An Indian film that features a self-styled spiritual leader in jewel-studded costume riding motorbikes and sending the bad guys flying has prompted the chief of the country's censorship panel to quit, citing government interference.
Other members of the panel were expected to quit in support of Leela Samson's resignation Friday after an appeals tribunal reversed censors' decision to keep the film, "MSG: The Messenger of God," out of movie theaters for being too promotional.
"There is interference, there is coercion," Samson told television broadcaster CNN-IBN, adding that the appeals tribunal, whose decisions usually take a month, had cleared the film within 24 hours.