Ad Campaigns
No limit on happiness: Axis Bank plays up moments of little joys
NEW DELHI: Axis Bank has released a multi-film campaign for its cards portfolio. The campaign, conceived by Lowe Lintas Mumbai, focuses on the small moments of joy to promote the bank's credit card offerings.
In these series of ad films, Axis Bank has taken an emotion-driven approach, in line with its Dil Se Open philosophy.
The multi-film campaign highlights the various features and offers on the Axis Bank Select Credit Card and Flipkart Axis Bank Credit Card that are carefully curated around every day expenses such as entertainment, food and e-commerce. Each film revolves around a story of people opening up to innocent, raw moments of little joys. The monochromatic treatment of the films adds to the exclusivity and premium quotient of the campaign.
Axis Bank EVP & head – cards and payments Sanjeev Moghe said, “This new campaign brings alive one of our most compelling propositions in these categories through a heartwarming slice of life films rooted in our brand philosophy. The idea originated from the observation that even though people have been compelled to act measurably due to current times, little moments of joy can go a long way in getting us unadulterated happiness. The offerings on our range of credit cards are nothing but enablers of that happiness.”
Lowe Lintas regional creative officer Amar Singh added, "Over the last many months, we have all become a bit more receptive and open to the fact that happiness doesn’t depend on big, milestone type moments. It can be found in the simplest of things. And in a world often driven by unabashed consumerism, that is a refreshing change. One that Axis Bank endorses and this campaign for their cards, conceived by Joshua Thomas, Prathamesh Gharat and Katya Mohan, recognises, respects and encourages.”
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.
