Maria Goretti posts her viral 1998 Coke ad. Read the amazing story behind it Maria Goretti posts her viral 1998 Coke ad. Read the amazing story behind it In her Instagram post, Maria Goretti shared the viral 1998 Coke ad, directed by Sabal Singh Shekhawat, and shot by Vik Sivaraman. advertisement Screenshot from video posted on Instagram by Maria Goretti. In a major blast from the past, Maria Goretti posted the video of an advert that she featured in 1998 for Coca-Cola India. "It was sassy, spunky and cool, just like me," Maria said in her post on Instagram, and added that the advert has "some amazing memories attached to it".