Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost

Name: Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Tillotama Shome, Rasika Dugal, Tisca Chopra, Danish Akhtar

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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.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Anup SinghWriter: Madhuja MukherjeeProducers: Bettina Brokemper, Johannes Rexin

Irrfan Khan

as Umber Singh

Tillotama Shome

as Kanwar Singh

Rasika Dugal

as Neeli

Tisca Chopra

as Mehar

Danish Akhtar

as Young Kanwar Singh

Sonia Bindra

as Kulbir

Faezeh Jalali

as Baali

bhavya

as Little Kulbir

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