Did you know that fewer than 6,000 single-screen theatres remain today, and of those, only about 1,000 are still operating as theatres? For a nation where theatres have been the primary source of mass entertainment for decades, these numbers signify the end of an era. In the post-independence period of the 1960s-80s in India, coinciding with the peak careers of stars such as Amitabh Bachchan and Sridevi, watching movies was far from a passive experience.