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Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes89%
Critics rate it 22 points higher than audiences do.
21 audience votes
Key crew
- Béatrice ThirietOriginal Music Composer
- Manish J. TipuOriginal Music Composer
- Madhuja MukherjeeWriter
- Anup SinghDirector
- Anup SinghScreenplay
Cast
- Irrfan KhanUmber Singh
- Tillotama ShomeKanwar Singh
- Rasika DugalNeeli
- Tisca ChopraMehar
- Danish AkhtarYoung Kanwar Singh
- Sonia BindraKulbir
- Faezeh JalaliBaali
- bhavyaLittle Kulbir
- Ritika KapoorYoung Kulbir
- Riyaz AulakhLittle Baali
- SejalYoung Baali
- sarabjitInfant Sohni