Today’s film stars endorse several products at once. But dig through advertisement archives and you’ll find the most unexpected faces.
by The Editors | editor@themetrognome.in
Advertisements and endorsements are part of a larger game involving a celebrity’s popularity and general attractiveness. The more popular the star, the higher the number of endorsements.
If you thought yesteryear actors didn’t endorse brands, you thought wrong. A lot of Hindi cinema’s popular, and sometimes, unexpected faces endorsed a range of products, from hair cream and cigarettes, from beauty soaps to even pickles! While Ashok Kumar endorsed a suitings brand, perpetually-in-the-dumps Nirupa Roy was once a face for a beauty soap.
But enough talk. Enjoy our slideshow of 15 vintage Bollywood endorsements.
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- Mithun Chakraborty for National
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- Kishore Kumar for Brylcreem
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- Salman Khan for Hero Honda. Okay, he’s not really vintage, but he’s never going to look like this again.
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- Vinod Khanna for Cinthol
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- Sharmila Tagore for Murphy Radio
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- Nirupa Roy for Lux
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- Nanda for Lux
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- Rajesh Khanna for Fabina Suitings
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- Saira Bano for Lux
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- Shabana Azmi for Lux
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- Leela Chitnis for Lux
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- Jackie Shroff for Charminar
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- Dilip Kumar for Mother India chilli pickle
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- Jaya Bhaduri for Subhash Sarees
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- Ashok Kumar for Ambika Suitings
(Pictures courtesy satyamshot.wordpress.com, www.facebook.com, post.jagran.com, orkut-html.blogspot.com, memsaabstory.com, cineplot.com, assambiskoot.com)
