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ITC Dark Fantasy says ‘Din Khatam, Fantasy Shuru’ in new campaign
Mumbai: Sunfeast Dark Fantasy, the premium center-filled cookie brand from ITC Ltd, has launched its new campaign called ‘Din Khatam, Fantasy Shuru’. Featuring the brand ambassador Alia Bhatt, the ad captures ‘the end of day feeling’ that one typically goes through.
The bilingual TVC, shot with a blend of Hindi and English, has been released on the brand’s social media handles on Instagram and Facebook, YouTube. The TVC is also on AIR in four South Indian languages.
With its popular jingle ‘Can’t Wait Won’t Wait’, Sunfeast Dark Fantasy in line with the evolving times has now put the spotlight on encouraging consumers to wrap up their day and bring alive their innocuous fantasies. Unwinding after a hard day’s work and biting into a small piece of indulgence has taken various manifestations in the ‘Din Khatam, Fantasy Shuru’ campaign.
The campaign commenced with a cryptic tweet “______ Khatam, Fantasy Shuru”, which explored the audience’s creative flair and identified things they would like to end for their Fantasy to start. The activity revealed some interesting responses which went on to create a buzz on the platform. More than thirty brands and many consumers participated in this twitter conversation, which was trending at the third spot on the platform. The brand had also put up digital billboards in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore where some of these interesting tweets featured. The same activity also happened on the radio where RJs on popular channels engaged with consumers.
Commenting on the campaign, ITC Ltd, chief operating officer- biscuits & cakes cluster, foods division, Ali Harris Shere said, “Every day ends on a different note for everyone. Some days end on a high note with a sense of achievement while some may end with lingering thoughts about a multitude of things. It is in moments like these that one seeks comfort for oneself and Dark Fantasy can be their partner, as they unwind for that day. A brand grows when it continues to be relevant in consumers’ lives and through this campaign, Dark Fantasy wants to help them find their little sweet spot for indulging in their little fantasies.”
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.
