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Tag: <span>Indian Advertising</span>

Dabur Real’s Diwali ad turns friendship into the festive pitch
Branding

Dabur Real’s Diwali ad puts friendship before the product

Dabur Real’s Diwali film leads with a child’s act of friendship rather than the pack, a lesson in emotional branding and festive…

3 min read
Bajaj Pulsar: Definitely Male
Throwback

What Pulsar’s Definitely Male Taught Marketers

In 2001, Bajaj Pulsar stopped selling engine specs and sold a male tribe. The campaign’s identity-led psychology still shapes Indian advertising.

3 min read
Titan Watches, Chosen Family
Viral Ads

Titan’s Chosen Family ad redefines Diwali gifting

Titan Watches’ Diwali campaign builds family from friendship and kitchen camaraderie, using a watch as the gift that marks chosen bonds.

2 min read
Redmi's Crimes Against Phones
Viral Ads

Redmi turns phone mishaps into crimes with Anup Soni

Redmi's four-part Note 17 Pro campaign casts Anup Soni as a Crime Patrol-style host who flips phone mishaps into playful offences.

3 min read
Pee Safe: In Your Comfort Zone, Nothing Is Too Much
Viral Ads

Pee Safe flips the comfort zone to sell period comfort

Pee Safe's new campaign, 'In Your Comfort Zone, Nothing Is Too Much', reframes period comfort as a choice, not a reward. The…

3 min read
Parachute Advansed Gold sells girlhood, not hair oil
Branding

Parachute Advansed Gold sells girlhood, not hair oil

Marico's new Parachute Advansed Gold film uses coastal Andhra traditions, braids and friendship to sell girlhood, memory and emotion instead of hair…

2 min read
Fevicol Bus: the unbreakable bond ad
Throwback

Fevicol Bus: the psychology of an unbreakable ad

How an overloaded bus turned Fevicol's 'mazboot jod' tagline into Indian culture's default phrase for bonds that simply do not break.

3 min read
Kinnect turns to a 19-year strategy veteran
Branding

Kinnect hires 19-year strategy veteran to lead planning

Kinnect appoints Shipra Chinchankar as National Planning Director, betting classic brand planning will sharpen its multi-platform strategy.

3 min read
SBI Life's Anokhe Heere
Viral Ads

SBI Life’s Anokhe Heere turns para-athletes into diamonds

SBI Life's Anokhe Heere follows a boy who hunts for diamonds in junk and finds value in Indian para-athletes. Here is the…

3 min read
Mountain Dew India: Dar Ke Aage Jeet Hai
Throwback

Mountain Dew’s Dar Ke Aage Jeet Hai: The Fear Reframe

How Mountain Dew India's 2008 Dar Ke Aage Jeet Hai campaign made fear an asset—a case study in selling an emotional state,…

3 min read
Naukri.com's Hari Sadu
Throwback

How Naukri.com’s Hari Sadu Ad Turned an Insult Into Brand Gold

The Hari Sadu ad didn't sell job listings. It sold the relief of escaping a boss. Here is the behavioural science behind…

3 min read
Pepsi India's Yeh Dil Maange More: Selling Want, Not Cola
Throwback

Pepsi India’s Yeh Dil Maange More: Selling Want, Not Cola

The psychology behind Pepsi India's 'Yeh Dil Maange More'—how a tagline branded youthful desire and turned wanting more into a cultural rallying…

3 min read