Monday, June 03, 2002

God Speaketh





















Friday, May 17, 2002

Amisha Patel in the buff, and many of your favorite Bollywood stars

Amisha Patel


Aishwarya Rai


Kajol


Kareena Kapoor


Karisma kapoor


Rani Mukherjee


Raveena Tandon


Sonali Bendre


Twinkle Khanna


Abhishek Bachchan


Akshay Kumar


Aamir Khan


Bobby Deol


Sanjay Dutt


Shahrukh Khan


Sunny Deol

Saturday, April 13, 2002

Ads I Love: Pepsi - Coke and Pepsi Vending Machine

0 mts 29 secs

Click on the image above, and then click on play button once it becomes available.

The Coca-Cola - Pepsi rivalry has spawned some good advertising, and this commercial belongs among the very best. Watch!

Tuesday, March 26, 2002

How about this PC?

















Tuesday, March 19, 2002

Suicide Attempts - When nothing else is working, you hope this does...









Monday, January 28, 2002

Ads I Love: Kawasaki "Unshakable" Caliber

1 mt 31 secs

Click on the image above, and then click on play button once it becomes available.

Our protagonist, the Caliber-rider, is looking for his long-lost love. He rides his bike day in and day out, going from pillar to post, traversing through all sorts of terrain. Alongside, the mellifellous voiceover sings inspirationally:
"E chalne wale raah mein rukna na haar ke
Hai tere intezaar mein saai bahar ke
Jab jhoom ke nikal pade manzil ki chah mein
Phir chahe jitne mod mile aaj raah mein
Har mod har nishaan hai apni nigah mein"
(O dear traveller, keep moving *don't quit*
Eagerly awaiting you is the glory
When we have started off with the desire for the goal *to reach the target*
Then however many turns there may be in the path
Every turn, every landmark is looking at us)

And then he finds here house! She opens the door, and smiles at him. Then he notices her mangalsutra...she is married. In the meantime, a kid, presumably hers, comes out of the house. Our hero smiles, and gifts the puppy that was his companion through his trials and tribulation in the quest for the girl, and presumably a gift for her.

The song goes:
"Chalte chalo raah ye jahan tak chali chale
E chalne wale raah mein chalna na haar ke"
(Keep moving to wherever the road takes you
O dear traveller, keep moving *don't quit*)

Voice-over
"Presenting the Caliber: The Unshakable"

I liked the ad, and in a subtle way it does convey that the motorcycle is sturdy and reliable, no matter what. This is especially important in India as the conditions are rather rough in most of the country.

Some of my friends bought the Caliber and were exceedingly pleased with the bike. Unfortunately for Bajaj and for my friends, the "guys" named them "mama" (maternal uncle) - an allusion to ad storyline where the hero doesn't get the girl.

Tuesday, November 13, 2001

Ads I Love: Prison Blues



The Prison Blues clothes are made by inmates of Oregon penetentiaries. Thus the punchline, "But even if we did, what are you gonna do? Throw us in jail?"

Thursday, September 20, 2001

Afghanistan Terrorist School