Indian Cinemas Must Play the National Anthem, Supreme Court Rules

[Moh@n]

I really don't get why some people have a problem with this move.

The national anthem is played in all schools here early morning during the assembly. So are we forcing nationalism on kids?

So what if it plays before a movie? It hardly takes a couple of minutes to finish so is not something that tests endurance levels of people.

 

[hafeezrocks]

I really don't get why some people have a problem with this move.

The national anthem is played in all schools here early morning during the assembly. So are we forcing nationalism on kids?

So what if it plays before a movie? It hardly takes a couple of minutes to finish so is not something that tests endurance levels of people.

Those who don't want to stand should have the option not to.

 

[Thivagar]

I really don't get why some people have a problem with this move.

The national anthem is played in all schools here early morning during the assembly. So are we forcing nationalism on kids?

So what if it plays before a movie? It hardly takes a couple of minutes to finish so is not something that tests endurance levels of people.

You know what is going to happen ? People will won't enter the theater until the national anthem, and that guy(Mukesh ?) with throat cancer talks about the hazard of smoking. Now you already have people not "respecting" the national anthem and then a nut job sees a Muslim family outside and assumes they are anti-indian and all hell breaks loose.

Good job comparing school practices with cinema theatre.

 

[Thivagar]

I can see a lot of people waiting outside for the national anthem to finish and then enter the theatre.

 

[big_gamer007]

I really don't get why some people have a problem with this move.

The national anthem is played in all schools here early morning during the assembly. So are we forcing nationalism on kids?

So what if it plays before a movie? It hardly takes a couple of minutes to finish so is not something that tests endurance levels of people.

School is different you teach the kids groom them to be ideal citizens of the future.. Movie theatre is different adults go to enjoy a movie why do you want national anthem playing there? Tomorrow you would be asked to play national anthem in your offices, homes, radio stations, TV's, online streaming etc.. Its not a big deal like you said I don't mind it playing before movies but it just does not make any sense.. It's a pretty poor decision IMO..

 

[Moh@n]

You know what is going to happen ? People will won't enter the theater until the national anthem, and that guy(Mukesh ?) with throat cancer talks about the hazard of smoking. Now you already have people not "respecting" the national anthem and then a nut job sees a Muslim family outside and assumes they are anti-indian and all hell breaks loose.

Good job comparing school practices with cinema theatre.

Well do you see parents of some kids requesting the schools to excuse their kids from the morning assembly?

 

[Moh@n]

I can see a lot of people waiting outside for the national anthem to finish and then enter the theatre.

So what? I don't see that resulting in riots.

 

[Moh@n]

Those who don't want to stand should have the option not to.

They do have the option. Yes some folks around them might be upset but one cannot be jailed for not standing up.

 

[Yossarian]

I can see a lot of people waiting outside for the national anthem to finish and then enter the theatre.

Instead of cinema's 'playing' the national anthem, why not just insist that the national anthem is incorporated into the movies themselves as part of the opening credits?

 

[LastManstanding]

They do have the option. Yes some folks around them might be upset but one cannot be jailed for not standing up.

But certainly can be beaten by self proclaimed nationalists.

 

[Thivagar]

Well do you see parents of some kids requesting the schools to excuse their kids from the morning assembly?

Someone said it better, you send children to schools for different reasons. You send them to learn. Wait till some nut job sees a muslim family standing outside and cause seen cause they are not patriotic. Like I said, there is no uniformity in India and hence they need to push patriotism down the throats of the people. This is not the 1960s. People can see what make sense and what doesn't. It is also disrespecting to the national anthem to be played before India's version of The American Pie.

 

[WebGuru]

12 arrested in India for not standing during national anthem

Twelve people were arrested on Tuesday for not standing up during national anthem at an International Film Festival in Thiruvananthapuram, India.

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Last month, the Indian Supreme Court made a ruling stating that the national anthem must be played before any film is screened in the country’s cinemas. The court stated that the anthem along with a visual image of the national flag to which the audience must stand is displayed so a sense of patriotism can be promoted in the country

Two separate incidents triggered the arrests at the film festival, according to Inspector of police in Thiruvananthapuram, Anil Kumar.

