Ad Campaigns
Entourage Films brings Zomato Dining Carnival back with a playful campaign
Mumbai – Entourage Films has announced another collaboration with Zomato for the launch of the Zomato Dining Carnival. This campaign, featuring Ahsaas Channa and Adarsh Gourav, brings the joy of dining out to life in a series of playful, food-centric films.
Directed by Sharat Katariya, famed for his work – Dum Laga Ke Haisha, the campaign creatively links everyday moments with fun food experience. From a football game morphing into a ‘pasta ball’ toss, to gym noises inspiring a sushi craving, each film adds a quirky spin to ordinary activities, turning them into opportunities to indulge in delicious meals. In one of the films, two bodybuilders are lifting weights and making exaggerated sounds like “Shuuuuu” and “Sheeee,” which leads Ahsaas and Adarsh to exchange a knowing glance and shout “Sushi!” The scene then humorously shifts to a restaurant where the duo enjoys sushi, this playful transition highlights how everyday moments can lead to impromptu food experiences.
Sharat Katariya quoted, “The film beautifully reflects the joy and spontaneity that the Zomato Dining Carnival is all about, bringing the essence of the campaign to life. Ahsaas and Adarsh were the perfect fit to bring that quirk to life, their individual performances brought an extra layer of charm to the campaign. They fully embraced the playful nature we intended to capture and delivered it with exceptional flair.”
The mind behind this quirky campaign, Zomato’s creative head Harshil Dhawan quoted, “When dining deals are so irresistible, every moment feels like a cue to make a plan! With the Zomato Dining Carnival in full swing, featuring over 8,000 restaurants and up to 50 per cent off, we’ve turned spontaneous cravings into spontaneous plans. Our films hilariously capture how an epic dining deal can make you drop everything and head out for a feast, no matter where you are or what you are doing.”
“Working with Zomato, Harshil and team is always a pleasure, and collaborating with Ahsaas and Adarsh was an absolute joy. Sharat’s vision, approach and the team’s collective effort towards this campaign made it a true delight to produce,” executive producer – Garima Arora added.
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.
