National anthem in theatres will affect movies : Vineeth Sreenivasan

The Supreme Court’s order to make the national anthem mandatory in theatres before a movie starts, has been received with mixed response.

Many filmmakers around the country have expressed their opinions about this new directive ordered by the apex government.

Actor/filmmaker/producer Vineeth Sreenivasan recently shared his thoughts on the decision to make national anthem compulsory in theatres.

Vineeth said that eventhough he is a true patriot, he felt that national anthems before screenings will affect the movie’s run time.

Running time is very important in considering the prospects of a movie. Every second is valuable especially for getting multiplex screenings. He said that the totality of a movie while adding other things that will indirectly reduce the running time.

He also added that there is no need of censoring for movies. Only certification was required. Filmmakers are apprehensive while writing certain dialogues that they feel is perfect for the nature of the character beacuse of censoring.

Vineeth Sreenivasan will be next seen in Aby, the debut directorial of Srikanth Murali. It is a story about a boy’s dream to build an aircraft.

Mareena Michael is playing the female lead in this movie. Aby, produced by Suvin K Varkey under the banner Little Big Films will hit the screens on January 20.