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EMotorad’s ‘Daddy of E-cycles’ campaign featuring Upendra Limaye goes viral
Mumbai: EMotorad – an electric cycle brand recently launched its ‘Daddy of all E-cycles’ campaign starring the famous Marathi actor, Upendra Limaye. The films have since then spread like wildfire, making the brand jump on the virality bandwagon and has spun a trend of its own that highlights the brand’s manufacturing strength and quality highlighted through its latest electric cycles Doodle V3 and T-Rex Air. Manufactured in Pune and exported globally, the brand embodies the essence of the ‘Make in India’ movement making it truly ‘Aatmanirbhar’.
The films are set in a mysterious warehouse, starring Upendra Limaye in the role of Daddy, accompanied by a group of mesmerised GenZs. Taking centre stage, he unveils the latest electric cycle, giving an ode to EMotorad’s creative capacity. EMotorad’s campaign establishes the brand’s commitment to inspire people by coupling the aspiration for a healthy lifestyle with sustainable mobility.
Commenting on the launch of the campaign, EMotorad CEO Kunal Gupta said, “Being a leading electric cycle manufacturer, we continue to push the boundaries of innovation with our impressive production capabilities. With ‘Make in India’ at the forefront of our vision, we offer fresh perspectives, in terms of mobility, by leveraging the power of our extraordinary products built with global standards. Our recent campaign is more than just a visual panorama, but a testament to our ability to blend ecycle riding with nuances of fun along the way.”
The viral brand campaign has already made strides in the market, crossing over 1M views. Upendra Limaye’s star power and EMotorad’s unparalleled artistic spirit, have enabled the brand to solidify its position amongst the Indian masses, leaving a mark on the way the country views sustainable mobility.
What was unique about the campaign was their style of delivery. Taking concepts like removable battery hain ‘kahin bhi charge karo, phone jaise!’, ‘paanch riding modes’ or ‘button ghumao, gear lagao’ largely appealed to the masses making the ad incredibly effective.
EMotorad is emerging as the apex choice for urban commuters. To combat with rising fuel prices, traffic, and exorbitant cab fares – this start-up is revolutionalising mobility. Their ecycles start from Rs 25,000 and are available on their website www.emotorad.com.
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.
