Rahul Dravid’s angry tantrum on screen for the CRED Ad has brought celebrity endorsements once again to the limelight. Many liked the ad, and many others didn’t. But like it or not, one could not ignore it. The ad got more eyeballs through social media than it did through paid media — a brand owner’s dream come true. To add to the flattery, we also got a spoof of the ad by Magicpin, reminding us of some of the good old Pepsi-Coke banter that we have come to miss lately.
