MSG-2 The Messenger

MSG-2 The Messenger is a 2015 Indian faith-based action film written by and starring criminal religious leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who is also credited as co-director, co-editor, and songwriter.

It is a sequel to MSG: The Messenger, released earlier in the same year, with Singh reprising his role as Guruji, a spiritual leader on a quest to save an Adivasi tribe.

[3] It was released worldwide on September 18, 2015, followed by the Tamil and Telugu versions on October 1; however, a controversy surrounding the film's allegedly insultive portrayal of Adivasis led to several states banning it.

Durjan Singh suddenly arrives and tells Guruji how he tried multiple times to prevent the minister from instigating the army into believing that the primitive tribe is its biggest enemy.

[11] A preview poster for the film was released at Shah Satnam Ji Cricket Stadium on 15 August 2015 before an estimated 278,000 attendees celebrating India's Independence Day.

[12] A number of world and regional record breaking attempts were organized by sect leader Ram Rahim to promote the film.

[13] The film was banned in Madhya Pradesh,[4] Chhattisgarh[5] and Jharkhand[6] for hurting the sentiments of Adivasis, members of India's tribal community.

[8] NDTV review gave it half a star out of five, describing it as "an obnoxiously crafted propaganda film that lacks finesse.

As long as there are newspaper columns that can be bought and cinema seats to be filled, there will be no stopping him"[7] Rohit Vats of Hindustan Times wrote, "Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji performs a lot of unbelievable stunts in this blatant self promotion.

"[24] Mohar Basu of Times of India gave MSG-2 one star out of five, describing the film as "merely a vanity project for Pitaji who uses it to exhibit the blingy clothes he designs [and] the gibberish rock songs he composes".

"[2] Raja Sen of Rediff, criticized one of the film's plot points, Singh's travels into jungles to liberate Adivasis, India's indigenous tribal population, who are depicted as savages.

"Who's to say aboriginal 'Junglee' savages are any less civilised than a hirsute man who leaps off jeeps -- and onto elephants -- while dressed as Lady Gaga on a particularly technicolour day."

"[25] Pal also wrote about the audience at the Mumbai screening she attended, speculating that they had been brought in from around the country by Singh to populate the theatre.