While going through some old videos on You tube, I found these fascinating videos of old Indian TV commercials. Anybody who has grown up in India during mid-80’s through early-90’s will remember these commercials. These videos are listed in no particular order of my liking them.
1. Gold Spot: Till date, no soft drink has tasted better to me than what Gold Spot had tasted long back. And, this commercial looked so hip then.
2. Surf with Lalitajee: This ’samajdar’ Lalita jee was so cool that you tried to find her in each aunty of your neighbourhood.
3. Liril Soap: Millions of kids across the towns and cities of India wanted to become men after watching this ’sexy’ Liril ad. You also hoped that your father goes for a loo whenever this commercial was about to come; sadly, that never happened.
4. Lijjat Pappad: How can one ever forget that ‘hai hai hain..hai hai hain’ in the end
5. Vicks ki Goli: Fathers never looked so loving and cool with their daughters as Jayant Kriplani looked in this ad, a commercial which was seen zillion times by the millions.
6. Nataraj Pencil: And you thought that cool animation stuff happened only recently?
7. Fevicol: Do you know that Bollywood’s front line director Raj kumar hirani first appeared in this old fevicol ad?
8. Digjam : When Shekhar Kapur walked along with many other suited men in this ‘hi-fi’ ad, men with beards became the in thing.
9. Bajaj Scooter: National integration was still cool then; I think this ad made it’s point much better than any other commercial at that time.
10. Dhara oil: Oh boy, this kid and this ad were both so cute!
Please share any other important TV commercial of that era which I might have missed here.
9 responses so far ↓
Solilo // June 25, 2009 at 8:57 pm |
Dev, Nostalgia indeed for people like me who still swear by Doordarshan days.
Shekhar Kapur in Digjam…yum.
I didn’t know about Raju Hirani.
Lalita ji and Shekhar Kapur later in ‘Udaan’.
That little girl in khich-khich’ Vicks is Ila Arun’s daughter Ishita Arun.
beingishan // June 25, 2009 at 9:03 pm |
Nice compilation… I think u cud add “Washing powder nirma..” to this list!!
Prerna // June 26, 2009 at 8:03 am |
Dev, there was the Fanta Orange ad on radio long time back,”Fanta Orange kya kehna,ji chahta hai pyaas lage” I used to love the ad.
Solilo,Ishita Arun still looks the same.
Nice compilation.
Indyeah // June 26, 2009 at 9:37 am |
thank you so much for this Dev
I am the self crowned nostalgia queen
In particular I remember singing along with Vicks ki goli lo khich khich dur karo
alkong with the rabbit 
same was the case with the lijjat papad ad
I and my bros used to say ahain ain or something like that
the jalebi kid was cute
specially the way they have constantly innovated and kept up with the times..
but my ABSOLUTE fav has to be Hamara Bajaja
the latest ads..have the same tune but have a modern sensibility
thanks for this nostalgia trip Dev
Indyeah // June 26, 2009 at 9:37 am |
eesh! please ignore the deluge of smileys
Reema // June 26, 2009 at 1:05 pm |
loved all of them
Amit // June 27, 2009 at 6:56 am |
The liril add looks funny now.
But, yes, they represent a lost era which makes me sad. I used to crave for 50 channels when I had 1. Now I have 100 channels and I want that 1 channel back.
Mahendra // June 27, 2009 at 12:31 pm |
Ah, nostalgia is always my weak point. Great collection.
The only one I miss from this list is “Yeh Bullet meri jaan, manzilon ka nishaan” – wonderful ad!
Dev // June 29, 2009 at 3:45 pm |
@All: Thanks for your comments and Iam glad that you all enjoy these videos too.
@Prerna, no, I dont know about that radio ad..infact dont remember any radio ads.
@Indyyeah: Your smileys are fine with me.