Femina Kamasutra Mehndi Cheat Sheet [NSFW]
Suhagraat. The legendary Indian tradition where the newly-weds are left alone in a room for the first time, to do what newly-weds are expected to do. The marriage, according to…Continue Reading →
Sunil and Rohan Gavaskar’s Brush with Forhan’s
Abhishek Bachchan delivered a string of 17 flops before his first hit and then gradually rose up the ladder to…
Dissecting the Volkswagen Vento Talking Print Ad
The advertisement that got everyone talking: in the office, at home, on Twitter, on Facebook, on blogs and even on…
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (in an Ambassador)
Bollywood’s best loved love story Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge released in 1995. This advertisement for Hindustan Motors Ambassador car is from late 1998. The yellow mustard fields never fail to…Continue Reading →
20-Year-Old Lisa Ray Wrapped in a Bombay Dyeing Towel
Lisa Ray, one of the prettiest faces around, was a teenage crush (I had a number of them). Easily the…
Sharmila Tagore in 1966 Murphy Radio Ad
The language was Bangla, but the accent and the stories, distinguishably Chinese. An avid radio listener, my father tried to…
Old Old Monk Ad from 1969
Old Monk, as all Old Monk bacchantes will agree, is not just a rum, it’s an institution. You don’t drink Old Monk, you experience it. I discovered the buddha sadhu…Continue Reading →
Salman Khan, Sangeeta Bijlani in Graviera Suitings Ad
This advertisement for Grasim's Graviera Suitings is one of the rare occasions when Salman and Sangeeta appeared together professionally.
Panama Cigarette Ad from 1945
A few years back, I had put together, on this blog, an extensive collection of Indian Cigarette Ads from 1800s…
Aamir Khan Rides the Hero Puch
You may remember Aamir Khan riding a Hero Puch on the roads of Delhi in the 1999 film Sarfarosh (it’s somewhat unrelated that I couldn’t just keep my eyes off…Continue Reading →
Prem Pujari Actress Zaheeda in Lux Ad
What seems unusual (to me) about this Lux ad (from early 1970s) that Lux is known to have established actresses…
Ads for Oral Sex!
One day, in the comparatively innocent times that we grew up in, a friend announced, “I had oral sex.” I…
