Qissa
| Qissa | |
|---|---|
 Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Anup Singh |
| Produced by | Johannes Rexin, Thierry Lenouvel, Bero Beyer |
| Written by | Anup Singh, Madhuja Mukherjee |
| Starring |
Irrfan Khan Tillotama Shome Tisca Chopra |
| Music by |
Beatrice Thiriet Manish J Tipu |
| Cinematography | Sebastian Edschmid |
| Edited by | Bernd Euscher |
Release dates |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country |
India Germany France Netherlands |
| Language | Punjabi |
Qissa is a 2013 Indian-German drama film in Punjabi written and directed by Anup Singh. The film was released in Indian theaters on 20 February 2015 nationwide and simultaneously on DVD and VOD as well.[1] The film was screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival[2][3] where it won the Netpac Award for World or International Asian Film.[4]
Plot
Umber Singh, a Sikh after being displaced by the partition of 1947, has three daughters. He migrates to Punjab, India. Yet when his fourth daughter is born, he raises her as a boy, Kanwar Singh, who in times becomes a truck driver. However, when Kanwar Singh married to a girl, Neeli, this gives birth to complications.[2][5]
Cast
- Irrfan Khan as Umber Singh
- Tillotama Shome as Kanwar Singh
- Rasika Dugal as Neeli
- Tisca Chopra
- Faezeh Jalali
- Sonia Bindra
Reception
The film received positive reviews from film critics as well as audience.[6] 'The film is provocative poetry, and not preachy polemic, which makes it a true work of art'-NDTV Movies. [7] 'It's in tradition of compelling folktale that you can't shake off once you've heard it' - IBNLive.
References
- ↑ "‘Qissa’ to release Feb 20 on multiple platforms". Indian Express. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Qissa". TIFF. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- ↑ "Toronto Adds 75+ Titles To 2013 Edition". Indiewire. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- ↑ "TIFF 2013: 12 Years a Slave wins film fest’s top prize". Toronto Star, 15 September 2013.
- ↑ "'I call Qissa Anup’s version of 12 Years a Slave'". Firstpost India. 15 October 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
- ↑ "Qissa Movie Review". ndtv.com.
- ↑ "Qissa Movie Review". ibnlive.in.com.
External links
- Qissa at the Internet Movie Database