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‘Age no bar’ says Hrithik Roshan in WhiteHat Jr’s new ad
Mumbai: Growing up, there are hobbies one is passionate about but only to find them fall sideways as adults. And learning music happens to be one of the most common of them. With its latest campaign, featuring Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan, WhiteHat Jr aims to dispel the notion that age is a hurdle to learn something new as it launches ‘Live Online 1:1 Music classes’ for adults too.
The actor is seen in a two ad series realising his unfulfilled dream of learning the guitar. The first film sees the actor getting inspired by a young kid playing the guitar like a pro, while the second film shows Hrithik becoming the protagonist, as he plays the guitar in the office, impressing his colleagues. The film concludes with the actor urging his colleagues to not give up on their dreams of learning music because ‘Music Seekhne Ki Koi Umar Nahi Hoti’.
The campaign series has been conceptualised by WhiteHat Jr’s brand team, produced by Dora Digs, and directed by Bollywood director Robby Grewal. The music and the guitar piece was composed by leading music director Sneha Khanwalkar.
WhiteHat Jr VP & head of brand marketing Akshay Sengupta said, “We hope that with this campaign, everyone realises that it’s never too late to chase your passion. What one needs is the zeal to #PickItUp. This series is a motivation for those individuals who have, at some point in their lives, wished to learn a musical instrument but were never able to. Our Music for Adults course makes this dream achievable thanks to our unique 1:1 online learning experience with skilled teachers.”
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.
