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Qissa
Sign in to saveAlso known as Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost, Qissa: The Ghost is a Lonely Traveller
2013 film directed by Anup Singh
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6.0Set 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.
Released: 2013-09-08109 minDir: Anup SinghDrama
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Cast
- 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
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
1,050 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
- Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Awards
- 6 wins & 5 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 109
- FilmAffinity ID
- 355235
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- publication date
- 2014-07-10
- review score
- 7.4/10
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2013 drama films2013 films2013 German films2013 Indian films2013 LGBTQ-related films2013 Punjabi-language filmsFilms set in Punjab, IndiaFilms set in the partition of IndiaGerman drama filmsGerman LGBTQ-related filmsIndian drama filmsIndian LGBTQ-related filmsPunjabi-language Indian filmsTemplate film date with 3 release dates