Amul Girl who is seen on many of the company’s products including milk and butter. Recently, Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor had claimed that the girl seen on Amul products is none other than his sister (Shobha).
Shashi Tharoor had also claimed that Amul’s first colorful poster girl (Smita) was also his sister. This news was discussed a lot in the past few days and within no time this news spread like wildfire across the country. Now Amul company has rejected this claim of Shashi Tharoor. In this regard, Amul company has shared the truth by sharing a post on its X account.
Amul company clarified (Amul Girl Poster Viral News)
On the X handle named Amul 4 Customer, the company has written, ‘We would like to clarify that the poster of Amul Girl is not influenced by Ms. Shobha Tharoor, it has been created by Mr. Sylvester da Cunha and Illustrator Eustace Fernandes. It is noteworthy that in the year 1961, when the wave of White Revolution came in India, Amul company was in search of a girl child to create an identity for itself. Earlier in the news it was said that more than 700 photographs were sent to the advertising field for this and advertising veteran Sylvester da Cunha liked the picture of Shobha (Shashi Tharoor’s sister).
How was the selection? (Amul Girl and Shashi Tharoor)
Reports also said that advertising veteran da Cunha had seen more than 700 photographs for this advertisement, but did not like any of them. After this, Cunha had asked his friend Chandran Tharoor (Shashi Tharoor’s father) for his daughter’s photograph. In this picture, Shobha was in a polka dot dress and also had two ponytails on her head. Cunha liked this picture as soon as he saw it and Shobha became the face of this company. If reports are to be believed, this picture was taken by veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal. The journey of both the girls did not stop here. Shobha was elected Miss Kolkata in the year 1977 and Smita has been Miss India runner-up. Amul Girls was revealed in the year 2016, after knowing which people were shocked, but now the company has made it clear that Amul Girls has nothing to do with the Tharoor family.