Desi Retro Ad of the week: Fevicol

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Fevicol was one of the first companies to have smart ad’s, they also had a bunch of different ones, unlike most other companies.
Speaking of smart, most [...]

Desi Retro Ad of the week: Colgate Gel

Yes 1996, not that long ago, but it is retro, why, because I say so.
Ooh and you can see Aishwarya before she became this big star. And from what I see, her looks have not changed much.

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Desi Retro Ad of the week: Natraj Pencil

Black and white from way back in the day.

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Desi Retro Ad of the week: Monte Carlo

Yes, it is from 1990, but by todays standards, it was not too long before 1990 where man was still picking insects off of his back.
And Desis were always in the mood for making a ‘mini-movie’, this one is a fine example of such execution.

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Desi Retro Ad of the week: Vico Turmeric cream

Back in the day before tree-huggers, before Madonna went desi and Britney went to a temple, Ayurveda was popular in India and here is proof.
For all the English viewers, sorry that the ad is in Hindi, but you should be able to get the point.

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Desi Retro Ad of the week: Sumeet

Although the end of the ad suggests that the market was different, the product is desi. I know because we have one of these back home, in the same exact color and I think they followed the principle of Henry Ford who said “You can buy any car as long as it is black”, except [...]

Desi Retro Ad of the week: Vico Vajradanti, with the Cinema Surround sound

Another classic ad, that played in the movies back in the day. For whatever reason, it is reproduced with the exact same effect (the echoes) like in a movie theater from back in the day.

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Retro Desi Ad of the week: Fevicol

Not as old as most other ad’s we feature here on UD, but still a pretty old and good one from the desh.

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Desi retro ad of the week: Gold Spot.

Another classic Ad that I assume a lot of people recognize. Back in the day when Coke was booted out, every body turned to Gold Spot and Limca. It’s too bad that that Coke decided to phase out Gold Spot in favor of Fanta, such is life.

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Retro Desi Ad of the week: Vico Vajradanti

Although we had this ad in mind, our commenter Manish decided to remind us this was one of the classic ad’s and it needed to be posted ASAP.
I remember seeing this and similar ‘longer’ ads in the movie theaters along with the Film Division of India short movies every single time. People used to [...]

Retro Desi Ad of the week: Vicks

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 [...]