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.
Released: Sep 08, 2013
Runtime: 109 minutes
Stars: Irrfan Khan, Tillotama Shome, Rasika Dugal, Tisca Chopra, Danish Akhtar, Sonia Bindra
Crew: Johannes Rexin (Producer), Bettina Brokemper (Producer), Béatrice Thiriet (Original Music Composer), Manish J. Tipu (Original Music Composer), Madhuja Mukherjee (Writer), Bernd Euscher (Editor)