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Sunday, September 21, 2025
TopicIndian advertisements

Topic: Indian advertisements

Karan Johar and Ananya Panday endorsing Rajdhani Besan. Who came up with this PR disaster?

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and L’Oreal Paris, Virat Kohli and Puma, Ranveer Singh and Pepsi—these pairings click as they create an instant connection.

Clinic Plus campaigns mix haircare with heart. Pregnant mother wishes for daughter in new ad

Clinic Plus’ latest ad, released on Daughter’s Day, takes an old theme and delivers a fresh, emotional twist that hits home. It’s normalising the wish for a girl child.

Punjabi brands have cracked the next advertising war. Big agencies have to catch up

Storytelling on viral Instagram Reels are the most effective. Brands can reclaim what they were in the TV era, but only if they crack the millennial and Gen Z code.

From a rabbit selling ‘papad’ to a pug for phone network, these ‘warm’ ads brought us closer

Dogs to cats and gorillas, the Indian advertising industry has incorporated animals to create impressionable ads that have stood the test of time.

Inside story of how billionaires of big-brand pan masala industry got around an ad ban

Despite ban on advertisement and sale of pan masala and gutka, the industry's biggest brands and barons have thrived by using IPL, fancy commercials and Bollywood stars.

The Rasna girl who stole hearts one ’80s ad at a time

In the 1980s, juice concentrate brand Rasna's ads starred Ankita Jhaveri and a simple, effective tag line — 'I love you, Rasna'.

Tara Sinha — Tough cookie who brought start-up culture to Indian advertising dies at 88

Over a career that lasted more than 50 years, Tara Sinha was known as a pioneer who handled top accounts including Coca Cola, Nestle and Gillette.

Roz khao ande: When a pro-egg campaign was a hit with Indian vegetarians

The 1980s campaign pitched egg as a fun food, and told Indians how they could make several dishes out of it.

Devil’s in the detail: How Onida TV became a household name in the ’80s

Onida’s new TV came when the market was flooded by Sony, BPL and Videocon sets, but it brought home what none of the others could – neighbour’s envy.

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

On Camera

Ahmedabad’s Calico Museum took away my phone. And then something magical happened

Without my phone, I wasn't thinking about capturing some beautiful textiles for my ‘inspiration gallery’. I was fully present, taking in the colours and patterns on display.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.