Ad Campaigns
WATConsult gives humorous twist to Motilal Oswal marketing TIP
MUMBAI: WATConsult, a leading and awarded digital and social media agency, part of Dentsu Aegis Network along with Motilal Oswal, India’s leading financial service company has launched a digital campaign called #TheOnlyTIP.
The campaign features famous stand-up comedian Mallika Dua and the Man From Motilal Oswal (MFMO) Manav Kaul. In the video, Mallika Dua plays multiple characters who have fallen victim to unsolicited advice. The benefits of TIP (Target Investment Plan), a goal based investing platform are also highlighted in the video.
WATConsult CEO Rajiv Dingra said, “Humour has emerged as an effective medium in recent years. Keeping this in mind, the team conceptualised this campaign with a humorous twist to break the pattern of serious marketing done by most financial brands. With a renowned personality like Mallika Dua as a part of the campaign, we are sure that the message will reach out to many.”
Motilal Oswal marketing director Ramnik Chhabra said, “Our Target Investment Plan, i.e. TIP, is a unique product that helps people fulfil their investing goals by creating the ideal mix of investing amount, investing horizon and fund to be invested in. The film helps present this in an engaging way.”
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.
