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Tag: <span>Behavioural Science</span>

Bingo! and the Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai campaign
Throwback

Bingo! Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai: The Ad That Sold Imperfection

Bingo! turned odd-shaped chips into a badge of ownership with Tedha Hai Par Mera Hai, a lesson in endowment and identity in…

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AJIO Ghar Wapsi turns Diwali into an orbit-tracked deal drop
New Ads

AJIO’s Ghar Wapsi: the psychology of an astronaut-led Diwali ad

AJIO's Ghar Wapsi turns a space station into a festive deal engine. Inside the psychology of homecoming, progress and variable rewards.

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Whisper India's Touch the Pickle
Throwback

The Psychology of an Ad: Whisper India’s Touch the Pickle

A 2014 Whisper India film made a jar of pickle a symbol of defiance. Here are the behavioural levers that made the…

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HP's Lights of Change: six heroes, one thin brand thread
Ad Reviews

HP’s Diwali Film Earns Admiration, Not Brand Recall

HP's Lights of Change spotlights six Indian innovations. The elevation lands, but the brand's role stays abstract. A behavioural critique.

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Bonkers Corner's Counterfeit Conundrum
Viral Ads

Bonkers Corner Turns Counterfeits Into a Brand Flex

Bonkers Corner's Counterfeit Conundrum turns street-side knock-offs into social proof, using contrast and loss aversion to sell the original.

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BGMI's Cartoon Waala Game campaign
Viral Ads

BGMI’s Cartoon Waala Game ad turns player slang into rivalry

BGMI's 'Cartoon Waala Game' campaign shows how a brand can use community slang to roast a rival and spark organic sharing among…

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Amazon Joy Delivered: kindness as the delivery
Viral Ads

Amazon’s Joy Delivered is a reciprocity masterclass

A cancelled flight, a chain of small kindnesses and a bag of gifts: how Amazon's 2026 Christmas ad turns gratitude into brand…

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Tanishq: A Wedding to Remember
Throwback

Tanishq’s 2013 remarriage ad: the psychology that made it work

How Tanishq turned a woman's second marriage into lasting brand love by using narrative transportation, identity signalling and emotional contagion.

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Fastrack AFTERHOURS: Never Same. Never Sane.
Viral Ads

Fastrack AFTERHOURS: the psychology of 3 obsessions

Fastrack's AFTERHOURS turns three youth obsessions—Spooky, Overdrive and Groove—into one brand world. The psychology behind the chaos.

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Swiss Beauty’s We Got You: wedding floor as makeup test
New Ads

Swiss Beauty’s We Got You is a wedding-floor makeup test

Swiss Beauty’s festive film turns Taapsee Pannu’s wedding-floor energy into a promise: stop worrying about your makeup, the brand’s got it.

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Closeup: Kya Aap Close Up Karte Hain?
Throwback

How Closeup Made Fresh Breath a Romantic Signal

The Indian ad that turned fresh breath into a cue for romantic confidence—and what it still teaches about selling social outcomes.

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New World’s ‘Delicious is in the Details’
New Ads

New World reframes Christmas stress as an expertise story

The New Zealand grocer’s 2026 Christmas film uses decision fatigue, authority and vicarious rehearsal to win the family food budget.

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