Sunday, October 19, 2008

Some ads like I like

There's the annoying digital TV ad that I can't stand anymore. But
there are some ads that I love.

There's one that clearly has to be my favorite. There's a bunch of
families from a set of flats that are getting ready for diwali by
decorating the fronts of their flats, as a group. There is one flat
whose sole occupant is a bachelor and they all stay away from the
flat. The guy comes out and everyone looks at him strangely and it
makes him sad. He gets new clothes from "Big Bazaar" (I think) and
then lights a lamp outside his flat. The others see that and feel bad
and decorate the front of his flat as well and then knock on his door
and wish him a Happy Diwali. You can imagine why I love this ad being
an unloved, unwanted bachelor living among families.

Then there's this one where it's raining outside and there's guy in a
house who hears a knock on his door. He opens it and there's thsi
incredibly cute girl standing there shivering. She explains that it's
raining quite heavily and asks if she can spend the night at his
place. The guy excuses himself for a second and closes the door behind
him. There's a voiceover that comments on the idea brewing in the
guy's mind. He opens the door and tells the girl that unfortunately
there's only one room in the house. The girl looks inside and sees the
sole bed in the room and shyly accepts with a smile. The guy closes
the door again and the voiceover congratulates. What's hilarious about
this ad is the voiceover. It's done in a voice resembling Om Prakash,
the old actor from the 80's who in particular played the character of
"Daddu" (grandfather) to Amitabh Bachchan in Namak Halal. It's an
amazing voice style and it totally cracks me up. Of course the girl is
really cute too, like a much cuter version of Meghna Naidu.

There's an ad for Sprite that I've only heard in Telugu (I'm sure the
original ad was in Hindi.) It shows a couple on a date and the girl is
eating some really expensive stuff. Two street musicians arrive and
start singing about how girlfriends don't eat grass, it's horses who
eat grass, girlfriends eat expensive stuff, and so ask us to donate
money to the poor boyfriend. All this while the girlfriend is busy
emptying the poor guy's pocket! What I love in this ad in Telugu is
that they use the word "guggillu" which I think is Telugu for Oats.
It's just paints a very funny picture in my head.

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