Should national anthem be played in cinema halls?

I appreciate the views of my all dear friends.

No doubt Patriotism is in every citizen of India nd in one way or the other everyone tries to ful fill its duty towards the nation like some help the poor, soldiers by protecting us from miscreants (terrorists).

Now, the apex court of the country made it mandatory that national anthem must be played in cinema halls. I appreciate this decision because national anthem is a way of expressing our respect towards the martyrs, freedom fighters, unity in diversity nature of India. Merely standing for 52 seconds nd to feel proud of your country is not a big deal. It reminds us of our duty towards our nation nd cherish the saga, valour, sacrifice the country has made to reach the position in which the country is today.

The need of the hour is that not only in the cinema halls but we should also encourage such kind of practices in different govt sector, private sector organisations nd take this initiative to the broader level.

It is just like you being a theist and you know god exists everywhere but still, you recite the name of god daily nd also pray in front of idols in temples, masjids, church or at home because you know if I pray in front of idols it would be more devotional. Same is the case with the national anthem. The more you sing it more you feel "patriotic".

People saying no nd citing the reasons that they go there for entertainment nd some saying not to be played before vulgar movies. I just want to ask is national anthem fetching your entertainment? After 52 seconds won't you be able to enjoy to film as you wanted?nd it is not vulgarity. It is just your way of thinking. If your thinking says the movie is vulgar then why are you in the cinema hall. Just don't come to watch. Some movies highlight the brothels in their movies because its what the movie demands. That doesn't mean due to this our national anthem nd our feeling is degraded because other things are also a part of our life nd we need to address them also.

So concludingly I would like to say we all must strive to take this initiative to a broader level nd take our nation to a position where everyone wants to work for country first rather for oneself.

JAI HIND.

National anthem is one of those sacred things that each and every person of our country feels respected about. Since the main motive behind implementation of such rule is the redevelopment of one's responsibility for the nation and to give rebirth to the feeling of patriotism in the hearts of people, playing national anthem before every movie in cinema can't be considered as the best move to fulfill the purpose.

India is the country with a great diversity and people are living in different cultures of society. Though our country is developing still most of people belongs to rural areas where there are no facilities of movie theater, hence those people are out of reach for this move. India is an independent country and every individual is independent to do whatever they wish to and in such conditions forcefully implementing such rules will not only be taken as burden but it might create haterade against it. Since the more youngest are the people who are most frequently seen in cinemas, they never wants to loose there freedom and are very conscious about there way of living, this forceful decision might be taken as burden by them can affect that negatively.

Also, the kind of movie that is played in theaters are different kinds and the audience present might feel frustrated as theater is a place where everyone goes for the purpose of entertainment. And playing national anthem before all those adult, antisocial, vulgar films can't be taken as a respectful decision. Also, the kind of audience present may not properly follow the rules of national anthem which are considered as disrespect.

Hence playing national anthem in theaters cannot be considered as a great decision to develop patriotism in people. Instead, government should consider the other much effective moves to solve the problem like playing it public gathering or making it compulsory in all the offices and much more. This decision needs a broader perspective.

"52 seconds" never had made people so judgmental, I am completely shocked to see that most so called patriotic people here thinks playing national anthem at cinema halls is completely bad idea; even they have many intellectual reasons too, hats off to them.

Now, when I have ever been to cinema halls I have seen about 98% of people standing and even half of them citing it too with proper respect and love, so that 2% doesn't comes under unpatriotic people, and even that 98% doesn't proves to be a patriotic one, but, the thing is; why we are so much worried for standing up for 52 seconds and showing respect, yeah. Yeah, one don't need to show respect like this but still Why NOT, what is so horrifying and dreadful if it is played, it is our National anthem brother. You can never rationalize your love to mother nation. It is by heart and whenever we are asked to we should do whatever in the name of our mother nation.

