Ad Campaigns
Deepika Padukone dazzles in new ad for Jaguar lighting
MUMBAI: Jaquar Lighting, the lighting vertical from Jaquar Group has rolled out campaign with brand ambassador, Deepika Padukone.
Jaquar Group promoter and director Rajesh Mehra says, “Jaquar Group has always believed in creating products with the highest quality standards, an attribute that’s synonymous with our products. Taking this philosophy forward with Jaquar Lighting and leveraging the popularity of Deepika as our brand ambassador, we have doubled the turnover of the brand to 200 Crores.”
The narrative interestingly weaves in the discovery of Jaquar Lighting’s wide range by Deepika’s character as she follows the ‘light’ cues of a mystery friend! Pegged somewhere on the threshold between a metaphor for life and a product showcase, the idea of how Deepika is led into the light – the light of friends and relationships, as well as Jaquar Lighting’s products. Visualised through the story of discovery where her family and friends want to surprise her by playing a game of turning on lights that lead to a surprise welcome party for Deepika!
Crescent Communication executive vice president Rajesh Laikh adds, “The creative thought behind the film was to present Jaquar Lighting in a completely fresh avatar and at the same time remain true to the brand’s guiding philosophy-Complete LED Lighting Solutions.We have tried to capture the joys of life and celebration enabled through Jaquar Lighting. Deepika Padukone, the brand ambassador, apart from ensuring high visibility lends credibility and magical aura to the brand.”
Jaquar Lighting’s 360-degree marketing campaign will amplify the film targeting mediums across the board including television, print, electronic, outdoor and digital media. The campaign also highlights Jaquar Lighting’s distinctive strengths and design sensibilities.
The brand’s innovative technology combined with its unique support like Light Planning and pan-India customer service to deliver unmatched quality, will catapult them to become market leaders in this category as well.
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.
