Ad Campaigns
Teacher’s reveals new global campaign, celebrates self-belief
NEW DELHI: Teacher’s, the flagship brand of Beam Inc, has launched a new international campaign for its brand extension premiered over the weekend in select television channels and expected to expand across national TV this week.
To direct the campaign, Beam has brought on board the popular director duo – Anthony Atanasio and Valerie Martinez. The commercial has been shot in Thailand under the creative vision of Publicis India. The central theme of the TVC is inspired by the famous poetry – IF written by the legendary author and poet Rudyard Kipling.
Beam spokesperson says, “With this new campaign, we intend to endorse the popularity of Teacher’s as a quality brand and a preferred choice for a man who is a self starter, conversant and a well-informed achiever. The new Teacher’s Creative is a story of people from different walks of life highlighting the golden glow of the light which allows them to convert moments of adversity into occasions of triumph. With this new campaign, we want to affirm the popularity of Teacher’s amongst our consumers and reach out to achievers who want to experience brands that reflect their current stage in life; people who believe in genuine quality and are non-pretentious. Teacher’s golden glow remains distinctly lit and reflects who we are today and the brand we aim to be tomorrow.”
The idea of the TVC emanates from the core value of the brand Teacher’s which is “when you have self-belief, it shows”. Teacher’s, a premium brand, universally recognised as the choice of men who are achievers. Delivering on these values through its new tagline – ‘The Light is within’, Teacher’s salutes the spirit of achievement and the golden glow of self-belief within its consumers.
“We wanted to narrate a story about different sets of self Achievers who held their heads high in all situations and whose integrity and characters shine irrespective of the stage of life they are in. Just as we had anticipated, Anthony and Valerie, successfully managed to convey the character and core value of the Teacher’s brand that stands for genuine quality and self-belief”, says Publicis creative director Ullas Chopra.
The TV commercial starts with a ship captain who is neck deep in water with a ship wreck in the background. The man is lit from a source of golden light within the water and says “If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.”
It also features the famous Indian actress and model Kittu Gidwani along with other international talent.
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.
