Best Ads on Indian TV:

Hadji · Jun 14th, 2006, 17:54

Besides the obviously cute Hutch ones, I was wondering what others there were.

Can't remember any right now. Have to start concentrating on my TV again.

Hadji · Jun 14th, 2006, 17:56

Hey, how about the Venita Cucine one? I find it sweet that the entire family finds the time to spend it in their kitchen. Don't know about the ample display of bosom though.:b

Hadji · Jun 14th, 2006, 17:57

And how could I forget the Tata Indica one...

Dishum!

Hadji · Jun 15th, 2006, 20:05

Caught up on my TV watching today:

The Monster.com ad is quite funny. (I forgot that some people might not be aware of what I'm talking about.) It's got a butcher working in a barber's parlour, holding a cleaver over a guy's foamed face in the first scene, juxtaposed with a Bharatnatyam dancer working as one of those people who guide the airplane towards the landing gate, and in the last scene there's a cricketer working in a Dhobi ghat, bashing away at a pile of laundry with his cricket bat.

The by-line is that you should use Monster.com for finding a job that's more suitable to your needs.

Hadji · Jun 15th, 2006, 20:55

^The reason why it's so funny (at least to me) is the way the cricketer is going at it with the bat. Whack whack whack. How many times do you see a cricketer doing that, lol?

Anyway, there's another one about bleaching your teeth using this product called Orbit White. There's someone who's sitting facing the camera who I assume is a dentist (he's dressed in white), and he's speaking in a very Indian accent--I don't know how to describe it, but the funny bit is when he introduces his patient--a cow (wait, is he a veterinarian, or maybe a veterinarian-dentist?). The cow's chewing its cud and it smiles to expose its gleaming white teeth, to which the doctor responds--ummm, I don't quite remember that, stupid memory, but he uses the line "After all, man is a social animal" in it. The humour is in the way his monologue is delivered in that lovely, typical accent that he uses, but what's even more funny is that I had been hearing this phrase pop up a couple of times in conversations with people and I was wondering how it'd gotten so familiar. And then I saw the ad. It made it all the more beguiling to watch.

NYBadshah1 · Jun 16th, 2006, 18:07

I've seen all the ones mentioned above. My favorite is probably the Airtel one. The power of expression. It goes "Two words can bring down an empire" while showing the Quit India movement, and then "One dream can change the world" while showing MLK Then a few others are "One raised finger can break a billion hearts" while showing an Indian cricket player getting out and the umpire raising his finger, and then "Two can win a war" while showing Churchill giving the V-sign. There's a few more too. I thought it was really creatively put together. I personally don't really like Indian commercials, probably because I really only watch ESPN/World Cup and they play the same commercials over and over again.

manreet_16 · Jun 16th, 2006, 18:09

airtel one is classic

Casey · Jun 16th, 2006, 18:14

When we were there earlier this year there was one for an engine oil, with Papu Plier and a few other dancing tools. The song is still in my head 3 months later!! The English Pizza Hut with the cowboy starting off with "Hey Good Lookings, what cooking" and going on to make "mammaries" with "sax and violence". We actually ventured to an Indian Pizza Hut partially due to this ad making us want to experience the Indian version. Who says marketing doesn't work! I love Indian tv for the ads. There is a great sense of humor in many of them. Even those I can't understand because of the language are fun to try to analyze what is going on. Similar to watching a Bollywood movie (in Hindi), only much shorter.

TimMakins · Jun 17th, 2006, 00:16

There was a great one last year - advertising ?cellphones? which used the music 'Breathless' by SHANKAR MAHADEVAN, or at least something quite similar. I love that one - used to rush to turn up the TV everytime it came on.

http://ww.smashits.com/music/pop/son...mahadevan.html

Tim in Ireland

Hadji · Jun 18th, 2006, 16:29

Yeah, I love the Airtel one too. Very well thought out and put together.
I can't remember the Pizza Hut one but your engine oil reminded me of the Amaron Battery ads.

