They come in between your best shows or movies and urge you to buy the product they are endorsing. They are funny, creative and motivational.
Yeah! We are talking about TV ads; everyone hates commercial break, but these creative ads of 2016 were so worth watching that they didn’t let you change the TV channel.
Be a Super Dad with Vodafone
Fatherhood comes with a lot of responsibilities and with a fast Internet connection; you can play the role of a father with perfection. This Vodafone ad will bring a smile on your face and will remind you of your father.
Agency: Nirvana Films
Running time: 60 sec
source: YT / Vodafone India
Flipkart Diwali Sale Ad (Latest Phone on Low-Cost EMI)
This ad will amaze you when you watch kids looking and talking like adults. In this ad, a peon is informing his boss that his subordinate bought a better cell phone by Flipkart on low-cost EMI. The sheer creativity of this ad will make you watch it over and over again, and you will never get bored of it.
Agency: Lowe Lintas
Running time: 30 sec
source: YT / Flipkart
Bournvita Badam Booster
Kids are always studying under the pressure of their parent’s aspiration. This fantastic ad of Bournvita Badam Booster attempts to aware parents not to put pressure on their kids for getting good marks in the exams. Very beautifully done, this ad grabs the attention of parents, as they also have gone through this stress in their student life.
Agency: Ogilvy and Mather
Running Time: 61sec
source: YT / Cadbury Bournvita
MP Tourism Ad
Most people are not aware of the tourist destinations of Madhya Pradesh. This TV commercial describes the beauty of this state in the most creative and scenic way.
Agency: Ogilvy India
Running Time: 66sec
source: YT / MP Tourism
Pepsi thi Pi Gaya
The protest has become part and parcel of student politics, but this ad has taken it a little further by adding a funny twist to it. A crowd sitting on hunger strike called by a student leader failed when one student couldn’t resist himself from having Pepsi. The ad campaign suggests that Pepsi is simply irresistible.
Agency: J. Walter Thompson
Running Time: 61sec
source: YT / PepsiIndia
Fevicol Dahi Handi Ad
The incredible concept of Dahi Handi guys sticking together made this ad worth watchable even when you hate any break during your best show. It displays how the teamwork and constant efforts can help you achieve the biggest things in life.
Agency: Ogilvy and Mather
Running Time: 72sec
source: YT / Pidilite
Snapdeal Unbox Zindagi Ad (Lady Cop Receives Earrings)
The Snapdeal Unbox Zindagi ad has some very powerful moments that will make you send a gift to your loved ones. The policewoman receiving a pair of earrings gifted by her daughter is the finest visual of this ad campaign.
Agency: McCann World group
Running Time: 30 sec
source: YT / Snapdeal
Vatika Brave and Beautiful (A Lady Cancer Patient Goes To the Office Bald Head)
It is a very motivational ad creating awareness about cancer patients. Cancer patients lose their hair during the chemotherapy, and they should be supported thoroughly during the period of their treatment. In this ad, we see a working woman loses her hair during chemotherapy, but she gets strength by the support of her husband and colleagues.
Agency: Linen Lintas
Running Time: 244sec
source: YT / MyBeautyNaturally
Vodafone Little Girl Reciting A Poem Ad
Vodafone always comes up with an innovative ad campaign with interesting ideas. This time, they picked a little girl reciting a very cute poem to her grandfather over the cell phone. The child innocence mixed with the expression on grandfather’s face made it one of the excellent ad campaigns of the year.
Agency: Ogilvy and Mather
Running Time: 35sec
source: YT /
Kangana Ranaut Played Lakshmi for Swachh Bharat Ad #Don’tLetHerGo
People in India worship the deity of wealth, Goddess Lakshmi and it is said that Goddess Lakshmi dwells in the clean places. In this ad campaign, Kangana Ranaut played Goddess Lakshmi, who is running away because of the unclean surroundings. The wit of this ad grabs the audience’s attention immediately and gives the clear message of cleanliness.
Agency: Apocalypso Filmworks
Running Time: 86sec
source: YT / Aur Dikhao