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Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013)

Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost (2013)

Drama

The Tale of Lonely Ghost

Release Date: 2013, September 8
Directors: Anup Singh
Countries: Germany, France, India, Netherlands
Production: National Film Development Corporation of India
Cast: Irrfan Khan, Faezeh Jalali, Tisca Chopra, Danish Akhtar, Tillotama Shome, Rasika Dugal, Sonia Bindra, bhavya, Ritika Kapoor, Riyaz Aulakh, Sejal, sarabjit

Overview:

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.