Fortune Oil ads featuring Sourav Ganguly featuring pulled down by Adani Wilmar
New Delhi, Jan 05: Adani Wilmar has reportedly removed all ads of its Fortune Rice Bran cooking oil featuring Sourav Ganguly across platforms after the BCCI President suffered a mild cardiac arrest.
Notably,
Ganguly
endorsed
the
cooking
oil
which
claimed
to
be
healthy
for
the
heart.
Social
media
users
had
trolled
the
ad
campaign
featuring
Ganguly
for
promoting
heart
health.
Hence,
many
netizens
raised
questions
over
Fortune's
campaign
after
the
talismanic
cricketer
himself
sustained
heart
problems.
Following
the
criticism,
Adani
Wilmar
-
the
parent
company
of
Fortune
Oils
-
pulled
down
all
their
advertisements
featuring
the
former
left-handed
batsman.
The creative agency for the brand is working on a "fresh redressal campaign", reports said.
"The advertising featuring Ganguly has been removed across platforms," said one of the persons who is closely working on the campaign. "Ogilvy & Mather, creative agency for the brand, is looking into the issue and is working on a fresh redressal campaign," he added.
Meanwhile, the 48-year-old is recovering well and is expected to get discharge by January 6. A nine-member board of senior doctors discussed Ganguly's condition on Monday (January 4) and decided that angioplasty can be deferred for a later stage as Sourav is recovering well.
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"The medical board came to a consensus that deferring angioplasty, for now, is a safer option as Mr Ganguly is stable, does not have chest pain and is on optimal management," Dr Basu, a member of the board, said.