Now, when it was played at schools it was also not compulsory (same arguments can be raised for that also) then too but we did daily and that only infused us with the unconditional love for our nation and yes, Tell me friends after school how much you have listened it or stand for it, very rare so, if you are getting an opportunity to stand for it or even just sit and listen with people all around you makes us feel united, makes us feel connected, makes us feel together.

The gooze bombs and butterflies which I always felt while standing for national anthem is unexplainable and I will always whenever, wherever it will be played and I know my fellow brothers and sisters will do the same.

Jai hind.

Namaskar to all Indians who consider playing national anthem in cinema hall is not the right way of showing respect to our Mother India.

As per some of beloved Indians patriotism cannot be forced and as per them playing national anthem in hall is like forcing people to show respect unwillingly to mother India, so my first question to these people is,

We Indians are independent today, can walk freely, talk freely and live life, so whats wrong in showing the respect our land where we stand.

Yea, cinema hall is source of entertainment, but if we start the fun standing for our nation, one should feel pride.

Talking about those who think patriotism is in heart, that's for every Indian, but few things we do because its adds to our confidence of being Indian like playing National anthem.

If one can stand in queue for getting tickets of movie, then whats wrong to stand for our Country. One must have seen while the National Anthem is played, it always shows the group of armies who dedicate their whole life protecting National Flag, so I find no inconvenience in showing honor for our National Flag.

There are many things which we dislike, or which are not required still we do it as they are required for living.

We should feel happy that today we got National Anthem only because we are independent, if suppose we wouldn't have been independent, there wouldn't be cinema hall, no source of entertainment and above all no :freedom of Speech".

So at the end I would say "One should feel pride in being independent and show respect to National Anthem" even in cinema halls.

Thanks.

Everyone has their opinion and I appreciate their point of view but according to me, I think we should not play National anthem in the cinema hall because of many reasons.

First and there for the most thing is that National anthem is not a normal song it represents our country so it should not be played under the roof. It should be played in an open area.

Secondly, Whenever someone goes to the cinema hall everyone has their hearts and minds into the movie. At the time No one is interested in the national anthem. So even if it played. It will be just disrespecting the national anthem because no one is interested in listening to the national anthem. So even if it is played in the Hall and everyone is standing just for the sake of it and they are mind is in the movie and they are not singing it from within. Then it's total of no use.

Thirdly, We are living in that time. In which every movie is the same and positive which have all the good things in it. Some movie includes many vulgar scenes and songs. Item songs and many other things. And people come to watch those things with that mind. So it's just Disrespecting the NA. So just playing the national anthem and making people sing it forcefully is not a better option.

Instead what government should do is to make it compulsory to play national anthem in all the organization school colleges. Both (private and government) offices whenever they start the new day.

Hello guys, My name is Sandeep Kaur.

So, in my point of view, the national anthem must be played in cinema halls you know why these issues have come in mind there is a reason: one day a movie is played in a cinema and people are singing the national anthem in that so that time the audience is not standing only one person stands and give respect so that day, that person fire a case to cinema halls and then supreme court gives the order to play it in cinema halls because we have to stand for the soldiers who are sacrifice their lives for the country.

According to my perspective, the national anthem timing is fixed and then guards close the gates so that the left people can join the halls after the national anthem.

According to the Supreme Court of India in 2016 under the bench of Justices Honourable Dipak Misra and Amitava Roy, declared that every cinema hall was to play the national anthem before the screening.

I know it's not easy but it cannot be impossible or bad:

Like if we cannot stand for ourselves then how soldiers can stand for us? I know there are some particular reasons which are not good like as;

If some people are not standing then it disrespects our nation and if people are moving then it also so I can say that if the national anthem should be played in cinema halls before screening then there should be some mandatory strict actions for those who are disrespecting the national anthem.

Hi everyone, I support that National Anthem should be played in theatres because;

1. We should show a little respect for our country just for 52seconds.

2. Why can't we play?

3. We have temples for devotion, but we don't have a place to show patriotism. No one found that so, it is being played where different community exists.