There's another one about teeth whitening, I don't know if it's orbit white again, but in this one you have a traditional Indian photographer (not one of those fashion photographer types) asking his model, who's decked out in a lovely choli ghagra, to smile for the camera. And as he's doing this, whenever he asks her to smile, his assistant springs into action and lets out this screeching laugh--eeeeheeheehee--every time. The joke being that, as he smiles, the room illuminates because of the whiteness of his teeth, and therefore serves the function of a flash.

TimMakins · Jun 19th, 2006, 12:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hadji

Yeah, I love the Airtel one too. Very well thought out and put together.

Do you remember the music that was used? My recollection is that although it was in the style of 'Breathless', is wasn't the original track, rather a similar piece with a slightly different tune. As I don't speak Hindi, I can't comment on the lyrics.

Does anyone know if a different tune was used?

Is the Airtel music available online?

Tim in Ireland

capt_mahajan · Jun 19th, 2006, 16:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by TimMakins

Is the Airtel music available online?

Tim in Ireland

http://www.airtelworld.com/airworld_downloads_ads.jsp

download "the making of the airtel sound"

Hadji · Jun 19th, 2006, 19:06

Ooops, I was just about to post the same link Mahajan posted. Forgot to scroll down after reading Tim's request.

Too bad my computer's not able to download the file. That site looks like it's tailor-made for people who would've liked the ad.

TimMakins · Jun 19th, 2006, 19:16

That link doesn't seem to be the right advert. I have downloaded THE MAKING OF THE AIRTEL SOUND, also AIRTEL & FRIENDS and EXPRESS YOURSELF - none of them have the 'Breathless' music in them. That advert - was it definitely Airtel ?? Or if it was, perhaps, as last year's advert, they have removed it from the site?

Tim in Ireland

thirdreel · Jun 19th, 2006, 19:43

Last August there was an ad I occasionally saw for Maruti, which had a little grinning kid with a turban, doing a goofy little dance. I wish I could find screenshots of it.

My least favorite was the ad for scooters that used the song, "If you're happy and you know it." Way too perky.

Sometimes I feel bad about the amount of TV I watched in India. But it's kind of how my visit to Kolkata went: I'd get up in the morning, go out looking around until I was sweaty and exhausted (maybe two hours), go back to the hotel for a shower and nap and a little TV, then go out again until I was sweaty and exhausted, back for shower/nap/TV, out again, back again.

Jun 14th, 2006, 17:54	#1
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Jun 15th, 2006, 20:05	#4
Hadji Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 28	Monster.com Caught up on my TV watching today: The Monster.com ad is quite funny. (I forgot that some people might not be aware of what I'm talking about.) It's got a butcher working in a barber's parlour, holding a cleaver over a guy's foamed face in the first scene, juxtaposed with a Bharatnatyam dancer working as one of those people who guide the airplane towards the landing gate, and in the last scene there's a cricketer working in a Dhobi ghat, bashing away at a pile of laundry with his cricket bat. The by-line is that you should use Monster.com for finding a job that's more suitable to your needs.

Jun 17th, 2006, 00:16	#9
TimMakins Surprised and Delighted by Life Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the road... Posts: 961	There was a great one last year - advertising ?cellphones? which used the music 'Breathless' by SHANKAR MAHADEVAN, or at least something quite similar. I love that one - used to rush to turn up the TV everytime it came on. http://ww.smashits.com/music/pop/son...mahadevan.html Tim in Ireland __________________ Travelling Tim - http://www.mapability.com/blogs/ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain

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Jun 14th, 2006, 17:56	#2
Hadji Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 28	Hey, how about the Venita Cucine one? I find it sweet that the entire family finds the time to spend it in their kitchen. Don't know about the ample display of bosom though.:b

Jun 14th, 2006, 17:57	#3
Hadji Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 28	And how could I forget the Tata Indica one... Dishum!

