New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Watching a movie in a theatre is one of the oldest and most enduring forms of entertainment for those who have access to it. Even for someone like me, who occasionally goes offline and rewinds from the constant pull of the internet, a movie at the theatre can be the perfect escape from doomscrolling.

I would happily leave my phone at home (because I am on digital detox) and enjoy a film without any interruptions from work or home, especially Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey or Aditya Dhar's Dhurandhar.

But can anyone carrying hard cash watch a film at PVR INOX, which has a cashless policy?

On Tuesday, I stepped out to verify whether PVR INOX theatres were indeed no longer accepting cash payments. I reached the PVR...