🔥 This Isn’t a Combo Offer. This Is a corporate Trap. 🔥
What PVR Cinemas is doing right now isn’t innovation, convenience, or “digital push.”
It’s quite a manipulation dressed up as a discount.
A ₹99 combo — proudly advertised, repeatedly promoted, loudly celebrated — turns out to be available nowhere you can actually buy it. And when you finally track it down? The price magically jumps. Not by a few rupees — but by more than double.
This isn’t customer service.
This is designed to confuse.
For working professionals, weekdays are the only window to breathe — and for movie lovers in media jobs, Monday to thursday matinees are sacred. PVR knew this. That’s why the ₹99 combo worked. Simple food. Honest pricing. No drama.
Then it vanished.
After months of complaints, arguments, and pressure, the offer “returned.” But not really. Because what came back wasn’t a deal — it was a digital illusion.
1. The Disappearance Act
Without notice, PVR quietly removed the popular ₹99 weekday combo. No announcement. No explanation. Just gone. Loyal customers were left paying ₹200+ for basics they once got fairly.
2. The Forced Comeback — With Conditions
After persistent questioning and pressure, the combo was “reintroduced.” Victory? Not quite. The twist came fast and sharp: not available at the snack counter.
3. App-Only, Audience-Hostile
Want the ₹99 deal? Download the app. Sign in. Navigate menus. Accept wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital transactions. This isn’t convenience — it’s forced behavior engineering.
4. The Price Shock Inside the App
Once inside the app, reality hits.
• A single samosa: ₹99
• The same sandwich + mini Coke combo you used to buy: ₹229
So where exactly is the ₹99 combo everyone is advertising?
5. The ‘Starting From’ Scam Line
Every poster. Every ad. Every promotion screams “₹99 COMBO.”
But in tiny, quiet text sits the real truth: “Starting from.”
A legal shield. A moral escape hatch.
6. Advertising Loudly, Delivering Softly
This is not transparent pricing — it’s bait marketing. Pull customers in with one number, then upsell aggressively once they’re locked inside the ecosystem.
7. Why This Feels Personal
Because this offer wasn’t for luxury seekers. It was for weekday moviegoers, salaried workers, media professionals, regular patrons — people who kept theatres alive outside weekends.
8. wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital Push or wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital Coercion?
Promoting apps is fine. Punishing offline buyers is not. When counters refuse offers but posters promise them, it crosses from strategy into deception.
⚠️ THE BIG QUESTION
If ₹99 is real, sell it openly.
If it’s not, stop advertising it.
Because when a brand as big as PVR relies on fine print and forced apps to justify inflated prices, the issue isn’t inflation — it’s intent.
This isn’t about snacks.
This is about trust.
And once audiences stop trusting what’s on the poster, they’ll stop believing what’s on the screen too. 🎬💥
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