Ad Campaigns
Sara Ali Khan is taken by surprise in Flipkart Shopsy’s new TVC
Mumbai: Flipkart’s social commerce platform Shopsy has rolled out its latest campaign called ‘It happens only on Shopsy’ with Bollywood actor Sara Ali Khan.
The campaign highlights the brand’s value proposition as a hyper value platform with unbelievably low prices depicted through its tagline ‘Shopsy Pe Prices Aise Lage Free Jaise.’
Created by Tilt Brand Solutions, the campaign features two ad films that are based on the reality of the current market where customers are so accustomed to high prices that they are taken by surprise when they receive high value products at incredibly low prices. “The campaign aims to reach the masses specifically in tier 2 and beyond cities across the country,” said the brand in a statement.
The two specially curated ad films are aligned keeping in mind Shopsy’s key value propositions – affordability and convenience. In the first one, Sara encounters with a delivery person who refuses to accept extra money for an item worth Rs five. She is awestruck by the price and her excitement soon turns into a dilemma as she cannot fathom the item being priced so low.
In the second film, a woman, played by Ayesha Raza Mishra, is seen standing in the queue, when a girl, enacted by Sara, approaches towards her and requests the woman to hold her bag for a moment. It then suddenly turns into a conversation when the woman compliments the bag after which the girl offers to give her bag to the woman. The girl immediately empties her bag and gives it to the woman educating her about the unique offers and wide range of choices available on Shopsy.
“Our priority with Shopsy since inception, has been to pay close attention to our customers’ nuanced needs and provide them with best offerings leveraging Flipkart’s established delivery networks, infrastructure and technology,” commented Flipkart SVP of growth and monetisation Prakash Sikaria. “Today’s shoppers prefer an expansive range of offerings that is both easily accessible and value driven. This campaign is yet another step towards establishing Shopsy as a one-stop destination that caters to customers’ various needs while committing to deliver value.”
Commenting on the launch, Sara Ali Khan said, “I personally love to shop and can relate to the excitement of getting a good value deal. The youth of India are looking for accessible, trustworthy, and simple e-commerce solutions and Shopsy is the ultimate destination for every value shopper.”
Launched in July 2021, Shopsy aims to make digital commerce accessible across India through a zero-commission marketplace to boost local entrepreneurship.
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.
