MSG: The Warrior Lion Heart

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MSG the Warrior: Lion Heart
MSG the warrior lion heart poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Written byGurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
Produced by
  • C.P. Arora
  • Jitender Khurana
Starring
  • Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
  • Honeypreet Insest
  • Charanpreet
  • Kainaat
  • Garima
  • Rajesh
  • Sukhottam
  • Ashok
  • Bhushan
Cinematography
Edited by
  • Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
  • Sanjay Verma
Music bySongs:
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
Background Score:
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh
Production
company
Hakikat Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Distributed byHakikat Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Release date
  • 7 October 2016 (2016-10-07)
Running time
120 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹180 million [2]
Box officeDisputed [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

MSG The Warrior Lion Heart is a 2016 Indian science fantasy adventure film co-directed by criminal religious leader Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and his daughter Honeypreet Insan. [7] The film starring Singh, one of the directors himself, is a story of a medieval warrior fighting against aliens for the honour of his land.

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The film premiered on 6 October 2016 in Delhi and was released on 7 October 2016 in Hindi, with dubs in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English. [8] [9] [10] Singh is credited with work in thirty film departments, including choreography, editing, make-up and hair design, background scoring, and prop design. [11] The film has been criticised as a propaganda film by several critics. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

A sequel, Hind Ka Napak Ko Jawab: MSG Lion Heart 2 , was released in 2017.

Synopsis

The story is about a medieval warrior who fights for the honor of his land and the dignity of the womenfolk. The story travels centuries apart as he emerges in another role as a modern Indian equivalent of James Bond, a stylish top secret agent. The marauding aliens run amok, as they are hundreds of years ahead in technology. Lionheart is their only stumbling block in their march to overpower planet Earth.

Cast

Marketing

A number of world and regional records were organised by sect leader Ram Rahim to promote the film. According to Guinness World Records , MSG fans assembled the world's largest poster on 15 September 2016, which covered 15,123.8 square metres (162,791 sq ft) and featured an advertisement for MSG: The Warrior Lion Heart. [20] The largest display of oil lamps consists of 150,009 lamps achieved at an event organised Singh to promote film among 36 Lakh fans. [21] [22] The film's second song "Sohna Mera Mishri Di Daliye" was unveiled in an event attended by around 40 lakh people. [23] [24]

Release

The movie premiered on 6 October in Delhi and was released on 7 October in Hindi, along with dubbed versions in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and English. [8] [9] [10] The film was declared tax-free by Government of Rajasthan in the state. [25]

Critical reception

Devarsi Ghosh of India Today wrote "MSG The Warrior Lion Heart is not a film. Like the previous MSG (Messenger of God) films, this too is a propaganda piece made by the subject of the said propaganda, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh himself". [18] Mihir Bhanage of The Times of India gave it 1.5 stars out of 5, describing the film as indicative of Singh's self-obsession. Bhanage wrote, "It takes guts to roll out such preachy and glorified films, but the saga continues with a devil-may-care attitude." [26]

Anshu Lal of Firstpost described the film as "horrible". Specific criticism was centered on problems in storytelling, such as the use of pop-up video. Lal wrote, "Because without that pop-up, how would the poor audience comprehend the concept of background narration, right?" [19] Lal also criticised the plot, the acting, and the cartoonish nature of the film. Namrata Thakker of Rediff.com gave it half star out of 5, and wrote that it is only for die-hard fans of Singh's. [27] Aakash Karkare of Scroll.in wrote that movie is every bit as terrible as you expect it to be. [28]

Box office

According to The Times of India the film collected approximately ₹32 million in its first weekend with an estimated total of ₹46 million after five days. [3] Box Office India tallied the worldwide gross at approximately ₹176.7 million. [29] According to Bollywood Hungama the film collected approximately ₹1.13 million in just one week. [5] International Business Times stated that movie had a gross of ₹1.50 million. [6]

Soundtrack

MSG The Warrior Lion Heart
Soundtrack album to MSG The Warrior Lion Heartby
Released17 September 2016 (2016-09-17)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length7:19
Label Zee Music
Producer Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

The music is composed by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The soundtrack album consists of 2 songs, all written and sung by Singh, himself. [30]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1Dhol Baaje [31] Gurmeet Ram Rahim SinghGurmeet Ram Rahim Singh3:31
2Sohna Mera Mishri Di Daliye [32] Gurmeet Ram Rahim SinghGurmeet Ram Rahim Singh3:48

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