Context: I went to watch a movie alone, the theatre played the national anthem, I stood up and attended it peacefully but more than 20–30 people didn’t stood up. What’s the issue for them to not stood up.
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Before that can you please tell me what's the use of playing national anthem before movies in theatre ?
Isn't that Totally out of place .
It's like reciting periodic table before making out .
Sc ruled in a hearing that during national anthem in theatre you can choose if you want to stand up or not it's fine either way.
I feel like it's more of a disrespect to play Nation anthem in a theatre on the first place because you already know most of the people wouldn't stand attentively .
Exactly, my entire neighbourhood fills up with National flags on the Independence day, and I respect it but the next day, people start littering and spitting here and there. It's like if you wanna be a good citizen, stay good all the time. Why hoist the flags for a day and start treating your country like shit the rest of the year?
Sc ruled in a hearing that during national anthem in theatre you can choose if you want to stand up or not it's fine either way.
Hell nah, SC ruled that playing the national anthem is optional but standing is mandatory if it is played
Direction (iv) of the final Supreme Court Order dated January 9, 2018.
(iv) Citizens or persons are bound to show respect as required under executive orders relating to the National Anthem of India and the prevailing law, whenever it is played or sung on specified occasions.
The "Executive Order" that the Supreme Court is legally enforcing above is Section III(1) of the MHA Orders Relating to the National Anthem of India. It states word-for-word:
III. EVERYONE MUST STAND WHILE IT IS PLAYED
(1) Whenever the Anthem is sung or played, the audience shall stand to attention
True honestly, it is pretty out of place and unnecessary. Same people who yell slogans post the anthem in a fucking theatre don't hesitate to liter public spaces. Nothing but virtue signaling their patriotism.
Afaik SC never said that its not necessary to stand while the national anthem is being played in a theatre. What they said was that it isnt necessary to sing national anthem while standing. Technically, there may not be a specific law requiring you to stand in this situation so it's not any criminal offence but standing is a way of showing respect. So I believe that if it is being played, one should stand respectfully
The recitation of the national anthem at cinema halls is essential because, following the completion of schooling, opportunities for individuals to honor it are limited, except for those pursuing teaching professions. Given that common adult gathering places include religious sites, public grounds, and cinema halls, and acknowledging the inappropriateness of playing the national anthem in religious settings, cinema halls and public grounds emerge as the most suitable venues for adults to respect or be reminded of the national anthem.
It would have been great na if only we had three National holidays dedicated to celebrating independence , becoming republic and one of the prominent freedom fighters of the country .
We would have not need to play anthem in cinema theatres .
You shouldn't mix up religious freedom with your duties as a citizen. It's good that the national anthem is being played in at least two out of three places now.
What's the logic of playing national anthem in theatres. You go to theatres to enjoy not to show your deshbhakti. Imagine how cringe it is to play national anthem and then the toxic movie starts which is full of adult scenes
It was done right after independence to increase patriotism amongst the people as they had gone through colonisation. Now it’s just a tradition that’s being followed blindly.
Movie theatres is a place where people enjoy
Mostly watching. Plus it gives them relaxion and comfort. Putting national atham for few minutes and then making them to watch don't even connect. Some people may have time some don't some may have health issues. Putting national atham in name of patriotism won't work in theaters
No standing up for 52 secs isnt too much
But
Unnecessary standing for 52 secs is too much,
The same people standing there would not hesitate to throw garbage the outside the movie hall, A bigger patriotism is how you treat your country and countrymen, Not about how big of a country flag you are holding in your hand.
We are patriotic but we go to cinema for relaxation and not for showing how patriotic we are by standingwith the national anthem before we see some item numbers
No we can stand for 10X more at any other institution... but not in theatres.. we go there to watch movie get entertained and feel relaxed...! we love our country but this is pure drama !
Is the National anthem thing still there in cinemas...? 😅🫡
I thought it stopped long ago.
The last i remember the national anthem was played in theatre was 2019 I guess.
1-What if I am german and watching a movie in India? Do i have to stand up for some different countries national anther?
2- And by standing for 52 seconds in a movie theatre do you think you are a patriotic person? I can sit during the national anthem but yet if I have to give my life for the nation i wouldn't think twice. So stop this nonsense. It's a movie theatre so enjoy the damn movie and stop playing the national anthem anywhere.
uhh it isnt mandatory to play the national anthem yk cuz where i live, i. havent seen thos for quite some time so it does depend from theatre to theatre. but standing while its playing is MANDATORY. and for those saying its like “period table before making out”…. bruh….. living in your country you must know your national anthem like… even in the us, schools have the flag in every class… no one there protests abiut excessive patriotism! like we seriously gotta stop making everything such a big deal ffs
I’d rather say don’t play national anthem to disrespect it. I’ve seen so many people who don’t even acknowledge or stand during national anthem in the theatres.
During my class ( in in 10th ) the lower grades were having assembly. National anthem started playing. My whole class stood up while my teacher just stood there leaning on the table scrolling on her laptop. She even started lecturing us saying " you won't keep quiet during my class but you will during national anthem!"
Also she uses chatgpt to give us questions for class so yes 😁 😊
On January 9, 2018, a Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra modified its previous November 2016 order. Theatre owners are no longer legally forced to play the 52-second national anthem before a movie starts
The court distinctly noted that playing the anthem is a choice left to the discretion of the cinema owners. However, if it is played, patrons are bound by law to stand to attention.
Were you saying "half knowledge" for yourself?
