When three Bengaluru friends from college watched a movie at a screening in a park in London a few years ago, they thought, why not replicate this model back home? And this weekend, they will be bringing the same experience to Mumbai with a screening of Black Panther. “We had watched Home Alone back then,” says Safdhar Adoor, co-founder of SteppinOut, which is organising the event. He adds that this is the third time that they will be organising a movie screening in Mumbai.

The preparation begins by putting up a poll on social media, where people can vote for the movie they want to watch. The organisers pick a concept — this edition’s was superheroes — and give options, including Black Panthers and Avengers: Infinity War in this case. “Once the poll closes, we acquire rights from the distribution house,” Adoor adds.