After playing a milkman, Bollywood actor Aamir Khan will be seen donning the garb of a barber and a shopkeeper in new
TV commercials.
Aamir, who is the brand ambassador of TataSky, plays a barber and a shopkeeper in two different television commercials
of the DTH service.
In both the ads, the customer walks in asking for a particular haircut or a white shirt, while he is forced to take something
completely different. The situation shown in the films draws a parallel between the DTH companies and the barber and the
shopkeeper and has been communicated through the use of humour and satire.
Conceptualised by Ogilvy and Mather, the core theme of the ads revolves around TruChoice Packages being offered by
Tata Sky.
Television viewers -- whether cable or DTH -- don't have the true choice of selecting only those channels that they wish to
watch. In the process, they end up paying for a host of channels they don't watch or like. These packages give the
subscriber the option of watching only those channels he/she likes to watch.
Earlier, the actor had actually turned into a barber while promoting his film "Ghajini", where Aamir was seen giving his
typical Ghajini-style haircut to his fans.
Saturday, October 16, 2010 12:15 IST