In today's era, there are many ways one can rise to fame and be in the limelight overnight, thanks to social media. But the catch is, no one can accurately predict what the masses will love or hate. Advertisements have played a vital role in making and breaking a career for a celebrity. Here we present you a list of actors who became famous thanks to advertisements
Banita Sandhu
Banita Sandhu is a 20 yr old Indo-British Model, she became an internet sensation thanks to her Double mint ad in 2017. The ad which describes a young couple's journey with the backdrop of the evergreen romantic song “Ek Ajnabee Hasina Se” and was loved by the public. This fame also helped her in bagging the Shoojit Sircar’s film “October” starring opposite Varun Dhawan.
Abhinav Kumar aka The Trivago guy
When you hear this line ‘Kya aapne kabhi online hotel search kiya hai?’ immediately Abhinav or the Trivago guy's face will pop up in your mind. Social media especially meme-makers took a special liking for him and there were tons and tons of jokes made on him. Abhinav took this trolling sportingly and shared many of them on his social media handles. Abhinav is not a model but is a real-time Trivago employee. Trivago has earlier used the same ad concept featuring the now famous Tim Williams, in which he delivered the same information, in the same format, just in English.
Sasha Chettri The Airtel girl
Sasha, a young model has got plenty of appreciation and hate for her airtel ads. The Airtel 4G girl was also infamously dubbed as the most hated Indian. Well, people don't exactly hate Sasha they were just annoyed with the false claims of the company being aggressively promoted by the short hair model. Although she got negative reviews due to the false claims from the brand she still got a limelight and she was approached for a small role in the movie Katti Batti.
