Ad Campaigns
Lava releases new campaign created by Sohosquare
MUMBAI: Soho Square recently launched its new campaign for Lava International. A big step in this context was its novel initiative Design in India an inspiration from ‘Make in India’.
Soho Square India chairman and chief creative officer Sumanto Chattopadhyay said, “I’ve been singing Sare Jahan se Achha since the day of the shoot. I think this sweet little film will get many other Indians to do the same. A good thing to happen on Independence Day or any other day.
Lava International Ltd president Sunil Raina added, “We take immense pride in being an Indian mobile handset brand. India is at the heart of everything we do at Lava and we are committed to offering valuable products to our consumers. Over the years, we have been building capabilities within India in product design manufacturing in order to make valuable technologies accessible and provide reliable products to our customers.”
“Today, we are proud of being the only brand to have complete end to end control on product value chain within India, complimented by our robust distribution network and speedy customer service. Through #ProudlyIndian campaign, we wish to share our pride of being a truly Indian company with our fellow countrymen. This campaign is a unique celebration of our independence and tribute to the nation” he added
Commenting on the same Soho Square, North president Chandana Agarwal said, “At Lava, Make in India is not just a stamp, but the spirit with which everything is done. The ‘Design in India’ movement, through which Lava produced the first indigenously designed mobile phone was just one example of this philosophy. And this Independence Day, we bring to you another unique initiative our latest campaign featuring MSD which highlights that Lava, like all of us, is wholeheartedly Indian and proud of it”
The as is a sweet film that follows a cute little girl’s efforts to learn the patriotic song ‘Sare Jahan se Achha’ and it ends with another sweet surprise in her endearing performance with MS Dhoni singing along leaving us all feeling #ProudlyIndian.
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.