The twelve people reportedly refused to stand for the national anthem despite repeated requests by attendees, Kumar further said. They were later released on bail.

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These arrests follow Sunday’s incident where eight people were beaten by right-wing activists for similar reasons. Police stated that they were beaten for not standing to the national anthem in a Cinema in Chennai.


Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1261815/12-arrested-india-not-standing-national-anthem/

 

[Donal Cozzie]

They do have the option. Yes some folks around them might be upset but one cannot be jailed for not standing up.

12 arrested in India for not standing during national anthem

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Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1261815/12-arrested-india-not-standing-national-anthem/

awkward........

 

[Thomaskutty]

These 2 judges must have been picked straight from a khap panchayat. Truly insane. The good news is that they have just a couple of more years in the SC before they're packed off to retirement.

 

[Syed1]

These 2 judges must have been picked straight from a khap panchayat. Truly insane. The good news is that they have just a couple of more years in the SC before they're packed off to retirement.

Judges are only there to implement the law drafted by 'people's representatives'. Channel your anger towards the actual people making that law, rather than those implementing it.

 

[Major]

Fake patriotism at it's best, that lot from across the border are full of such chest thumping and false pride. I never want to see such things in Pakistan. There is a time and place to play the national anthem.

[MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION]


Ever been to pakistani cinemas? Even in pakistan cinemas the national anthem is played

 

[Syed1]

Ever been to pakistani cinemas? Even in pakistan cinemas the national anthem is played

Didn't know they had Pakistani cinemas in UK?

Because I go to PK cinemas in PK every year and never heard the national anthem being played.

 

[Major]

Glad that every country I have lived in in my life has been patriotic but has not shown any need to display it externally.

Didn't know they had Pakistani cinemas in UK?

Because I go to PK cinemas in PK every year and never heard the national anthem being played.

They are played. They are played in the begining, after which a bunch of advertisements come up and then the movie starts

 

[Major]

When i was in india, i remember going to this place in old delhi, some old historical fort or something like that. There was a small show their and they also played the indian national anthem there

 

[Thivagar]

12 arrested in India for not standing during national anthem

Twelve people were arrested on Tuesday for not standing up during national anthem at an International Film Festival in Thiruvananthapuram, India.

For the love of art: Showcasing the best and brightest of Pakistani cinema

Last month, the Indian Supreme Court made a ruling stating that the national anthem must be played before any film is screened in the country’s cinemas. The court stated that the anthem along with a visual image of the national flag to which the audience must stand is displayed so a sense of patriotism can be promoted in the country

Two separate incidents triggered the arrests at the film festival, according to Inspector of police in Thiruvananthapuram, Anil Kumar.

The twelve people reportedly refused to stand for the national anthem despite repeated requests by attendees, Kumar further said. They were later released on bail.

India ‘spoiled environment at Heart of Asia conference’

These arrests follow Sunday’s incident where eight people were beaten by right-wing activists for similar reasons. Police stated that they were beaten for not standing to the national anthem in a Cinema in Chennai.


Source: http://tribune.com.pk/story/1261815/12-arrested-india-not-standing-national-anthem/

@kayaal [MENTION=140459]SandyB[/MENTION] [MENTION=139319]Thomaskutty[/MENTION] Kerala out of all places ? I expected this to be somewhere in North India. This is the most developed state in India btw. I feel bad for those that live in places like Gujarat and West Bengal.

 

[PakLFC]

Didn't know they had Pakistani cinemas in UK?

Because I go to PK cinemas in PK every year and never heard the national anthem being played.

[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] and [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION]

Major is imagining things! I to have never heard the Pak anthem being played in any Pak cinema. Such weird things only happen in India

 

[kaayal]

@kayaal [MENTION=140459]SandyB[/MENTION] [MENTION=139319]Thomaskutty[/MENTION] Kerala out of all places ? I expected this to be somewhere in North India. This is the most developed state in India btw. I feel bad for those that live in places like Gujarat and West Bengal.

International film festival of Kerala was started on Dec 5. They will showcase around 182 films from all over the world. There will be 490 screenings in 12 theatres. And before each and every show all (not to mention the 1500 odd foreign guests there.) need to stand up to for the national anthem and "respect" it.

