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.
Top billed cast
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Irrfan Khan
Umber Singh
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Tillotama Shome
Kanwar Singh
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Rasika Dugal
Neeli
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Tisca Chopra
Mehar
- Danish Akhtar Young Kanwar Singh
- Sonia Bindra Kulbir
- Faezeh Jalali Baali
- bhavya Little Kulbir
- Ritika Kapoor Young Kulbir
- Riyaz Aulakh Little Baali
- Sejal Young Baali
- sarabjit Infant Sohni
- Mahika Young Sohni
- Rythm Joshan Sohni
Actresses in this database credited here
- Rasika Dugal as Neeli
- Tillotama Shome as Kanwar Singh
- Tisca Chopra as Mehar