Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost

Drama

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.

Movie Name

Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost

Language

Punjabi

Release Date

Sep 8, 2013

Runtime

1h 49m (109 min)

Genres

Drama

Stars

Irrfan Khan, Tillotama Shome, Rasika Dugal, Tisca Chopra, Danish Akhtar, Sonia Bindra

Director

Anup Singh

Country

Germany, France, India, Netherlands

Studio

National Film Development Corporation of India

Rating

★ 6.0/10 (21 votes on TMDB)

Status

Released

Quality

HD