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TV’s beloved ‘urban’ family returns for Urban Company’s video series
Mumbai: What’s common between a Native RO Water Purifier and the most loved family of 2000’s television? It’s Urban Company’s latest video series, conceptualised and written by Bare Bones Collective.
Urban Company’s latest video series sees Ratna Pathak Shah, Satish Shah, Deven Bhojani, and Rajesh Sharma reunite to tickle your funny bone with an ‘Urban Company’ twist.
The family that made us laugh out loud with their ‘upper class vs middle class’ antics is back to introduce Urban Company’s ‘Native RO Water Purifier’.
A revolutionary product by Urban Company, the Native RO Water Purifier is a homegrown water purifier that requires servicing only once every two years! Tailor-made for Indian households, it promises a hassle-free experience along with unparalleled convenience.
The writers Manaswi Mohata and Anuya Jakatdar, with the iconic cast, made The RO feel at home, just like all of us!
The video series was released on Urban Company’s social media platforms, which include YouTube and Instagram.
Talking about their latest project, Bare Bones Collective co-founder and chief creative officer Girish Narayandass said, “We’re excited to collaborate with Urban Company, and, who better to bring back for the launch of the Native RO Water Purifier than the beloved urban family? Hope it takes everyone on a nostalgic trip back to the 2000s.”
Adding to the enthusiasm, Urban Company director of marketing Divya Jain shared, “With our latest campaign featuring the cast of a beloved sitcom, we’re tapping into the heart of Indian millennials who prioritize both convenience and cutting-edge technology. By partnering with Bare Bones Collective, we’ve embarked on a unique journey that intertwines humor, family dynamics, and smart living solutions such as Urban Company’s Native RO Water Purifier.”
Twilight Entertainment is the production house on this project.
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.
