Dismal product placements in Indian movies

The upcoming movie" Tara Rum Pum" has somesequence where Amitabh Bachchan utters the
in-movie-advertising of GM in the form of brandword Swift. Maruti would have received much
Chevrolet. The movie's star, Saif Ali Khan, is agreater bang for their buck had they watched
stock car racing champion for the Chevroletsome James Bond flicks to know what product
team. Sure enough, one can make out Aveoplacement is all about.
stickers on the racing machine.Some of the most sensational automotive
Not good direction - the movie is based on stockproduct placement in recent times have been in
car racing, an American sport, and the Aveo isJames Bond flicks and Basic Instinct III (Spyker
not a model, Chevrolet will be stickering on toC8 Laviolette - Spyker fended off competition
their racehorse in the US of A.from Merc SLR to get the 'role'. Sadly, Indian films
But then, in movie product placement, has notare yet to reach the level of maturity to have a
been done very successfully till now.subtle, yet unmissable, product placement in a
Does anyone remember the Swift in Bunti aurmovie.
Babli? There was a fleeting image of it and one