Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost

6.1 / 10

(18 votes)

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.

Country:

Germany,

France,

India,

Netherlands

Genre:

Drama,

Fantasy,

Horror

Duration:

109 minutes

Year:

2013

Director:

Anup Singh

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Company:

National Film Development Corporation of India

Cast:
Irrfan Khan

Umber Singh

Tillotama Shome

Kanwar Singh

Rasika Dugal

Neeli

Tisca Chopra

Mehar

Danish Akhtar

Young Kanwar Singh

Crew:
Madhuja Mukherjee

Writer

Johannes Rexin

Producer

Bettina Brokemper

Producer

Béatrice Thiriet

Original Music Composer

Manish J. Tipu

Original Music Composer