Sachin transformed SRK’s Pepsi Ad, Says Prahlad Kakkar:
Ad legend Prahlad Kakkar recalled that Cricket Legend Sachin Tendulkar transformed the Pepsi commercial of Shah Rukh Khan.
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Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar’s calm demeanour on the field might be world-famous, but off it, the legendary batsman also had quite the creative streak. Legendary ad filmmaker Prahlad Kakkar, who directed several iconic commercials in the ’90s, recently opened up about the story behind one of Pepsi’s most popular ads, the 1999 spot featuring Shah Rukh Khan and Sachin Tendulkar together.
And, as it turns out, it was Tendulkar himself who came up with the most interesting twist in the script. Recalling the shoot, Kakkar told the media that Sachin, a “Marathi manus” by nature, was initially shy and reserved amidst early collaborations. But over the time, he said, the cricketer grew more confident and began contributing ideas that were “actually very good.”
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“…he actually suggested things in the script that were very good, like in that Shah Rukh film, where Shah Rukh dresses up like Sachin and walks into the World Cup team’s dressing room to steal some Pepsis because they were being given for free. And they think that he’s.
The iconic ’90s ad begins with SRK dressed up as Sachin as he sneaks into the Indian cricket team’s dressing room to grab a few free Pepsis. As the story goes, Azharuddin and the other players mistake Shah Rukh for the real Tendulkar and send him out to bat, much to his horror.
“And Azharuddin says, ‘You’re on. You go on and bat.’ So he’s all padded up and he’s going out to bat. He’s really worried, looking around to see if something’s wrong, and then you see Sachin. He takes off his wig and says, ‘Sachin, thank you. You’re here,” said Kakkar.
Originally, the script had Sachin picking up the bat and heading to the field. But the cricket icon had a different idea, one that changed the ad’s ending and made it even funnier. “So, Sachin, at that time, the script was that Sachin takes the bat and goes to bat. But Sachin says, ‘Why should he do that? That’s not fun. Let him take the Pepsi and go back to the dressing room, and let him go out.’ So we said, ‘Wow, what a good idea!'”
The ad went on to emerge as one of the most unforgettable commercials of the late ’90s and also popularised the
now-legendary slogan, “Yeh Dil Maange More.”
The advertisement remains one of the most celebrated collaborations amid sports and Bollywood, marking a high point in Indian advertising in the midst of the 1990s.
News Edit KV Raman
