Ad Campaigns
Bipasha, Sania and Ravi Kishan front Protinex’s new campaign
MUMBAI: In a fresh digital blitz, Danone India’s nutrition heavyweight Protinex has enlisted a trio of household names — Bipasha Basu, Sania Mirza, and Ravi Kishan, to spotlight one of India’s quietest health crises: the daily protein gap.
With over 70 per cent of Indian adults failing to meet their protein needs and 90 per cent unaware of it, Protinex’s latest campaign cuts through the noise with slice-of-life moments that hit close to home. From Bipasha balancing shoots and wellness, to Sania navigating motherhood with self-care, and Ravi Kishan sounding the alarm on counterfeit nutrition, each narrative champions authentic, informed choices in a world buzzing with quick fixes.
Wrapped in relatable storytelling and by the brand’s 65-year-old legacy, the campaign nudges Indians to stop sleepwalking through their diets and start reading the fine print, especially when it comes to protein.
More than just a star-powered health plug, the campaign aligns with Danone’s global mission to democratise health through food. With a sharp focus on authenticity, accessibility, and awareness, Protinex is doubling down on its promise to make protein-packed living an everyday, no-fuss habit across Indian households.
Because when it comes to health, shortcuts don’t cut it and protein isn’t optional, it’s essential.
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.
