The Advertisements I Still Admire

Going back in time has always been so much fun for me. I always enjoy talking about the days that have passed. Infact I guess everyone of us enjoy this and do discuss with our family and friends about our past. There's a lot to talk about past ; the childhood, the fun, friends & learning small stuffs like riding bycycle etc. Everything is so so close to our heart that we just feel touched when we talk about them. Even television is something that takes a special place in our memories. I talked about television and its memories earlier too and now I would like to talk about TV Ads – The Advertisements / Commercials. Doordarshan gave a great piece of collection to the advertising world. Ek chidiya anek chidiya was the doordarshan commercial to convey the message of Unity. Then Mile sur mera tumhara was another one. Sometimes when I think about an idea I use the words “Per jugat lagani hogi” . The advertisements that we still keep clear vision of is Lijjat pappad. Can anyone think about a simple product of pappad getting such popularity, all credit goes to advertisement. I always praise the advertisement world because of its creativity.




Not only today's Zoo Zoos of vodafone show the creativity but when it comes to art & creativity I always appriciate The 7 Up (cold drink) toon - Fido dido. I even got first price trophy when I made 7Up poster in my school's poster making competition and thats the hugest trophy I got in my life. I even loved the Pan Pasand Ad, short & sweet and the Jalebi Ad of Dhara, oh.. my mouth is watering. The boy in Jalebi Ad was sooo cute, he even acted in the movie Kuch kuch hota hai & Sikander. The ice cream Ads are always kids favorite, Amul's Doodh doodh doodh commercial was something that encouraged us at home to drink milk. The sunday ho ya monday roz khao ande jingle was also good. Though I am a pure vegeterian but still liked the commercial. The United Pressure cooker commercial – Khaye jao khaye jao United ke gun gaye jao, was another I remember.
There were few products who's advertisements were really nice and are still continuing with the same flow : Fevicol is one of them. The two elephants pulling a box & showing Fevicol ka jod. After this came the ad where a bus was completely covered with Rajasthani crowd sitting, hanging all over it again showing fevicol ka jod and then fevicol Ads became so popular. I always adore Cadburies Ads, they always show something special in their Ads something very chocolaty . Even Cold drinks ads have always been the point of attraction. Does anybody remember the Aishwarya Rai and Aamir's Pepsi Ad where Aish is named Sanju/Sanjana and even Mahima chaudhary was there. She looked so different in it. Pepsi's Ye hi hai right choice baby was a nice slogan.




When it comes to bollywood involved in advertisements there were many good, famous advertisements. Pepsi was one as I earlier said. Then a very nice classic ad that I remember was Dharamendra's Rajdoot Ad- Ek jaandar sawari, shaandar sawari. What an amaizing casting for the jaandar sawari. I love advertisement world also because of that, they know exactly what to do and how to do. Well coming back to bollywood, Complan's I am a complan boy, I am a complan girl was the debut of Shahid Kapoor & Ayesha Takeya. Then there was Mayor Suitings starring Shahrukh Khan – Shahrukh Mayor Khan, Digjam Suitings had Shekher Kapoor. Yes, the director Shekhar Kapoor. And remember the Titan's symphony (Check it here: You Tube ) well the girl playing piano in that Ad is Minisha Lamba.
Some of the classic rememberable Ads were Hamara Bajaj. I think at that time almost every common man had Bajaj scooter. Thats the power of advertisements. And Bajaj reminds me of Bajaj Bulb – Jab bhi roshni deta bajaj. It was an awesome Advertisement. Chip-chip chip-chip chip-chip Fevistick, another cute Ad of Dhara:Jalebi boy (Parzun Dastur). Feviquick's Ad was a hilarious Ad, the one where a man comes for fishing. Even Beauty products had some nice commercials Vicco's Ads were also good with nice jingles. Nirma's jingle - Hema, Rekha, Jaya or sushma, sabki pasand Nirma. It was a nice jingle and all Hemas, Rekhas, Jayas and Sushmas must have experienced its popularity. We use to sing it to naughtily tease our neighbor, Jaya Aunty & Rekha Aunty. Even Liril's jingle la lala la la la.... was cool.
At the end I would say that Advertisements have always been a source of creativity and have always brought something new in the world of media and arts. So Keep the good work going and we hope for more such amaizing memories in future too.