Ad Campaigns
L&K Saatchi & Saatchi unveils campaign for Zepto’s Bumrah-speed deliveries
Mumbai: Unveiling Zepto’s collaboration with pacer Jasprit Bumrah, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi has conceptualised a humorous three-part campaign, ‘Groceries delivered at Bumrah Speed’, which showcases Zepto’s speedy, consistent and precise deliveries, much like Bumrah’s deliveries on the field.
The latest campaign, strategically launched during the ongoing Cricket World Cup, follows the success of the agency’s earlier work for the brand, ‘Indian Stretchable Time’, one of the year’s most awarded campaigns, winning internationally at the One Show, Spikes and AdFest, as well as at Indian award shows like the Abby Awards and Kyoorius.
The campaign aims to build saliency and awareness of Zepto as the fastest grocery delivery service in the country.
L&K Saatchi & Saatchi Jt National creative director Kartik Smetacek said, “The campaign task was to position Zepto as the fastest delivery service. So, who better than Jasprit Bumrah to set the benchmark for speed? We were working within the 20-second format, so the films needed to be sharp, with minimum build-up yet maximum impact. I think it’s a job well done.”
Zepto chief growth officer Viral Jhaveri expressed, “Our partnership with Jasprit underscores our commitment to pushing boundaries, achieving perfection, and delivering with speed, consistency and precision.”
L&K Saatchi & Saatchi executive vice president Debarjyo Nandi added, “It is rare to have the business, brand and brand ambassador all delivering the brand’s core proposition seamlessly. Retain the humour, surprise and entertaining tonality, and we have a campaign that will not just build salience but create maximum impact in a highly cluttered season.”
The first film sees Bumrah flying a fighter jet while the other two place Bumrah at a blast-beat music concert and in a fast-paced news studio, where he pushes the boundaries of speed and positions Zepto as the platform of choice for lightning-fast deliveries.
The campaign is anchored on Disney+ Hotstar, the Zepto app, and other OTT and social media platforms. It will also include out-of-home advertising in all major cities where the brand operates.
NATIONAL: Amazon Ads has laid out a sharply tech-led vision for the advertising industry in 2026, arguing that artificial intelligence, streaming TV and creator partnerships will combine to turn brand building into a more precise, performance-driven business.
At the heart of the shift, the company says, is the fusion of AI with Amazon’s vast trove of shopping, browsing and streaming signals, allowing advertisers to move beyond blunt reach metrics to campaigns designed around real customer behaviour.
“The future of advertising is not about reaching more people, but the right people with messages that resonate,” said Amazon Ads India head and vice president Girish Prabhu. “By combining AI with deep customer insights, we help brands move from broadcasting campaigns to having meaningful conversations wherever audiences spend their time.”
One of the biggest changes, according to Amazon Ads, will be the collapse of the wall between media planning and creative development. Retail media, powered by first-party data, is increasingly shaping everything from brand discovery to final purchase, pushing marketers to design campaigns around audience insight rather than internal instinct.
AI is also moving from a support tool to a creative engine. Agentic AI, which automates and accelerates production, is expected to make high-quality creative accessible even to small businesses, compressing weeks of work into hours and giving challengers the ability to compete with larger brands on speed and scale.
Behind the scenes, AI-driven analytics will take on a bigger role in campaign optimisation, identifying patterns, spotting opportunities and recommending actions that would previously have required teams of analysts.
Streaming TV is another big battleground. With India’s video streaming audience now above 600 million and connected TV users at 129.2 million in 2025, advertisers are set to treat streaming not just as a branding channel but as a performance engine, measured increasingly by sales, sign-ups and bookings rather than just reach.
Finally, Amazon Ads sees creators and contextual advertising reshaping how brands tell stories. Creators will act less like influencers and more like long-term partners, while scene-aware ads on streaming platforms will allow brands to insert hyper-relevant offers into the flow of what viewers are watching.
Taken together, Amazon Ads argues, these shifts mark a move towards advertising that is both more human and more measurable, where AI handles the complexity, and creativity does the persuading.
