Advertisements-I hate and love May 13, 2007
Posted by mgurunath in ad, advertisements, airtel, camlin, funny, innovative, vulgarity.trackback
Airtel : This is the worst ad by airtel of all. The ad starts with a young son and old dad playing chess in a village setting. The son plays a move and exclaims “Check and mate”. Dad replies “Subah tumhari shaam hamari” (Game is urs in morning it would be mine in evening). Mother comments “Par yeh to ghar jaaraha hai shaam ko” (Son is returning back in evening)
And then unexplicably dad just drops all the chess coins in dejection. And then they show the son calling from train in evening and playing the game.
This is an ABSOLUTELY torturous ad. The acting of the characters makes it worse. I hope Airtel realises that they are more bad than good with this ad.
Amul Macho : Now a days the amount of exposure and vulgarity being shown has reached new levels in Indian cinema as well as advertising. The expressions of the lady washing the men innerwear is bordering towards vulgarity. I HATE it.
Camlin Ad : WOW! What a imagination. Starts with wailing of “Rudaalis” and a wife beside an husband who is on his death bed. And in a typical hindi movie style, the candle blows off and the husband dies. Rudaalis move in to deprive the widow of all the objects that mark her as a married woman. They take off her bangles etc. When they try to remove the vermilion mark, it cannot be wiped off. They try as much as they can to remove it, but it doesnt get wiped off. And suddenly the husband revives 
Then the flash back, instead of using the vermilion mark the man had used Camlin Marker pen long long in the past, and even now it cannot be removed very funny and innovative…Must see
Yeah real stupid ad. The old man is the granddad and not the ad.
Actually this chess is a sequel to an earlier one where it is established that the goon is the grandson.
The actors are some renowned names so it’s a pity that this ad is getting panned from all quarters.