Ridiculous Indian ads are as common as anchors yelling ‘breaking news’ and Salman Khan taking off his shirt on television.
Be it a deodorant commercial promising to turn men into a chick-magnet or an advertisement for a fairness cream that promises to give you the job of your dreams — most products prefer to showcase vague ideas than their actual product benefits, possibly because there actually aren’t any.
So when comedy group SnG came up with a video spoofing Indian ads vs reality, it was sure to be a hilarious watch. The six-minute YouTube video featuring former VJ Ramona Arena, the ‘Ads vs Reality’ is a clever parody that shows exactly how meaningless certain ads can be.
From pretend doctors endorsing the dermatological benefits of cosmetics to a brand of tea to briefs-and-vest wearing men defending women from harassers to people risking their lives to get a fix of soft drink, you can pinpoint exactly which brand they are targeting and laugh out loud when you recognise which celeb they are spoofing.
A particularly funny segment is the spoof on Cadbury ads, which has a young man persuading a young woman to accept a chocolate from a total stranger which results in her getting drugged and abducted.
If there is one thing that these ads teach us, it’s what NOT to do!
Watch the full video here