Won’t stop playing the national anthem till we receive an official letter: Doon cinemas

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court modified its November 30, 2016, order and left it to the discretion of cinema halls to whether or not play the national anthem before every movie. However, cinema halls in Doon tell us that in the current nationalistic environment, especially with Republic Day approaching, they plan to continue playing the national anthem for now.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY IT: EXHIBITORS
The 2016 order to play the national anthem was to instill "a sense of committed patriotism and nationalism." However, it led to instances of vigilantism in different parts of the country, and resulted in a SC bench asking, "Why do we have to wear patriotism on our sleeves?" Now, the SC has modified the order to make the playing of the national anthem optional.However, most of the single screen theatres in the city feel that since most Doonites didn't have any problem with the national anthem being played in theatres, they will avoid further confusion regarding the matter and will continue playing it. At least for now.
GS Rana, manager of Prabhat Cinema at Chakrata Road, says, "We have no problem in playing the national anthem. The moviegoers in Doon didn't object when the decision to play the national anthem was announced. So now, since it is for us to decide whether to continue with the practice or not, we have chosen to keep playing the anthem before every show."
Inderjeet Sethi, manager of Natraj Cinemas at Chakrata Road, says, "We were playing the anthem even before the decision came. We will continue playing it till we receive an official letter directing us to stop playing the anthem completely. If 90% of the Doonites are not having any problem with us playing the national anthem, then why should we stop playing it?"
Kulwant Singh, manager of New Empire single screen theatre, says, "The copies of the films that we get from distributors from Mumbai already have the national anthem added to them. So till the time the distributors stop adding the national anthem to the copies, we won’t stop playing it."
'We might not play the anthem before every show of a big film'
Suyash Aggarwal, owner of Silver City Multiplex at Rajpur Road, says, "We will continue playing the anthem for now but we might not play it before every show of big films like Padman and Padmavat. A lot of ads are played before every movie and if we play the national anthem along with that, it will consume a lot of screen time. Earlier, we didn't have any option but to play the anthem, but now, since we can decide if we want to play the anthem or not, we might not play it before every show
Vipin, an usher at Natraj Cinema, says, "Since the time the decision came out, our jobs have become difficult. Everyday, someone or the other would get embroiled in an argument for not standing up when the national anthem was being played. If theatres keep playing it now, aur bhi confusion create hoga. We are all geared up for more queries and more arguments. People will question us as to why we are still playing it when the authorities have given us an option to not play the anthem. It will be a tough few weeks."
Manasvi, a student from Rajpur Road, says, "Every now or then we read a news article saying that this decision was taken and now it has been reviewed. This is all that is happening in our country these days. At first, I was unable to understand the logic behind playing the national anthem before a movie. But now, when people have become used to it, you again create a confusion by not exactly changing the decision but leaving it to the cinema halls to decide whether to play the national anthem or not. The staff can't do moral policing and this optional business will only create more confusion."