time/ era where the necessity for "political correctness" etc didnt exist.

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Originally Posted by normally_crazy

Guess either you haven't watched the ad properly or you have missed the beginning.

The kid goes to cheer up his school teacher who is feeling sad after her dog has died - I like the ad.

Watch it again and let us know what you feel.

bblost · 25th August 2009, 14:24

This advt very good:

YouTube - Thr best ever ad of surf excel......

I don't find anything nice about this Dog Boy advt

YouTube - Surf Excel 'Dog Boy'

DueLLeR · 25th August 2009, 14:37

A new breed of irritating ads by Videocon. The ad is completely animated and shows the two green thingies (!?!) jump up to the moon and get him down to cheer an infant. There are a couple of variants bordering around the same theme. Don't know what Videocon is trying to say with these ads. Aren't they selling home appliances anymore?

EDIT: The background score is equally pathetic - goes "yeah, yeah yeah, yeah..."

diabloo · 25th August 2009, 14:47

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Originally Posted by DueLLeR

Don't know what Videocon is trying to say with these ads. Aren't they selling home appliances anymore?

First, they are trying to 'bond' with consumers 'emotionally'. Later they will sell what they have.

neoranjit · 26th August 2009, 16:16

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Originally Posted by SohailPistawala

I kind of like the new Airtel DTH Ad. wat say

I liked the track that plays in the ad.. So hunted it down and put it on rapidshare..

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deadguy25 · 26th August 2009, 16:18

I dunno how many of us remember the old Shogun ad.

I thought it was awesome!

hanmust · 27th August 2009, 13:52

I saw this beautiful ad from the video page of my friend's orkut profile. I liked this video.

YouTube - Hyundai i30

diabloo · 27th August 2009, 15:54

Few years back Coca Cola was trying to prove that cold means Coca Cola. Now that bug has bitten Cadbury's - they are now trying to prove sweets means Diary Milk.

BTW, the best of their effort was when they made Amitabh Bachchan's cow win a beauty pageant !!

wheeler · 27th August 2009, 15:56

An ad which I came across and found really nice.

YouTube - Beautifully Imperfect

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I hope that this thread is not for ads shown in India alone. If the mods think that my post is inappropriate here, kindly delete.

akj53 · 27th August 2009, 16:36

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Originally Posted by normally_crazy

Guess either you haven't watched the ad properly or you have missed the beginning.

The kid goes to cheer up his school teacher who is feeling sad after her dog has died - I like the ad.

Watch it again and let us know what you feel.

The ad agency could have found thousand of other ways to cheer the teacher. But making a kid act like a dog to sell your product is sickening and disgusting and they are teaching the kids to dirty their cloths by such ads so their product could sell more. Even their tag line "daag acche hain' also means the same. Have these people no sense of decency left with them.

Unilever should learn that there are still some decent ways left to make money.

prince_pervez · 27th August 2009, 17:38

I watched the Saif Kareena Ad for some Television company. Boy it was nice. Somehow I feel the ending could have been different. The other female was better than Kareena. Drat!

travelwriter · 27th August 2009, 17:48

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Originally Posted by akj53

The ad agency could have found thousand of other ways to cheer the teacher....

I agree that this is a really stupid ad. It is taking the 'emotional' theme too far for something like a detergent powder. The agency has run out of ideas. The first ad in the 'daag achhe hain" where the little boy tries to console his little sister by splashing around in the puddle was good and made sense. But this new ad....silly. Very silly

travelwriter · 27th August 2009, 17:50

I really like the Sleepwell series of ads. I have seen two of them. One where the man washes a car and later finds that it was someone else's and the other where the mother drags a child in the departmental store and finds out it is someone else's kid.

Good humour although the message is a little weak.

bblost · 28th August 2009, 09:28

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Originally Posted by prince_pervez

The other female was better than Kareena. Drat!

She is a former Miss India.
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sushrutha · 28th August 2009, 12:42

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Originally Posted by bblost

She is a former Miss India.

@bblost , a slight correction, she is a former Miss India Runner up.
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25th August 2009, 14:37	#1533
DueLLeR BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: Vashi / Navi Mumbai Posts: 214 Thanked: 123 Times	Videocon: Change is Everything A new breed of irritating ads by Videocon. The ad is completely animated and shows the two green thingies (!?!) jump up to the moon and get him down to cheer an infant. There are a couple of variants bordering around the same theme. Don't know what Videocon is trying to say with these ads. Aren't they selling home appliances anymore? EDIT: The background score is equally pathetic - goes "yeah, yeah yeah, yeah..." Last edited by DueLLeR : 25th August 2009 at 14:42. Reason: Points added
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26th August 2009, 16:18	#1536
deadguy25 BHPian Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 393 Thanked: 221 Times	I dunno how many of us remember the old Shogun ad. I thought it was awesome!
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27th August 2009, 15:54	#1538
diabloo BANNED Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengalooru Posts: 1,480 Thanked: 17 Times	Few years back Coca Cola was trying to prove that cold means Coca Cola. Now that bug has bitten Cadbury's - they are now trying to prove sweets means Diary Milk. BTW, the best of their effort was when they made Amitabh Bachchan's cow win a beauty pageant !!
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27th August 2009, 17:38	#1541
prince_pervez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redwood shores, CA, USA Posts: 4,210 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	I watched the Saif Kareena Ad for some Television company. Boy it was nice. Somehow I feel the ending could have been different. The other female was better than Kareena. Drat!
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27th August 2009, 17:50	#1543
travelwriter BHPian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 294 Thanked: 115 Times	Sleepwell I really like the Sleepwell series of ads. I have seen two of them. One where the man washes a car and later finds that it was someone else's and the other where the mother drags a child in the departmental store and finds out it is someone else's kid. Good humour although the message is a little weak.
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