Written by Vaishnavi Gujar “I came from Chennai especially to attend the Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) and watch the films of my choice. However, due to road closures for the Bajaj Pune Grand Tour, commuting has become difficult, and I am unable to travel comfortably between venues,” said a movie enthusiast Sudhakar. For Divyashree Kavatkar, a resident of Karve Nagar, the barricades and road closures meant that she had to walk to the venue. “We were diverted from the side roads and could not take turns as planned, which made reaching the festival quite difficult,” she said. As Pune’s landmark cycling event pedaled from Goodluck Chowk to Deccan Bus Stop on January 19, and roads in Shivajinagar and Deccan were closed and traffic diverted, PIFF felt some unwanted side effects. An organiser said that there were only 60 per cent crowds for the afternoon shows at PVR, The Pavillion, and E-Square, the two key festival venues. Some members of the audience said that they had missed afternoon shows. Others compared notes on how they …