

08/09/2013
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.

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

Ritika Kapoor
as Young Kulbir

Riyaz Aulakh
as Little Baali

Sejal
as Young Baali

sarabjit
as Infant Sohni

Mahika
as Young Sohni

Rythm Joshan
as Sohni
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