Three weeks ago, I saw the below ad on front page of ‘The Times of India.’ It was the launch ad of a book; ‘Two and Half Girlfriend' by India's well-known author Chetan Bhagat. Being an ad guy, first I'd tried to assess it in terms of layout, color, message and overall appeal. And it’d managed to pass the creativity-test with flying colours. Then I'd tried to find out the strategy behind the FRONT PAGE ad. But before I discuss all that, I would really want you to go through the summary of this book. “Madhav is a Bihari boy with big dreams who falls in love with the beautiful Riya, rich lass from Delhi. There are some fundamental differences between the two. Madhav’s English isn’t all that great, but Riya speaks the best English. Madhav wants Riya to be his girlfriend but Riya disagrees. She wants them to be just friends but he definitely wants more. Riya finally comes up with a suggestion, a compromise – she agrees to become his half-girlfriend! Chet...
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