While the last few days have seen numerous jokes on Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh's films doing the rounds, not many are aware that his first film 'MSG: The Messenger of God' (2015) had run into censor trouble. The board members had valid reasons for not clearing the film, but eventually, Singh, who has just been sentenced to 20 years for two rape cases by a special CBI court in Rohtak, managed to get the film released.

Nandini Sardesai, one of the members of the Censor Board during that time, spoke to Bombay Times about what happened when the self-styled Godman's film came up for censorship.