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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 is married to a girl, Neeli, this gives birth to complications.[1][5]
[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; where individual ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.]
SATYAMSHOT 
February 4, 2015 at 11:47 AM
Movie is about gender issues ( ?). Couldn’t find plot details….
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February 4, 2015 at 1:10 PM
Would try and catch this in the theatre. The poster is a little spoiler-y though (I think).
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February 4, 2015 at 6:21 PM
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 is married to a girl, Neeli, this gives birth to complications.[1][5]
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February 16, 2015 at 7:08 AM
[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; where individual ambitions and destinies collide in a struggle with eternity.]
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February 19, 2015 at 3:00 PM
Interesting interview.
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/qissa-comes-out-of-secrets-and-fragile-things-that-we-carry-within-ourselves-anup-singh/1/419811.html
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