Ad Campaigns
‘Ab Samjhauta Nahin’: Big B tells women in Blush’s new video
MUMBAI: After scoring gold with Dove’s ‘Change The Rhyme’ video, Culture Machine’s digital channel Blush has roped in Vivel as the sponsor for its latest video titled ‘Ab Samjhauta Nahin’ featuring Amitabh Bachchan. The video inspires women to say no to a life of compromise.
In a narrative by Bachchan, the UnBlushed video shouts out to all women to challenge time-worn mindsets that stereotype and, at times, impede their lifestyle choices. The video encourages women to stop accepting any biases and empower them to live a life equal to their male counterparts. It features women from all walks of life who are facing an inner conflict with their real emotions.
Vivel’s integrated brand campaign ‘Ab Samjhauta Nahin’ is a fresh, nuanced perspective of self-confidence that personifies the woman of today. The brand message goes beyond a beauty discourse to address attitudes and behaviour towards women. The campaign is designed to encourage discussion around age-old gender biases, inspire young women to question the limits that they have been conditioned into accepting and empower them to live fuller lives.
In the video, Amitabh Bachchan says, “A right can never be silenced.”
Culture Machine’s digital channel Blush released a statement, “It’s very important to voice your opinion and believe in yourself. This belief is lost somewhere; we aim to revive this trail of thought. Vivel was the best brand to partner with as the concept is a perfect blend with their brand ideology.
Watch the video on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd5PHICXi-8
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.
