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By: Karthik :+: Under: Retro Desi Ad of the week, Weekly ColumnsOn: ⋅ January 2, 2008 ⋅
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In the quest for more desi ad’s, I came across a decent sized collection of ‘back in the day’ desi ad’s. I remember seeing many of these growing up and figured that our readers would enjoy them too.
And as always, if you find more ad’s/ videos you want us to feature, feel free to drop us a line.
Other posts in Retro Desi Ad of the week
- Desi Retro Ad of the week: Fevicol - March 28th, 2008
- Desi Retro Ad of the week: Colgate Gel - March 21st, 2008
- Desi Retro Ad of the week: Natraj Pencil - March 14th, 2008
- Desi Retro Ad of the week: Monte Carlo - March 7th, 2008
- Desi Retro Ad of the week: Vico Turmeric cream - February 29th, 2008
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Some of the ads that I grew up with, on Doordarshan back in late 80s/early 90s:
* Hamara Bajaj
* Hamdard Cinkara
* Vicco Vajradanti
* OK Soap
* Ponds Dreamflower Talc
* Cadbury’s Dairy Milk
I vaguely remember that one…actually the jingle is easier to recollect than the images, “Veeeko, Vajra-DAN-teeee”
Oh you gotta post more of these. “Kheech kheech door karo.” Classic.
If I remember right, the jingle was also made in tamil. And yes Shlok, I have a few more saved for the coming weeks.
There were some classic ads, wish someone found and uploaded them.
Here is one of the many Vicco ads from that era. It does have the jingle at the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6he_1DM8_4
You’ll find quite a few good old gems in the ‘related’ section as you go through the videos.
And did any one of you know? Rin Supreme is now Surf Excel :p
Oh, I loved that Strepsils ad!