Irrfan Khan
Umber Singh
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.
Release Date | 2013-09-08 |
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Runtime | 1h 49m |
Directors | Anup Singh, Sebastian Edschmid |
Producers | Johannes Rexin, Bettina Brokemper |
Writers | Anup Singh, Madhuja Mukherjee |