A beardless Kabir Bedi’s long affair with Wills cigarettes
Got the first glimpse of a beardless Kabir Bedi in a Marlboro Man avatar, thanks to Memsaab. And now here’s another advertisement from the same ‘Start a long affair’ Wills…Continue Reading →
How Maxim maidens bowl the men over
Maxim claims to be the sexiest men’s magazine around and occasionally comes with with sexy ads promoting itself. Here’s a…
‘Finally a shaving cream that doesn’t arouse sexual feelings’
Really? And I am also eagerly waiting for the deodorant that doesn’t assure deprived males of an unlimited supply of…
The day BSA SLR helped Kapil Dev fly high
In the 1980s, Kapil Dev was India’s hottest cricket sensation. Leading India to win the World Cup immediately gave the Haryana Hurricane a label of greatness in the hearts and…Continue Reading →
The bald quartet – Gandhi, Nehru, Bose, Patel – in an ad for hair oil
This is possibly from a time when a head full of ideals was more important than a head full of…
Wills Filter cigarettes ad from 1969
Yet another addition to the ever-growing Wills Filter/Wills Navy Cut advertisements on Cutting the Chai. This sample is 1969 vintage.…
Molten gold, Rs 28: The ad that got Calcutta curious
The Indian lust for gold can never be quenched. Gold prices had recently crossed Rs 29,000 for 10 grams. Even at Rs 3,175 back in 1988 gold topped the desire…Continue Reading →
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…
Sexy Indian Ads
Adjective: sexy (sexier, sexiest) seksee1. Marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire of interest“feeling sexy”; “sexy clothes”; “sexy poses”; “a sexy book”; “sexy jokes”2. Exciting sexual desire That’s what…Continue Reading →
Vintage Indian Advertisements 2.12
All the four banks featured in this post were nationalised approximately four years after the publication of these ads. There…
Season Two – Vintage Indian Advertisements
On June 24 ended the inaugural season of Vintage Indian Advertisements on Cutting the Chai, featuring 61 print ads in…
