Milind Soman-Madhu Sapre's Famous 90s 'Nude' Commercial To Amul Macho's 'Toing' Ad: 7 Controversial Advertisements Which Were Banned In India

Today let's take a look at some famous advertisements which courted controversies and were eventually pulled out.

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The food delivery giant's 2017 advertisement rubbed people the wrong way. Their ad campaign displayed cuss words ‘MC-BC’ translating them to mac-n-cheese and butter chicken. Netizens fumed as they found it offensive and poor in taste. 

Jewellery brand Tanishq had to pull back its ad showing an interfaith family after receiving backlash on social media with some accusing the company of promoting 'love jihad' and 'fake secularism'. 

The most controversial Tuff shoe ad commercial of the 90s featured then supermodels Madhu Sapre and Milind Soman nude with a python covering their modesty. The animal rights activists filed a lawsuit for unlawful use of the python under the Wildlife Conservation Act, which in 2009 saw a verdict of not guilty. 

The latest Fab India's new clothing collection - 'Jashn-e-Riwaaz' advertisement was pulled off after senior BJP leaders slammed the brand and accused it of 'defacing' Diwali by linking the festival to an Urdu term. The company, however, maintained that it means 'celebrations of rituals/festive celebrations'.

The Lux Cosy innerwear ad was deemed indecent, vulgar and suggestive. The then Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has banned the commercial. A similar outage was seen for the Amul Macho commercial.

The Cooperative diary's Twitter was briefly blocked when their topical urging Ban on Chinese goods was displayed.

Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ananthkumar Hegde was irked by Ceat tyre's latest Diwali ad featuring Bollywood actor Aamir Khan. In his letter to the company's MD and CEO Anant Vardhan Goenka, BJP MP said, "Your company's recent advertisement in which Aamir Khan advising people, not to firecrackers on the streets is giving a very good message. Your concern for public issues needs applause. In this regard, I request you to address one more problem faced by people on roads, i.e., blocking roads in the name of Namaz on Fridays and other important festive days by Muslims."Hegde pointed out that during Namaz when Muslims block busy roads and perform Namaz then vehicles like ambulances and firefighter vehicles are also struck in traffic causing grave losses. He said the advertisement should also highlight the issue of noise pollution. "