Tables turned: FIR against movie-goers in Bengaluru for not standing up for national anthem

Bengaluru | Friday | 8th November, 2019

Summary:

Some members of the audience, including a Kannada actor and his female friend, had created a ruckus on seeing the group of seven students seated while the national anthem played at PVR Orion Mall on October 23. We have asked the staff of PVR to share CCTV footage so that we can come to a conclusion on what exactly happened there.”Should show respect to national anthem by standing, SC had saidAccording to the Supreme Court, it is optional for cinema halls to play the national anthem before every show. In May this year, Ashoknagar police arrested a 29-year-old sound engineer for “disrespecting the national anthem” played at a movie in Garuda Mall. While the national anthem was being played, Jithin remained seated. He allegedly used a defamatory word to describe the national anthem..