Originally posted by kshreya2002
The blue bit: Good!
About the video: Which ad is it? I cant see it. Can you tell me the brand and what the ad is about?
Btw you did say "B-grade dishwashing bars to dancing at bars!". Also let me know how do you define an ad to be A grade and B grade.
Edit add: Now got it...its the dishwash bar ad. I dont see anything B grade in it. Dressing up as a kamwali bai doesnt automatically mean its B grade just as Aamir Khan dressing up as a goonda in a Coca Cola ad doesnt automatically mean the ad is violent. The ad is supposed to be on a funny note and Madhuri has done a great job in creating humour. She looks ravishing in the typical Maharashtrian getup. And as an FYI this ad runs during top shows of major GECs like SP, Colors, Sony, Zee whose airtime dont come cheap by Indian standards.
Obviously you didn't get my point. Her playing a kamwali bai doesn't make it a B-grade ad. Even if she played a malkin in the ad, it would still look B-grade.
What makes this B-grade is the brand in itself - Xpert Aquashine? Ok. How can you compare it to Aamir's coke ads? Coke is on a different level altogether. Not just brand-wise. Even the production values for this Xpert ad are poor.
Madhuri has been off from public memory for more than a decade (discounting Aaja Nachle because that was forgettable). Yet she is fondly remembered. So if she suddenly turns up like a kaamwali Bai endorsing a bartan sabun brand... like Relda said, Rekha endorsing earbuds does look odd because her stature is something else. But that's me anyway.
Regarding the ad running at primetime, KRK's Deshdrohi's trailers were shown along with Ghajini on all the big channels.. and their airtime didn't come cheap either. But you still know the difference. Now if you felt Deshdrohi's quality was as good as Ghajini, I can't argue about it. Let's just agree to disagree.
Edited by VanityGirl - 12 years ago