Ad Campaigns
Asian Paints promises not only great painting, but a safe one too
MUMBAI: Consumer requirements from their painting partners have evolved dramatically due to the ongoing pandemic. From finalising the perfect shade combinations, to following all the safety protocols and painting processes, to ensure a flawless look, the steps are numerous and chances of getting overwhelmed are fairly high.
Asian Paints understands these evolving requirements and consumer concerns on painting their homes amidst the pandemic well. Hence, it has offered consumers a supervised ‘Safe Painting Service.’
With Asian Paints Safe Painting Service, one can be rest assured their home is in safe and expert hands. This service provides a dedicated supervisor who ensures all safety protocols are maintained, and thorough site sanitisation is conducted. Under his supervision, the team of painters use the latest mechanised tools to deliver a flawless finish.
In a brand new TVC developed by Ogilvy Mumbai, this proposition is told through a funny story of a couple, their inquisitive neighbour and the Asian Paints Safe Painting Service Supervisor who is taking care of everything.
The campaign, devised for consumers in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, has a mix of TVC, trade, digital and social media assets.
Asian Paints MD and CEO Amit Syngle said, “Asian Paints has always been at the forefront of ensuring a hassle-free and great painting experience. With this new TVC, we want to ease all concerns people may have with respect to painting their walls and giving their homes a beautiful new look, without any apprehensions and with complete peace of mind. People can be rest assured that with a trusted brand like Asian Paints, the Safe Painting Service is the best in safety standards and home aesthetics. They can reimagine their homes and make them breathtakingly beautiful for the festive season.”
Ogilvy CSO Prem Narayan said, “There is a strong emotional need amongst people to paint their homes to brighten the spirits and bring happiness. However, there is also the need of getting it done safely. Asian Paints fulfils that need brilliantly through the Supervised Safe Painting service. Its real differentiator is the 'supervisor'. Someone who takes the worry of ensuring things are done properly and safely, on their shoulders, rather than leave it to the customer. This advertisement builds on a local phrase ellam avar pattupar, which is used colloquially to say 'HE' will take care of everything. We feel communicating this will create awareness and convince a lot of people in Tamil Nadu to paint their homes now and bring the brightness and happiness they so eagerly seek leading up to Pongal.”
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.
