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Asian Paints unveils first TVC for SmartCare solutions
MUMBAI: Asian Paints has unveiled its first TVC for the SmartCare range of waterproofing solutions. The witty commercial makes a point with its #ZubaanDeDo message, indicating homes to bid goodbye to dampness, cracks and water leakage.
Asian Paints sales marketing and technology – president Amit Syngle shared, “The film taps into the widespread belief that once a house is afflicted with leakage, cracks and dampness, one can never get rid of it. Asian Paints SmartCare range is here to provide assured waterproofing solutions to consumers. We are offering a first-of-its-kind retail waterproofing warranty on our range of waterproofing solutions which establishes the credentials of the product. This film will help us establish the fact that one can get rid of waterproofing issues for a longer period and we are ready to give our word on the performance parameters. ‘ZubaanDeDo.’”
The TVC showcases a real-life situation featuring a young couple with a broker and a home-owner. The house they see is damp with cracked, leaking walls. Here, the homeowner promises to fix them and guarantees a lasting look with no leakage or if leakage returns, he will give away the house to the tenant for free. The TVC takes an exciting turn when based on his experience in dealing with homes; the broker challenges the home-owner on the water-proof warranty claim and instead of the young couple, the broker himself takes the apartment for double the rent. Over months and years, the broker tries his best to inflict cracks and dampen the home, but fails and eventually gives up.
The campaign where the homeowner keeps up the ‘Zubaan’ he gave on water-proofing of his home, communicates SmartCare water-proofing solution’s proven ability to offer assured protection from leakage. Also, the warranty underlines Asian Paints’ unique ways of bringing to its customers, only the best.
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.