Jun 15th, 2006, 20:55	#5
Hadji Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 28	^The reason why it's so funny (at least to me) is the way the cricketer is going at it with the bat. Whack whack whack. How many times do you see a cricketer doing that, lol? Anyway, there's another one about bleaching your teeth using this product called Orbit White. There's someone who's sitting facing the camera who I assume is a dentist (he's dressed in white), and he's speaking in a very Indian accent--I don't know how to describe it, but the funny bit is when he introduces his patient--a cow (wait, is he a veterinarian, or maybe a veterinarian-dentist?). The cow's chewing its cud and it smiles to expose its gleaming white teeth, to which the doctor responds--ummm, I don't quite remember that, stupid memory, but he uses the line "After all, man is a social animal" in it. The humour is in the way his monologue is delivered in that lovely, typical accent that he uses, but what's even more funny is that I had been hearing this phrase pop up a couple of times in conversations with people and I was wondering how it'd gotten so familiar. And then I saw the ad. It made it all the more beguiling to watch.

Jun 16th, 2006, 18:07	#6
NYBadshah1 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle, WA, USA Posts: 7	I've seen all the ones mentioned above. My favorite is probably the Airtel one. The power of expression. It goes "Two words can bring down an empire" while showing the Quit India movement, and then "One dream can change the world" while showing MLK Then a few others are "One raised finger can break a billion hearts" while showing an Indian cricket player getting out and the umpire raising his finger, and then "Two can win a war" while showing Churchill giving the V-sign. There's a few more too. I thought it was really creatively put together. I personally don't really like Indian commercials, probably because I really only watch ESPN/World Cup and they play the same commercials over and over again.

Jun 16th, 2006, 18:09	#7
manreet_16 On the Move Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Canada\India Posts: 358	airtel one is classic

Jun 16th, 2006, 18:14	#8
Casey Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada Posts: 637	When we were there earlier this year there was one for an engine oil, with Papu Plier and a few other dancing tools. The song is still in my head 3 months later!! The English Pizza Hut with the cowboy starting off with "Hey Good Lookings, what cooking" and going on to make "mammaries" with "sax and violence". We actually ventured to an Indian Pizza Hut partially due to this ad making us want to experience the Indian version. Who says marketing doesn't work! I love Indian tv for the ads. There is a great sense of humor in many of them. Even those I can't understand because of the language are fun to try to analyze what is going on. Similar to watching a Bollywood movie (in Hindi), only much shorter.

Jun 18th, 2006, 16:29	#10
Hadji Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 28	Yeah, I love the Airtel one too. Very well thought out and put together. I can't remember the Pizza Hut one but your engine oil reminded me of the Amaron Battery ads. There's another one about teeth whitening, I don't know if it's orbit white again, but in this one you have a traditional Indian photographer (not one of those fashion photographer types) asking his model, who's decked out in a lovely choli ghagra, to smile for the camera. And as he's doing this, whenever he asks her to smile, his assistant springs into action and lets out this screeching laugh--eeeeheeheehee--every time. The joke being that, as he smiles, the room illuminates because of the whiteness of his teeth, and therefore serves the function of a flash.

Jun 19th, 2006, 19:06	#13
Hadji Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 28	Ooops, I was just about to post the same link Mahajan posted. Forgot to scroll down after reading Tim's request. Too bad my computer's not able to download the file. That site looks like it's tailor-made for people who would've liked the ad.

Jun 19th, 2006, 19:16	#14
TimMakins Surprised and Delighted by Life Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: On the road... Posts: 961	That link doesn't seem to be the right advert. I have downloaded THE MAKING OF THE AIRTEL SOUND, also AIRTEL & FRIENDS and EXPRESS YOURSELF - none of them have the 'Breathless' music in them. That advert - was it definitely Airtel ?? Or if it was, perhaps, as last year's advert, they have removed it from the site? Tim in Ireland

Jun 19th, 2006, 19:43	#15
thirdreel Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Detroit, MI, USA Posts: 209	Last August there was an ad I occasionally saw for Maruti, which had a little grinning kid with a turban, doing a goofy little dance. I wish I could find screenshots of it. My least favorite was the ad for scooters that used the song, "If you're happy and you know it." Way too perky. Sometimes I feel bad about the amount of TV I watched in India. But it's kind of how my visit to Kolkata went: I'd get up in the morning, go out looking around until I was sweaty and exhausted (maybe two hours), go back to the hotel for a shower and nap and a little TV, then go out again until I was sweaty and exhausted, back for shower/nap/TV, out again, back again.

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