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Monday, April 18, 2005

5 really stinky ads on TV

Here is a list of 5 ads that I think should be put off the air immediately if these companies want to sell their products :

1. Harpic : The makers of this ad thought that it would be fun for everybody to have look down dirty shit pots while having their dinner. To top that .. an equally stupid Aman Verma .... he helps you have a better look .. and then cleans it up for you as well .. really great ad ..

2. Super Splendor Plus : This is the ad wherein a guy , clad in black , is jumping up and down , while other guys around him are chanting some kinda mantras . Now , I am at a complete loss to understand what the makers of this ads wanted to show. The connection between Splendor and the divine ? Then ? And like why is that guy jumping around so much and then finally passes through the fire to get hold of the new engine. Why must he hold the engine ? Will that make him feel that the bike is good ? How many of us can recognize good engines from normal ones by looking at them ? And like ... don't people know that splendor sucks ... (The last Splendor ad was really good .. remember the Mohan Kapoor ad .. blind act ?)

3. Rasna : The new Rasna ad with Hritik Roshan. Now this ad is right at the top among the really sucking ads (along with the harpic ad). This ad wants to capitalize on the success of Koi mil gaya. First I don't know how that sick movie ever became a hit .. I mean .. the movie was so god-damn bad ... that I place it with the likes of "Jaani Dushman" , "Mastee" and Mithun-da films. And whoever said that this was a copy of Forest Gump .. eat shit .. this movie is nowhere close to that classic. And now this ad .. with Hritik Roshan doing his kid act again. You know what .. Hritik Roshan really sucks .. and Hritik Roshan doing this kid act sucks even more. And on top of that .. you have masala dialogues like .. "Yeh sachcha hai .. isliye isse peena chahiye (over coke and all)" ... Really ? Sachcha ? What is the difference between coke and Rasna except for the carbon dioxide dissolved (and the water ofcourse) ? Both of them have preservatives .... only Rasna is a Soft Drink Concentrate ... sachcha ?

4. Surf Excel : "2 bucket paani ab rozaana hai bachana.." Yeah ? And what if I use only one bucket of water evryday ? And how did Shabana Azmi ever land into this ? She is an actress who was careful with her film selection .. then why this ad all of a sudden ?

5. Pepsi , bubbly grind : This is the ad wherein Amitabh Bachchan suddenly crops out of the stadium floor and starts to swing the bat. First of all ... whatever Amitabh Bachchan is saying does not match his lip movement .. it is taken out of the video , wherein he is singing. Next .. whatever he says is pretty unintelligible as well .. Something like .."Match ka bada sth lagaayein .. to do the bubbly grind" .. and then notice the players .. some of them look so ill at ease while dancing that you get the feeling that drinking Pepsi must make you constipated. And above everything .. India lose the series.

Some other ads that didn't make it to the top 5 :
6. TATA Indicom : With Ganguly trying to sing a copy of Breathless.
7. LG CDMA phones : Every hand wants one .. really ? That shitty phone?
8. Extra Premium Petrol with extra additives : First .. get this straight. Even if you use this petrol .. you'll end up spending the same amt. of money on petrol. And the ad . I am talking about this Yuvraj Singh ad wherein he is asking directions from Vijay Raaz on the petrol pump ("right hand side , red building ..").
9. DD Direct plus : Showing the elite crew of 4th empire ... this ad sucks big time ..
10.Dabur sona chandi Chawanprash : With Ganguly clad in dhoti , jumping up and down with a sword ..


Here's a list of some really good ones :
1. All the Hutch ads.
2. Raymonds Suitings : The school principal series .. they are really wonderful.
3. Rin , Ultra White : The "Maine poochha kya ?". The little boy goes "Mujha poetry aati hai .. 'yellow yellow , dirty fellow' " :).
4. Fevicol : all the ads.
5. Ambuja Cement : The Boman Irani ad .. with a wall between the two brothers that is difficult to break.
6. Reliance Ad : Again , Boman Irani is too good. ("kuti ko phone lagaao ad ..STD pe ..")

Lots of others I can't remember as of now ..