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Monday, November 24, 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

DPDP Act will change how we interact with the internet. Get ready for the consent mails

India does not have a data protection regulator to make good on the DPDP Act’s promise and articulate clear future standards.

172 countries & counting, India looks to hit new record in rice exports. But there’s a flip side

The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.

US pilot says his team pulled out of Dubai Air Show after Tejas crash out of respect for IAF pilot

Taylor ‘Fema’ Hiester, commander of USAF F-16 Viper Demo Team, hit out at air show organisers for continuing with the show after Wing Commander Namansh Syal lost his life in the incident.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.