Ad Campaigns
Truecaller shows why caller IDs are important in a new campaign with ‘Dream Girl’
MUMBAI: Truecaller today announced a new awareness campaign in collaboration with Balaji Motion Pictures’ latest production, Dream Girl starring Ayushmann Khurana. The objective behind this collaboration is aimed at highlighting the importance of ‘Taking the Right Calls’ among Indian viewers, through a series of short videos that builds on the titular role played by the lead who pretends to be a dream girl in the film. The campaign films showcase actor Ayushmann Khurana addressing the fact that people are often subjected to fake calls and platforms like Truecaller can determine the ‘True Identity’ of the callers to protect themselves from spammers.
Speaking on the integration, Manan Shah, director marketing, Truecaller, said, “Spam and fake calls are continuing to cause discomfort amongst people. For the past decade, it has been our continuous endeavour to provide a safe and secure communication platform with our improved Caller ID and spam blocking features. This collaboration is intended to bring more awareness to Indian viewers through the big screen. We are looking forward to a successful release of the movie and wish the film to be a blockbuster hit at the box office.”
Sharing her thoughts on the partnership, Ruchikaa Kapoor, head – marketing and brands, Balaji Motion Pictures, said, “We are delighted to associate with Truecaller for our film Dream Girl. There’s always a name behind the number who is calling you and in this case, it’s DreamGirl – Pooja. This association synergises well with the theme of our film and is an innovative way to reach out to audiences. Associating with a widely used caller ID app like Truecaller has given us an edge in spreading awareness about the film by staying true and relevant to the context of the film.”
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.
