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Supreme court says audience need not stand for National Anthem in cinema halls

October 24, 2017 by BollywoodPresents Team

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Supreme Court says Audience need not stand when National Anthem is part of film.

Supreme Court (SC) of India passed a verdict saying the audience need not stand in Cinema Hall to prove their patriotism and “cannot be forced to carry patriotism on their sleeves”. People go to cinema halls for undiluted entertainment. Society needs entertainment. We cannot allow you (Centre) to shoot from our shoulders. Desireability is one thing but making it mandatory is another. People do not need to stand up in cinema halls to prove their patriotism.

SC added that the society did not need “moral policing” and it cannot be assumed that if a person does not stand up for the National Anthem, then he or she is less patriotic.

Previously, SC had ordered theatres across India to “mandatorily” play the National Anthem before a movie and the audience must stand and show respect, in a bid to “instill committed patriotism and nationalism”. However, the order has now been revoked and audience may or may not stand.

I’m sure there are some who will be happy to hear this new hearing from the Supreme Court, but many will also be surprised to see how quickly the top court in India have reversed their decision. Few months back, the Indian Supreme Court had made it mandatory for all cinema theatres to play the Indian national anthem before beginning of every film show. In the weeks to follow, citizens who refused to stand in cinemas, were assaulted, intimated and even arrested for not rising to the national anthem. It triggered debates on television news channels, challenging the nature and intent of the ruling.

Things took an objectionable turn, when Theater director Atul Kumar’s rendition of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night hit a roadblock. Before the performance could commence at Rangsharda in Mumbai, Kumar was commanded to play the anthem at the beginning of the performance.

After several applications were filed on the question, including from the Conference for Human Rights and the Kodungallur Film Society, the Supreme court finally issued this clarification.

The Supreme Court finally issued a clarification saying “There is no need to be on your feet inside a cinema hall when the National Anthem is featured as a part of a film, documentary or a newsreel”.

Ram Gopal Varma asks why not play national anthem in bars and clubs?

In a sarcastic comment, Ram Gopal Varma had said that the national anthem should be played in bars and clubs as well.

Bollywood filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma voiced his displeasure over the ruling and said shouldn’t the #NationalAnthem be compulsorily played in all night clubs before drinking and dancing begins?

Shouldn't the #NationalAnthem be compulsorily played in all night clubs before drinking and dancing begins ?

— Ram Gopal Varma (@RGVzoomin) December 1, 2016


  • He says it should be played before every TV programme and TV serial episode and radio program
  • Every shop should ask customer to see a video of it b4 entering shop.
  • National anthem would be made compulsory in temples, churches and mosques before prayers begin.
  • The lead actor giving anti-tobacco message should compulsorily sing national anthem.



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  1. Prem says

    February 15, 2017 at 8:08 am

    Forcing results in fake affection, my opinion anyway.

    If you force someone into making love, e.g. martial rape or even rape, would it be called ‘love making’s or love?? Like a faking wife, citizens would start faking patriotism and the real deal would be lost.

    Lets as a nation develop and nurture good human being then there will true nationalism unlike fake nationalism people based on people’s colour, race or creed.

  2. Deshu says

    February 15, 2017 at 8:13 am

    Patriotism can be taught and can be enforced by conduct of society and behavior of elders at higher levels and also by enforcing agencies as whole.Patriotism can be learned from elders whose behavior in society would be examples to new generation.Actually freedom of speech and expression is being missed used in India due to facts that there are only few honest and sincere politicians who rule us at various places.There is no fear of law due to fact that muscle and money power play role everywhere.Politicians are hunger for power and same can be achieved divisions in society as such one can not expect them to be exemplary to public.

    • Amar says

      February 15, 2017 at 8:14 am

      Where you forcefully taught to love your father, mother, siblings?

      • Deshu says

        February 15, 2017 at 8:14 am

        You can not compare between Maths and Ice-cream/Sweets .Two are different.Let us learn to love our nation first which are lacked by all of us.

  3. Tapas says

    February 15, 2017 at 8:22 am

    Cinema and theater halls are meant for people to be entertained. Fear of intimidation at such places only make things become more problematic.

  4. Tejas says

    February 15, 2017 at 8:50 am

    Logically, it makes no sense, and I feel we also do dis-service to our country by playing it before every kind of movie. Just imagine you stand for the national anthem and then proceed to watch a Sunny Leone or Grand Masti movie.

    • BollywoodPresents Team says

      February 15, 2017 at 8:55 am

      Agree Tejas…Besides, these are short-cut methods to inspire patriotism. How about having a policy where every Indian is asked to serve the army for a couple of years? But that requires long term planning and vision…so may not happen.

  5. Himanshu says

    February 15, 2017 at 9:20 am

    Patriotism is good politics, but we should have left our national anthem alone. I found the ruling to play the anthem before every show of every film highly immature. The very act of playing it in cinema halls before every show is a ‘misuse’ of it. By that logic it must be played before start of every television show as well. There is no end to it, and as long as we have such ‘talibani’ dictates’ such symbols of our national pride will not only get misused but also disrespected widely.

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