'India's Glamour Girl' Devika Rani in Palmolive Soap ad from 1938
Devika Rani appeared in a Palmolive soap advertisement, much before Leela Chitnis' famous ad for Lux in 1941.Continue Reading →
Devika Rani appeared in a Palmolive soap advertisement, much before Leela Chitnis' famous ad for Lux in 1941.Continue Reading →
Moon Moon Sen, to me, is more of a model than an actress. I recall seeing her more in print…
Royal Enfield ad from 50 years ago. The Sherpa was renamed and restyled as Crusader in 1970.
Condom advertisements, I have seen many. But this 1999 advertisement for Zaroor Condoms is in a class of its own. “If you don’t want to be Baap look for Zaroor…Continue Reading →
Tampons don’t sell much in India. But as this advertisement indicates, that efforts to peddle the product to Indian women…
There was a time when Colgate was synonymous with toothpaste (and they also made hair oil). 1957 advertisement for Colgate…
Beauca front open bra advertisement from 1954.Continue Reading →
Ad from 1954: If you are unmarried, you have the pay for sex education (or pretend to be married to…
Ashok Kumar might have started as a reluctant actor, but Dadamoni soon transformed into one of the biggest stars of…
Utterly, butterly, ignoramus! I am a sucker for anniversaries. They give an opportunity to celebrate something that you want to and the occasion guarantees that readers notice (and also appreciate)…Continue Reading →
To celebrate its 153 years of existence, the Old Lady of Bori Bunder published a Lintas created advertisement that many,…
The Salman Khan in this advertisement for Hero Honda CD100 is about 25 years younger than the superstar Salman of…