Old advertisement of Ashok Kumar and Meena Kumari viral
New Delhi:
When you go to watch the movie, a lot of advertisements are definitely seen before the movie starts and in the interval. The start of the movie and the trend of showing Ed in the interval is not ten to twenty years old. This is as old as the history of theater. Yes, one such old ad is going viral in which Bollywood’s golden -era superstar Ashok Kumar and Trezzed Queen Meena Kumari are seen advertising a mattress.
Dunlop’s Mattress Ad
In this throbac video, Ashok Kumar and Meena Kumari are advertising the mattress and pillow of Dunlop in a unique way. Both are seen as an actor in this advertisement. In Ed, you see that Meena Kumar goes to Ashok Kumar’s house. Meena Kumari says that she has come to meet Ashok Babu. So Ashok Kumar comes and tells Meena Kumari that tomorrow is shooting. These are your dialogues. After this, there is a voice in the video how beautiful Ashok Kumar’s house is. After this, Ashok Kumar goes to a room and sits on the bed and says that whenever I need rest, I come here. It is said in the video that Ashok Kumar also has the best choice like other people in terms of rest.
Meena Kumari & Ashok Kumar in an advertisement for dunlop mattress (1953) pic.twitter.com/4rxgicepgr
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English is advertising
This advertisement is in English and at that time, English advertisements used to run less in theater. But it is said that at that time the mattress and metress were a symbol of rich and only people with money used to buy branded matresses. Ashok Kumar looks quite comfortable in this ed while Meena Kumari has some hesitation on his face. Even in that era, actor believed in earning through advertisements. In today’s era, almost every big actor will be seen advertising you. After this round, the scope of advertising the actors increased and today every small actor wants to earn through Ed. Along with the actors, cricketers also earn a lot through advertisements in the new era.
