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Friday, March 29, 2024
TopicAlyque Padamsee

Topic: Alyque Padamsee

Gerson Da Cunha told me theatre is a great education. I understand it now: Tara Deshpande

Gerson Da Cunha may have hailed from the golden era of advertising. But many will credit him for introducing the talents of Shyam Benegal and Alyque Padamsee to India.

Covid or Netflix, nothing can stop theatre. Hyderabad’s Qadir Ali Baig Festival shows why

The cultural space in India may be contested, but theatre is certainly not cancelled. What's unfortunate is the 'bechara' tag that theatre persons should have countered long ago.

When Alyque Padamsee and I went public, I was shunned. But Alyque wasn’t: Dolly Thakore

In her memoir, veteran theatre personality Dolly Thakore writes candidly about love, sex, infidelity, motherhood, commitment, and heartbreaks.

The KamaSutra ad that changed the role of condoms in India from functional to pleasurable

Depicting a sensuous Pooja Bedi in the shower, the 1991 ad was a landmark for being the first in India to show the contraceptive as a tool of pleasure.

Liril and Lalitaji: A tale of two ads and how they captured India’s attention

The two ads created by Alyque Padamsee showed India at the cusp of change.

Alyque Padamsee, the ad genius who kept advertisements simple and direct

Alyque Padamsee, who died Saturday, was also a theatre personality & played Jinnah to Ben Kingsley’s Gandhi in the 1982 Oscar winner

भारत का पहला ‘सेक्सी’ कंडोम विज्ञापन और उसकी खट्टी-मीठी यादें

भारत में कंडोम के पहले विज्ञापन पर विज्ञापनगुरु अलिक पदमसी की टिप्पणी और दर्शकों की प्रतिक्रिया

How India reacted to its first ‘sexy’ condom ad

Ad guru Alyque Padamsee talks about how the first condom ad in India came to be and the audience reaction to it.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.