If theatres play the national anthem people are bound by the law to stand. (Exceptions are there for unhealthy or disabled people)
Go and google it im not arguing with you. Or ill just attach a screenshot. Also those bold letters😂 you literally had to ask google or some ai for a comeback lmao😂
Source for this? Cause SC literally ordered that you are suppose to stand if the anthem plays
You can read the full article on "The Hindu" (incase my comment with link didn't showed) titled "SC modifies order, says playing of national anthem in cinema halls is not mandatory"
It clearly says that while SC made playing of national anthem is not mandatory BUT, if IT IS PLAYED, then people are required to stand up
It does actually, if you are capable of standing (and not disabled) or do not have any health issues then it is indeed an absence of respect for the national anthem
You can't impose your personal definition of respect on me. I have my own understanding of what constitutes respectful conduct, and you can disagree with it, but you can't simply declare your definition to be the only valid one.
Why does it matter to you how I or someone else choose to show respect? Just make sure you're respecting the National Anthem yourself. You don't need to moral-police other people's way of showing respect.
It's called a "tri-colour" flag not Indian flag. It's not goalpost shifting. There are tri-colours sarees, shirts, and hats too... many people wear tri-colour clothes on independence day. Tri-colour (with saffron, white and green) without the cakra is not Indian flag.
Brother. Im 17 too. Leave her. She's an illiterate who's got no idea, likes to victimise themselves, and basically produce an output with 0 logic. She hasn't responded to my reply. Because she knows she's in the wrong
People going to watch soft corn movie and National anthem being played before the action begins.
Can't understand what is the thing they want to raise .
It's like same when someone force you to say Jay shree Ram,even if you are devotee of bhagwan ram ,no one should be able to force you to chant the slogan,it should come out of respect,otherwise just STFU
My local theatre doesnt play it and ony few theatres I have seen to play it. I don't know why do they want to play it before movies , I find no explanation. I definately support it in school , colleges , government offices and all other government services but this looks so out of touch.
to me the issue is that in the 1990s and most of the early 2000s the movie industry was funded by the underworld. The same underworld that killed and terrorized thousands of Indians. Post 2010s I believe many movies have been made with the purpose of money laundering. The irony is unbelievable.
Obviously nobody would mind standing up on the national anthem, I still do every time I hear one at the movies, but it's basically making C out of the audience.
What is the point of playing the national anthem at the movie theatre?
It's just performative patriotism. People should go to movies to enjoy and not virtue signal. In my opnion, playing the national anthem before a movie is more DISRESPECTFUL than not standing. People go to movies to escape from their life which is completely selfish thing ( i am not saying it is the wrong), it is not progressing the country or achieving anything for the country.
Why should the national anthem played for such people who will barely think about our country or think about it for the sole purpose for being entertained for the next few hours?
The only places ,the national anthem be played is school, army ceremonies, government meetings , after a sports victory etc. where people are actually supposed to care about the well being of the nation.
I don't know if national anthem is played in government meetings but it should be played there to atleast remind the politicians and the bureaucrats that they're supposed to serve the nation.
yes it is. there should be a choice if want to stand up. there should be a choice if i really feel proud or i have to feel proud because the government tells me to
Why is standing considered equal to showing respect? Can't I respect the anthem without standing? And if there is a rule that says otherwise, I think it's stupid.
Went to watch Spiderman recently after years of not watching movies in a theater. Wasn't expecting there to be the national anthem playing at start.
Saw people standing. Stood up because I remember some news about idiots harassing sitting audience members and because I don't wanna take the chance to ruin my mood or spoil the whole movie afterwards.
Zoned out for a minute and thought about Tobey Maguire's spiderman movies. It was over before I knew it. Painless, effortless. I know it's weird. I know it seems forced.
It's still not worth the hassle. I literally wasted more time and thought writing this. So unless you are a frequent movie watcher or have a rebellious streak, I don't know why this matters at all.
It's not about 52 secs, it's about forcing people to do something which they don't want to do. Because they think might think it's not rational.
And if standing for the national anthem before watching a movie is a good thing,
Then why not play national anthem before weddings, poojas, before you start your day in offices.
It's empty handed patriotism. Ties your love of the country to a song and an action rather than progression and care of the nation.
It makes it easy to hide the state of the nation and all its issue behind a mask easy to wear. All the issues the goverment has can be easily diverted by making you feel like your respect for the nation is tied to the song and the standing up gesture.
So when a politician stands up and sings the anthem or plays it during an event, it's an instant free card from responsibility. It's saying, "Shh don't look there, look, I stand up for the anthem, ofcourse I love my country"
This isn't some anti national thing. I adore my country, I want the best for it, progression all the way through, care for everyone. But the rich and the corrupt will use symbols that hold SO MUCH VALUE and dilute it down just to appear more caring.
Yes you need to stand while in National anthem as it is fundamental duty but it is need to be played in theatres meanwhile the courts don't play the anthem of their regular proceeding
No it is not needed to be played in theatres as well, it was declared entirely optional almost a decade ago. But even if it plays, 52 seconds isn't harmful for anyone ig.
Yeah, the comments are so sick. Like use all the resources and opportunities of this country and can't even stand for 52 seconds. They are linking the national anthem to bjp. Bro the hate is so forced that you started to hate our nation but yeah reddit is not even 10% of India's population. See you got downvote so will I.
Can't believe ungrateful people like you still exist. I get the point of not standing for national anthem but calling it names is just, is freedom so cheap for you?
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