Air India’s sarcastic Khajuraho kissing ad from the 1970s
A book and a cluster of temples have forever immortalised India has the ancient land of sex. I’ve been to Khajuraho twice and the temples are indeed amazing – even…Continue Reading →
Ambiking Suitings ad: Ashok Kumar’s five fabric purchase tips
Ashok Kumar might have started as a reluctant actor, but Dadamoni soon transformed into one of the biggest stars of…
The Amul girl isn’t 50, yet: Trivia, an awesome image and a movie
Utterly, butterly, ignoramus! I am a sucker for anniversaries. They give an opportunity to celebrate something that you want to…
Ad from 1979: Look, that’s Rekha with a Lakme face
Apart from a few Lakme ads an the Lux ads, that is almost mandatory for any Bollywood actress of note to feature in, I haven’t seen the enigmatic Rekha in…Continue Reading →
Zeenat Aman is the classic Indian dark-haired beauty in 1970 Air India ad
“Memories of dark-haired beauties,” is what a traveller to India will bring back, promises a 1970 advertisement for Air India.…
Nutramul dada: Jugal Hansraj’s second-best role ever
Second-best, as his best was in Masoom (1983). Maybe growing up and stopping the Nutramul intake had an adverse effect…
Adholics
Meghna Girohtra, from Bombay, has collected 243 vintage Indian print advertisements (on the last count) on Flickr. A collection which she intends to keep growing and wants to create an…Continue Reading →
Sexy Indian Ads
Adjective: sexy (sexier, sexiest) seksee1. Marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire of interest“feeling sexy”; “sexy clothes”; “sexy poses”;…