Not even in school you have a National Anthem playing more than twice a day. And here there is 10-40 times a day. One of the film society from Kerala went to court against it or to reduce it to once a day but the court overturned our plea.

 

[Major]

[MENTION=135038]Major[/MENTION] and [MENTION=138254]Syed1[/MENTION]

Major is imagining things! I to have never heard the Pak anthem being played in any Pak cinema. Such weird things only happen in India

This is why instead of hearing you actually go to the cinema to witness it

 

[PakLFC]

This is why instead of hearing you actually go to the cinema to witness it

What you on about going to the cinema to witness it? I have neither heard not witnessed the Pak anthem being played in any Pak cinema.

 

[Major]

What you on about going to the cinema to witness it? I have neither heard not witnessed the Pak anthem being played in any Pak cinema.

Oh bhai it is played. Like i said it is played right at the very begining, even before the advertisment or movie is played.

Just last week went to cinegold and they played the national anthem. They even played it at cineplex when they screen matches aswell

 

[PakLFC]

Oh bhai it is played. Like i said it is played right at the very begining, even before the advertisment or movie is played.

Just last week went to cinegold and they played the national anthem. They even played it at cineplex when they screen matches aswell

It may be played sporadically here and there even though I've not heard it. In India they want to make it part of law that is a different thing altogether.

 

[Muhammad10]

Why are Indians being arrested for sitting during the national anthem?

Twelve people were arrested on Monday evening at a cinema in India, after they remained seated while the national anthem played.

The cinemagoers, who were attending an international film festival in the city of Trivandrum in Kerala, were later freed but they face charges of "failure to obey an order issued by a public servant, thereby causing obstruction or annoyance to others".

And at a cinema in Chennai on Sunday, eight people who did not stand for the anthem were assaulted and abused, police said. The eight were later charged with showing disrespect to the anthem.

The arrests and reports of assault follow last month's Supreme Court ruling that the national anthem be played before every film and that audiences stand while it is played - and they make it clear that authorities are taking the ruling seriously.

"If we did not sit on chairs, I thought we would lose the seats," one detainee told the Indian Express.

The controversial ruling - cheered by the ruling Hindu nationalist BJP - comes at a time of routine demands on Indians to display patriotism, and this is not the first time people have been targeted for not respecting the national song.

In October, a disabled man who had been carried from his wheelchair to a seat, described how he was assaulted by other members of the audience for not standing for the anthem.

In the past three years, people have been thrown out cinemas and even charged with sedition for not standing up for the anthem.

A 1971 law makes any obstruction to the singing of the song "or causing disturbances to any assembly engaged in such singing" punishable by a three-year prison term and/or a fine.

But October's Supreme Court ruling gives national authority to what was previously a rash of loosely-followed, state-specific laws.

The ruling says that the anthem must be played in all cinemas, accompanied by an image of the Indian flag, and everyone must stand. It also stated that the doors must remain closed to prevent people from entering or leaving. The court later amended the ruling to exempt disabled people.

Critics of the Supreme Court ruling have called it a case of judicial overreach and an attack on freedom of expression.

Political scientist Suhas Palshikar said the ruling threatened to turn "citizens into subjects". Gopalkrishna Gandhi, a former diplomat, wrote: "The national anthem is not a traffic signal that has to be respected. It is not a tax that requires compliance. It is not a test that has to be submitted to."

National anthems are seen as tests of patriotism around the world. In Japan, school teachers have been warned for not standing up during the anthem. In Mexico, a woman was fined for mixing up the words.

And in the US, the Star-Spangled Banner has a long-standing association with protest. In September, American football player Colin Kaepernick said he had received death threats over his refusal to stand for the anthem in protest against the treatment of black people by police.

"Some of the right, committed to nationalistic politics, naturally see the anthem as a vital issue," Kevin Kruse, a professor of history at Princeton University, told me. "This has been true in past moments too, especially in times of war - the anthem being politicised during the Vietnam era, for instance, leading to the 1968 Olympics protest."

But what is unsettling in India, said political scientist Suhas Palshikar, is that state-ministered patriotism "often tends to give way to unruly vigilantism or authoritarian state machinery, or both".

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38298821