4. We should remember soldiers are sacrificing their lives.

5. It's not just a song, but it's a feeling.

6. It's not about the place, it's about the feeling and respect. Whether it is entertainment places or stadiums.

7. If you say that we are disrespecting in other ways like - flags are dumped somewhere, we should not spoil it, etc, its the problem of an individual the court should keep rules or punishments or fines for dumping flags, ignoring national anthem, etc,

8. The court gave an order regarding nobody stood during the national anthem being played and disrespecting, the court has made it mandatory to play the national anthem before starting any movie.

9. People who are sitting felt shame by watching the standing people.

10. We should not move during jana gana mana.

11. Children follow adults, so, if adults stand and respect then children will imitate them.

12. When you cannot stand for yourself, then how can soldiers or navy stand for you.

13. There is no rule to do not play the national anthem when the people are showing patriotism.

Hi everyone. Before I start speaking about the topic I want to ask some questions?

Don't you people think we Indians are very proud of our National Anthem?

Don't you think a cinema hall is just a place where we people just go to refresh ourselves enjoy with our friends or girlfriends or family?

Don't you people think that our National Anthem is very pious that playing it in cinemas should not be right.

Yes, ofcourse we all are Indian and we all are patriotic it doesn't mean that for sake of show off only it should be played in cinemas. No one here told that whenever our Brave soldiers are martyered, there sacrifice should be shown in theatre for one minute atleast to give them shradhanjali. But some politicians said that National Anthem should be played in cinema and to show off our patriotism we are agreeing to them. But we don't know that they are doing politics over National Anthem and they say they are patriotic. Before implementing it into theatres no one have the doubt whether we are patriotic or not. I will say don't go with these politicians ask your heart that on our national events, school assemblies and on other national issues like sports it should be played. But it is not right to play it in places like cinema halls. Or else someday they will say that it should be played in red light areas also because there also all are Indians.

Thank you.

In my opinion, National Anthem should be played in Cinema Halls. It is not just a song it is a feeling, an emotion. Some people say that it should not be sung in cinema halls as the atmosphere of cinema halls is entertaining and joyous so I just have a simple question for those people -- When you cannot stand for yourself, how do you expect others especially soldiers to stand for us? Why do we hesitate to sing National Anthem at cinema halls because soldiers do not hesitate while sacrificing themselves for us?


It hurts when people make excuses for not singing the national anthem. Well, we learn from what we see and when children watch other people singing National Anthem they imitate them. If it is bad then we should stop singing the national anthem in cinema halls. One more aspect is that it is not our daily schedule to sing the national anthem, after our schooling we don't really bother to sing it but where we get the opportunity at least there we can give our best.

To the people who say the national anthem doesn't fit in cinema halls, I would like to say it is not the place which matters it is our feelings which matters the most. When you say God is everywhere, why can't patriotism be everywhere? (Don't say we go to temples to worship gods, have you made anything where we can go and sing the national anthem?).

Hi, everyone.

I don't think that playing national anthem in cinema halls is a good idea. People come in cinema halls to relax. Playing national anthem would be irritating to some of the people.

Take the example of next day after 26 January and 15 August, people throw away the flag on streets and the dustbin. So, is this the way you are showing your patriotism towards the nation? Just standing for national anthem does not make any sense. Most of the people don't even know the verse in the national anthem. They stand up for the national anthem just because others have stood up and they don't want to be the spoil spot. Also, not everyone would be in attention position and also this would show disrespect towards the nation as well as the national anthem.

I don't think that playing national anthem in cinema halls makes a person patriotic. Patriotism cannot be forced on an individual. Also, the definition of patriotism varies from person to person. If a person is very patriotic, he can show his deeds by doing various ways such as joining a social organization help the needy person, to teach the poor and needy children, and many others. So, according to me, national anthem should not be played in cinema halls.