Dera chief: Nobody questioned Amitabh when he pulled off miracles
January 16, 2015  16:35
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Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh addresses a press conference after the release of his film, MSG -- Messenger of God, was stopped today.

Singh says, that he never put any pressure on the censor board to release the film and calls for censor board chief Leela Samson to say why she quit.

He said that while the MSG premiere has not been finalised, there is nothing in the movie that can hurt anyone. "Only one line has been removed, one word has been muted. Protestors should see the movie first and then react. Nobody questioned Amitabh when he pulled of miracles. I am not projectimg myself as god in the movie. The movie is about the menace of drug abuse," he said.

In Punjab various Sikh outfits came out to protest against the screening of 'MSG: Messenger of God.'  The temporal seat of the Sikhs, the Akal Takht, had in December last year sought a ban on the movie by the godman who had first hurt the sentiments of the community when he had allegedly dressed up like the Sikh guru, Guru Gobind Singh.

Censor Board members have objected to the portrayal of the controversial dera chief as god.

The film has been dubbed an advertisement which also shows the dera chief performing miracles to cure diseases.
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