Kishore in an old Camlin Marker Pen Ad??

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nightoffullmoon

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Posted: 14 years ago

We saw Kishore in the recent Chevrolet advt as the maintenance guy.

Watch this funny old Camlin Marker ad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKthceSGlyM

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Posted: 14 years ago

First time I've seen this ad and it was funny. Must say Indian Ads are very creative and I liked the lil explanation at the beginning as i learnt something new. Yet, i can see that it can be deemed offensive too.

Edited by pardesii - 14 years ago

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-MeMyselfI

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Posted: 14 years ago

am i the only one who is finding this offensive towards widowed women?

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Posted: 14 years ago

Originally posted by: 2010huma
am i the only one who is finding this offensive towards widowed women?

one of d few indian ads i dnt like 😳

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Posted: 14 years ago

Originally posted by: shikhachopra
one of d few indian ads i dnt like 😳

thank u so much for agreeing with me...😊

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nightoffullmoon

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Posted: 14 years ago

Originally posted by: 2010huma

thank u so much for agreeing with me...😊

I don't think it is offensive to widowed women. It is actually a satire; they are taking a dig at the social customs.

How the community swoops down (they are waiting for the person to die, to being to howl and cry) to rob the woman of her right to grieve in her own way, how they reduce a life long, permanent relationship to mere symbols: breaking the bangles and rubbing off the sindur, engaging Rudalis (the professional mourners) to cry for the dead.

Why remove the symbols of your relationship when the person is gone? It should be a personal decision. No one has the right to take it away from a woman.

Here we see it happening immediately after death. In many hindu communities, when the husband dies, they take the widow to the ghat, deck her up like a bride and the ritually remove everything. Is there anything more cruel than this?

You are reduced to a nothing, if your husband dies before you, you are entitled to nothing, not even a decent life. All this still exists in rural India.

The ad is actually pro-widowed women and anti social customs.

Just think about this. You won't be offended. They are laughing at cruel customs.