Should national anthem be played in cinema halls?

Being a patriot and a great lover of our national anthem since my childhood days the mandate gives a sign of relief that more people will respect the national anthem now. But then the question comes to my mind why only cinema halls, why not make it mandatory in each and every government institution say for example banks, offices, collectorate, courts and many more such places. Are they not citizens of India. Why only cinema halls. Supreme Court should do some proper home work. No doubt its intention is good. But should be done by proper planning.

India is a country having unity in diversity. There are certain things which bring these peoples together. National anthem is one among such, which has to be considered with all due respect. Cinema halls are places where people come for relaxing and enjoyment. Playing national anthem is no point in such a situation. It is better that every institution must start with a national anthem.

I don't find it convincing. There is no sense of playing national anthem in cinema halls. Respect comes from inside we can't force someone for it. Recent order from supreme court to play national anthem seems illogical and unjustified.

National anthem is something which we consider as sacred. We can't just watch any shitty kind of movie and after that sing national anthem. And if government is thinking that by playing it, people will become patriotic and start respecting country and it's people then it's a huge mistake. The justification that supreme court gave for it was that many people don't remember full national anthem and this is one way to make them learn. What kind of decision is this? Even there were reports that few people were penalised for not singing after watching movie.

We can say that instead of diverting people's mind from major issues related to progress and development of country, supreme court should give a stop to it and start solving problems which are actually disrupting development.

I would like to add my intention. How many people have respect and honour for the anthem in school level than college and society level?

This is the ridiculous that anthem plays in the cinema hall. Some of the custom we follow rudely. Some us behave rudely in the cinema hall and make a nonsense comment during anthem also.

It is not necessary to play national anthem before movie. Suppose if SC wants to spread nation anthem to people that is not in cinemas hall. It plays where people committed or doing some destructive to government property and destroy nation value.

Hi friends,

We all are discussing Our National Anthem, and whether it should be played before the start of a movie in the theater. Well, I am in favour of the topic.

Friends most of us saying NO because of content if the movie might be vulgar or inappropriate and it disrespects our national anthem. There is no such Rule saying where to play our national anthem but remember whenever and wherever it is audible to you it's your moral duty to respect and stand.

I think that Good thing should be promoted instead of criticizing it. Actually, if we count the no.of times we get to sing our national anthem. It's just 2 times a year. So if you are really respecting your nation so much them I think the decision of SC is a reason for you to be HAPPY.

And yes about entertainment. Friends we are going to enjoy the movie for the total of 10800 seconds and do you really don't have just 52 SECONDS to pay tribute to those who sacrificed their life just to give us freedom.

Good evening everyone.

In my point of view, playing national anthem shows individual respect towards our country. But playing song before watching the movie and showing degrading things in movie about country does not show patriotism. What ever rules given by government should helpful to country development only so we should respect orders of our supreme court.

Yes, National anthem played in theatres which shows our honor and respect towards our country.

India is a truly democratic country. Then it is out of understanding why SC force citizen to chant national anthem before watching cinema in a theater.

It makes no sense at all. It should be made compulsory in school and colleges but not in a cinema hall.

Learning national anthem is a duty of every Indian. And am not seeing any problem regarding this that nowadays people don't know their national anthem songs.

Thankyou!

Prior to playing national anthem in cinema halls, it should be played in government office and educational institutions and private sectors and it should be played in the morning only not any other time.