Thursday, October 06, 2005

Tall, Fair and Handsome

Guys, your prayers have been answered.

If

  • Your parents can't find you a girl or your proposals are being rejected and you have to settle for a old hag....
  • You cant get a job as a steward in that coveted airlines.....
  • You lost that job as a TV anchor to someone else....
  • You are ignored, made fun of, teased at....
  • You want Rakesh Roshan to offer a role in his next movie but cant get him to notice you...
  • You want to sit next to Krishnamachari Shrikant in the commentary box but don’t have the confidence....

all because of your dark complexion, your prayers have been answered. Emami has launched Fair and handsome for men. Saw the ad yesterday, it is hilarious. A guy (made to look dark) sneaks in to a women’s hostel to steal a pack of 'regular fairness cream' (by which I mean fairness cream for women) who is then chased by women only to be rescued by a fair guy who gives the guy some much needed advice which unfortunately is not 'Get a life' but 'This wont work on you, use fairness cream specially made for men'. Dark makeup gone, guy looks fair (and lovely???) and girls fall all over him.

Long time since I laughed so hard at an Ad. Why do I get the feeling there is a woman behind this ad who is thinking 'sweet revenge’?

6 comments:

~RAUL~ said...

Oh the ad is finally out...which channel :D :D....lemme catch it today itself...is it powerful enuf(like turning tyson into becker types) ? ? if yes then i can apply some of it on to Gimli 'cause Frodo and Bilbo seem to hate him(mebbe they're racial species??)
btw, whts the Lab's name ?

Someone said...

How foolish can the advertising ppl get ? Aren't they supposed to be the most creative minds in business. Neways, there are so many ads now a days that quality is bound to suffer.
My all time fav ads are Shahrukh Khan + Sachin in Pepsi commercial and classic Nescafe one. Which one is urs ?

Anonymous said...

Good LORD!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAA

Seriously, is there a web version of this ad? I think this is HOWLARIOUS!!!

Arunz

Anonymous said...

This is exactly the kind of stuff that keeps me away from Television.

FlyingHigh said...

Rahul, The Ad comes on all channels I am sure U must have caught it by now...It used to be funny, cant stand it now. Lab has a funny name, dont ask. He is a white or fawn coloured useless mutt.

HG, How hav u been?What will they come up next? Eye make up for men???

Supriy The ad and the product both are stupid. Cant think of a fav ad....but like most of the Raymonds ad and the new surf ad with two kids...very cute!

Arun Hehe, that ad is ridiculous...no web version unfortunately :(

Truman, That is the best thing to do. May be I should shun TV too.Naah, will just change the channel when such things come :)

Anonymous said...

That's so crazy, I don't understand it at all. Dark skin men are so beautiful.