Ad Campaigns
Shah Rukh Khan turns chauffeur for Indian cricketers in Hyundai’s latest campaign
Mumbai: Smart mobility solutions provider Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) on Saturday announced its new campaign with the six- and seven-seater SUV – Alcazar, featuring Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan and Indian cricketers Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniyaa Bhatia and Shafali Verma.
Under the aegis of ‘Beyond Mobility,’ the TVC captures the premium quality, versatility, and space of the SUV, while portraying an interesting journey of the four cricketers with SRK joining them on a fun journey.
The commercial delves into a fun-filled conversation between the young cricketers and the superstar, aiming to redefine driving experience. Initially awe-struck at the unexpected presence of Shah Rukh Khan, the cricketers are captured personifying their sporty spirit to action while exploring the SUV’s elegance from every angle. The film highlights the Alcazar’s ample seating space, performance, interiors with a combination of versatility and futuristic characteristics in a 360-degree campaign, which will be led by television and digital platforms.
Commenting on the launch of the new campaign, Hyundai Motor India Ltd director (sales, marketing & service) Tarun Garg said, “With our latest campaign, Hyundai has engaged its young and inspiring Corporate Brand Ambassadors – Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigues, Taniyaa Bhatia and Shafali Verma along with Shah Rukh Khan, to showcase the many unique and aspirational elements of Alcazar in thought-provoking series of events. As a youth centric brand, the new campaign showcases millennial preference for innovative new-age technology and Hyundai’s commitment to deliver the best through its world-class products.”
Launched nationwide, the commercial is centered around the bold and dynamic design of the SUV, highlighting its features in an entertaining way.
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.
