Qissa

Qissa

109 mins | Drama | Sept. 8, 2013

Set in post-colonial India, Qissa tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; as individual ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.

Qissa

109 mins | Drama | Sept. 8, 2013

Qissa
Set in post-colonial India, Qissa tells the story of Umber Singh, a Sikh who is forced to flee his village due to ethnic cleansing at the time of partition in 1947. Umber decides to fight fate and builds a new home for his family. When Umber marries his youngest child Kanwar to Neeli, a girl of lower caste, the family is faced with the truth of their identities; as individual ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers National Film Development Corporation of India
Original title Qissa
Directors Anup Singh
Writers Madhuja Mukherjee, Anup Singh

Cast

Irrfan Khan

as Umber Singh

Tillotama Shome

as Kanwar Singh

Rasika Dugal

as Neeli

Tisca Chopra

as Mehar, Umber's wife