Ad Campaigns
Wondrlab and Bharat Matrimony play to win as they launch the ‘Wedding Games’ campaign
Mumbai: As the world gears up for the international games to win gold, Matrimony.com, India’s biggest matrimony company, is set to win hearts with its innovative ‘Wedding Games’ campaign. This timely initiative cleverly intertwines the excitement of the games (or rather sports) with the anticipation of the upcoming wedding season.
The campaign features two captivating films that humorously portray the ‘international-level’ challenges faced by singles during wedding season. These witty films showcase protagonists deftly dodging intrusive questions about their marriage plans from eager relatives.
Matrimony.com chief marketing officer Arjun Bhatia shared his insights on the campaign and the company’s unique approach: “Matchmaking is not just a simplistic game of pairing based on superficial criteria. It’s not about finding a partner; it’s about finding the right partner who aligns with your unique essence. This campaign humorously highlights the pressures singles face, while showcasing how Bharat Matrimony offers a more thoughtful, personalized experience.”
Wondrlab content leads Bhavesh Kosambia and Rahul Chandwani, the creative minds behind the campaign, explained: “We landed a strong insight – during the wedding season, a lot of the prospects who are of marriageable age, attend weddings of their friends and family. They are often questioned about their wedding plans, and these prospects try and dodge such questions. The campaign is a set of two films where we see such protagonists try and avoid pestering guests, albeit dramatized for entertainment as though they were athletes. Bharat Matrimony comes in as the perfect place to find the answers to these questions as they can log on to find their perfect life partners.”
This campaign not only entertains but also reinforces Matrimony.com’s position as the go-to platform for those seeking meaningful relationships, proving that in the game of love, everyone can be a champion.
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.
